John Rawls Biosketch

John F. Rawls, Ph.D.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

  • Washington University, Postdoctoral Training, 2001-2006
    Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey I. Gordon
  • Washington University, Ph.D., Developmental Biology, 2001
    Advisor: Dr. Stephen L. Johnson
  • Emory University, B.S., Biology, 1996

POSITIONS:

  • 2023-present — James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology with Tenure, Duke University
  • 2022-present — Professor of Cell Biology, Duke University
  • 2021-present — Professor of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC
  • 2020-2023 — Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC
  • 2013-2021 — Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC
  • 2014-present — Director, Duke Microbiome Center, Duke University, Durham, NC
  • 2013-2020 — Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Genetics & Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC
  • 2012-2013 — Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC
  • 2012-2013 — Associate Professor, Department of Cell & Molecular Physiology, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC
  • 2009-2012 — Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC
  • 2006-2012 — Assistant Professor, Department of Cell & Molecular Physiology, UNC-CH, Chapel Hill, NC

HONORS AND AWARDS:

  • 2022 — Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate Web of Science
  • 2022 — Visiting Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge
  • 2020 — Fellow, American Academy of Microbiology
  • 2016 — Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • 2009, 2010 — Kavli Fellow, National Academy of Science’s Kavli Frontiers of Science Program
  • 2008-2012 — Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, Pew Charitable Trusts
  • 2006-2010 — NIH Mentored Research Scientist Development Award
  • 2002-2005 — NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Individual National Research Service Award
  • 2001 — Victor Hamburger Prize in Developmental Biology, Washington University,St. Louis, MO
  • 2001 — Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Medical Scientist Fellow, Washington University, St. Louis, MO
  • 1995 — Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, Emory University, Atlanta, GA