Mohamed noor biography

American geneticist

This article is about the geneticist. For the American law enforcement officer, see Killing of Justine Damond.

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For other people with similar names, see Muhammad Noor (disambiguation).

Mohamed Noor is the Executive Vice Provost^[3] and a Professor in the Biology Department at Duke University (formerly holding the rotating titles of Earl D.

McLean Professor,^[4] department chair, dean of natural sciences,^[5] Interim Dean of Arts & Sciences^[6], and Interim Vice Provost for Academic Affairs^[7]).

His specialties include evolution, genetics and genomics.

Noor has a BS from the College of William and Mary in 1992 and a PhD from University of Chicago (1996), together with a postdoctoral residency at Cornell University (1996–1998).

He specializes in Drosophila evolution. His team's research approaches have included both classical genetic mapping, as well as analyses of whole genome sequences.