John Pham (scientist)

John W. Pham is an American molecular biologist and editor-in-chief of Cell.

John Pham
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materBates College, Northwestern University
Scientific career
FieldsMolecular biology
InstitutionsCell Press

Early life and education

Pham was born in the U.S. a few weeks after his parents and older siblings arrived as refugees from Vietnam. He was raised in Florida.[1] Pham earned a B.S. in music and biochemistry from Bates College.[2] He completed a Ph.D. at Northwestern University under advisor Erik Sontheimer. He researched the mechanismis of RNA splicing and RNA interference.[3] His 2006 dissertation was titled Building the Drosophila RNA-induced silencing complex.[4] Pham completed postdoctural studies at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women's Hospital.[3]

Career

Pham joined Cell Press in 2008 as a member of Molecular Cell's editorial team. He became the editor-in-chief of Molecular Cell in 2012. In 2018, Pham succeeded Cell editor-in-chief Emilie Marcus who had departed in February 2018.[3] In June 2019, Pham was speaker at an Elsevier Pride and 500 Queer Scientists organized event at WorldPride NYC 2019.[2]

Personal life

Pham is a member of the LGBT community.[2] As of July 2018, Pham resides in Dorchester, Boston with his partner, Mike, and their two dogs.[1]

References
  1. Caputo, Joseph (2018-07-26). "A Q&A with John Pham, the new Editor-in-Chief of Cell". crosstalk.cell.com. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  2. Parsons, David James (2019-06-20). "Elsevier and 500 Queer Scientists to hold NYC event for World Pride". Elsevier Connect. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  3. "Dr. John Pham appointed as new Editor-in-Chief of Cell". www.elsevier.com. Retrieved 2019-07-08.
  4. Pham, John W. (2006). Building the Drosophila RNA-induced silencing complex (Thesis).
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