Patricia Hunt

Patricia A. Hunt is Meyer Distinguished Professor in the School of Molecular Bioscience at Washington State University.[1] Her primary research interest lies in human aneuploidy, mammalian germ cells and meiosis.[2] She is best known for showing the adversary effect of Bisphenol A (a common substance in plastics) on the reproductive system of mammalians.[3] In 2018, her team discovered that replacement Bisphenols (BPS, BPF, BPAF, Diphenyl sulfone) also affects reproductive health, and this over generations.[4]

Career

Patricia Hunt did her undergraduate studies at Michigan State University.[1] She graduated in 1983 from the University of Hawaii with a thesis on reproductive biology under the supervision of Patricia Jacobs. She completed a two-year Postdoc with Paul Burgoyne at the MRC Mammalian Development Unit and a one-year Postdoc with Eva Eicher at the Jackson Laboratory. She began her tenure track with a faculty position at Emory University from 1988 to 1992, then moved to Case Western Reserve University.

In 2005, she moved to Washington State University where she is now a Meyer Distinguished Professor in the School of Molecular Biosciences. Her current work centers on the reproductive effects of exposure to chemicals with estrogenic activity.[2]

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