LSU’s Batzer named Boyd professor
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Prominent LSU genetics researcher Mark Batzer is the university’s newest Boyd professor — the LSU System’s highest academic honor.
Batzer, a biological sciences professor, is the 66th Boyd professor in the 55 years since the LSU System created the honor.
“His work has contributed significantly to our understanding of the genetic diversity of humans,” said Kevin Carman, dean of the LSU College of Basic Sciences.
Carman said Batzer’s work has the potential for advancing disease prevention and producing a better understanding of evolution.
Batzer is the author of more than 215 peer-reviewed publications in leading academic journal articles, including recent cover articles in both Nature and Science.
In May, Batzer and an international team of researchers made headlines in the scientific world with a study of platypus DNA.
Their research revealed that the duck-billed platypus is a actually a bizarre combination of mammal, bird and reptile genes, a discovery that was hailed as providing new insight into how humans and other mammals first evolved.
Batzer is an LSU graduate.
The LSU Board of Supervisors in 1953 established the Boyd professorship, which is named in honor of brothers David F. and Thomas D. Boyd.
The Boyd brothers were presidents of LSU in its formative years.
Batzer, a biological sciences professor, is the 66th Boyd professor in the 55 years since the LSU System created the honor.
“His work has contributed significantly to our understanding of the genetic diversity of humans,” said Kevin Carman, dean of the LSU College of Basic Sciences.
Carman said Batzer’s work has the potential for advancing disease prevention and producing a better understanding of evolution.
Batzer is the author of more than 215 peer-reviewed publications in leading academic journal articles, including recent cover articles in both Nature and Science.
In May, Batzer and an international team of researchers made headlines in the scientific world with a study of platypus DNA.
Their research revealed that the duck-billed platypus is a actually a bizarre combination of mammal, bird and reptile genes, a discovery that was hailed as providing new insight into how humans and other mammals first evolved.
Batzer is an LSU graduate.
The LSU Board of Supervisors in 1953 established the Boyd professorship, which is named in honor of brothers David F. and Thomas D. Boyd.
The Boyd brothers were presidents of LSU in its formative years.
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