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Steve Briggs earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University and has spent half of his career in the industry as Director of Pioneer/DuPont, President of Torrey Mesa Research Institute, and Senior Vice President of Corporate Research at Diversa. He has served as a Senior Staff Investigator at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Currently, he is a Distinguished Professor at the University of California, San Diego, and has held various administrative roles including Chair of the Section of Cell & Developmental Biology, Associate Dean of the Division of Biology, and Interim Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. Briggs is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science as well as the National Academy of Inventors. His research focuses on heterosis and proteostasis in plant breeding, exploring molecular differences in inbreds and hybrids, and studying the implications for agricultural practices and crop improvement.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).