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Dec 21, 1954 Dallas, Texas, United States 69 years old
American biologist
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About Nancy A. Moran
- Nancy A.
- Moran (born December 21, 1954, Dallas, Texas) is an American evolutionary biologist and entomologist, University of Texas Leslie Surginer Endowed Professor, and co-founder of the Yale Microbial Diversity Institute.
- Since 2005, she has been a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences.
- Her seminal research has focused on the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum and its bacterial symbionts including Buchnera (bacterium).
- In 2013, she returned to the University of Texas at Austin, where she continues to conduct research on bacterial symbionts in aphids, bees, and other insect species.
- She has also expanded the scale of her research to bacterial evolution as a whole.
- She believes that a good understanding of genetic drift and random chance could prevent misunderstandings surrounding evolution.
- Her current research goal focuses on complexity in life-histories and symbiosis between hosts and microbes, including the microbiota of insects.
