John Jungck
Joint Appointment, Department of Mathematical Sciences; Affiliated Faculty, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716
302-831-6400
Biography
John Jungck holds joint appointments in the Department
of Mathematics, the Department of Biology, and the Bioinformatics
Program. He is a leader in Biology Education Reform, a Mathematical
Molecular
Evolutionary Biologist, and a Computer Software Developer of biological
simulations, tools, and
databases. His research interests are in Mathematical and Theoretical
Biology (Bioinformatics, the origins of genetic codes, image analysis
and simulation of patterns in nature, and evolutionary analysis of
complex data sets), History and Philosophy of Biology, and
Interdisciplinary Education. Currently the editor of Biology
International, he has held editorial positions in numerous journals,
including Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, American
Biology Teacher, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, BioSystems: Journal
of Molecular, Cellular and Behavioral Origins and Evolution. In 1986, he
co-founded the BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium to help produce and
promote curricular reform across the nation. He has also chaired and
served on many committees charged with education in the sciences,
mathematics and information technology. He is a Fulbright Scholar
(Thailand), a Mina Shaughnessy Scholar, a Fellow of the National
Institute of Science Education, and a Fellow of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science.
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