Congratulations to Professor Gavin Sherlock, who was appointed the Catherine R. Kennedy and Daniel L. Grossman Fellowship in March 2022.
The Catherine R. Kennedy and Daniel L. Grossman Fellowship in Human Biology was founded in 2003 with the generous support of Catherine Kennedy and Daniel Grossman. Both Stanford alumni, Catherine graduated from Human Biology in 1976 and Daniel from the Graduate School of Business in 1976. The fellowship recognizes the major investment of time and creative energy that the core faculty put into the course’s curriculum and the faculty members’ continued willingness to serve on Human Biology committees as well as to advise our majors.
Gavin Sherlock is a professor of genetics at Stanford University’s Medical School and is particularly interested in evolution and evolutionary processes. Using yeast as a model system, his laboratory studies the identities of adaptive mutations, their fitness effects, and how those effects are altered in different environments.
Professor Sherlock is an exemplar of a Stanford University teacher and scholar. He draws on his expertise to teach topics such as evolution and adaptation, classical genetics, DNA sequencing, and introductory genomics in the core course, HumBio 2A, Genetics, Evolution, and Ecology.
Sherlock is also a member of Stanford Bio-X and the Stanford Cancer Institute and is the faculty co-director of the Stanford Medicine Teaching and Mentoring Academy. He enjoys being a part of the Human Biology community and working with undergraduates, and has served on Human Biology’s Curriculum Committee for many years. He has been recognized for his excellence in teaching and excellence in mentoring and service by Stanford Medicine.
Congratulations Professor Sherlock!