Directed Molecular Evolution

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
Professor of Chemistry, Portland State University

EDUCATION:
• BS in Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley (1984)
• MA in Comparative Biochemistry, University of California, Berkeley (1986)
• PhD in Biology, University of California, Los Angeles (1990)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Molecular Biology, Scripps Research Institute (1990–1993)
• Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Biology, University of Oregon (1993–1995)

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Dr Lehman's group is examining biochemical and genetic issues involved with the origins of life on the Earth, particularly in regard to the role of RNA-RNA recombination events.