Wes Hatfield is a Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics in the College of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine. Dr. Hatfield holds a Ph.D. degree from Purdue University, and a B.A. degree from the University of California at Santa Barbara. His primary areas of scientific expertise include molecular biology, biochemistry, microbial physiology, functional genomics, and bioinformatics. His recent academic interests include the application and development of genomic and bioinformatics methods to elucidate the effects of chromosome structure and DNA topology on gene expression. He has received national recognition for his scientific contributions. |