Tung’s mother and father immigrated to the United States from China and moved to Maryland and then to Delaware where they had Tung and her older sister, Wenny. Tung’s father was a chemical engineer for DuPont, an American chemical company,[2] and her mother was a teacher prior to their coming to the United States.[3] Upon starting her undergraduate work at Duke University, Tung studied biology with the intent to become a physician, but she discovered her passion lay more in evolutionary biology after a taking a course on forging social ideals during her first semester.[3] Tung is married to Sayan Mukherjee, a Duke University Professor of Statistical Science, Mathematics, and Computer Science.[4][5]
Educationedit
Tung earned a bachelor's degree in 2003 from Duke University. She remained at Duke for her graduate studies, obtaining a PhD in 2010. After a postdoc at the University of Chicago, she came back to Duke University to work as an associate professor in the field of Evolutionary Anthropology and Biology.[6]
Researchedit
Two yellow baboons (Papio cynocephalus), the species from the study found in Amboseli.
Her research is helping to provide a better understanding for how health, lifespans, and fitness are all affected by social and environmental stressors.[7] Tung focused her early research on primates, but is now looking to further her research with meerkats to continue to study the social interactions among them and link those interactions to other aspects of research.[6] Tung discovered that the social environment of primates doesn't just influence the physical health and behavior of an individual, but also affects gene regulation.[8] In a different study, she researched the same idea, but in more competitive environments such as wild meerkats.[8] She also looked into how the different social environments affected the rest of the individual's life in terms of: social status, relationships with others, and behavior.[8] She has conducted and contributed to many other projects. Jenny Tung's most cited paper according to Google Scholar is "Social environment is associated with gene regulatory variation in the rhesus macaque immune system". Published in 2012, the paper has been cited by fields ranging from human genomics to bioethics.[9]
Over the years, Tung has received multiple awards and recognitions for her research. In 2009, Tung received the Primate Genomics Initiative Graduate Student Fellowship from Duke University, and the Katherine Goodman Stern Dissertation Year Fellowship from Duke University, which provides recipients with tuition and fee coverage, as well as an annual stipend.[3][11][12] The University of Chicago offered her the Chicago Fellows Post-Doctoral Fellowship in 2010.[3] Recipients of the Chicago Fellows Post-Doctoral Fellowship receive an annual stipend as well as research funding.[13] She was nominated for the Duke Postdoctoral Mentoring Award in 2013 from Duke University.[11] The National Academy of Sciences and the Kavli Foundation’s international Kavli Frontiers of Science program[14] offered Tung the opportunity to become a Kavli Fellow in 2015.[3] The Kavli Fellows present at their annual Science symposia to network and present their research and is offered to scientists under the age of forty-five.[15] In 2016, Tung received the Sloan Research Fellowship in the field on Computational & Evolutionary Molecular Biology which promoted continuation of her research.[10] Science News listed Tung on the ten scientists to watch list in 2018 for the up-and-coming minds of the natural sciences.[16] Tung was awarded the 2019 MacArthur Fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation, which awarded her with $625,000.[3][6]
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Jenny Tung Jĕn ne tŏng is an evolutionary anthropologist and geneticist She is an Associate Professor of Biology and a researcher at Duke University In 2019 she was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship 1 Jenny TungSpouseSayan MukherjeeAcademic backgroundEducationPhD 2010 Duke UniversityThesisFunctional and Evolutionary Genetics of a Wild Baboon Population 2010 Academic workInstitutionsDuke University Contents 1 Personal life 2 Education 3 Research 4 Awards 5 References 6 External linksPersonal life editTung s mother and father immigrated to the United States from China and moved to Maryland and then to Delaware where they had Tung and her older sister Wenny Tung s father was a chemical engineer for DuPont an American chemical company 2 and her mother was a teacher prior to their coming to the United States 3 Upon starting her undergraduate work at Duke University Tung studied biology with the intent to become a physician but she discovered her passion lay more in evolutionary biology after a taking a course on forging social ideals during her first semester 3 Tung is married to Sayan Mukherjee a Duke University Professor of Statistical Science Mathematics and Computer Science 4 5 Education editTung earned a bachelor s degree in 2003 from Duke University She remained at Duke for her graduate studies obtaining a PhD in 2010 After a postdoc at the University of Chicago she came back to Duke University to work as an associate professor in the field of Evolutionary Anthropology and Biology 6 Research edit nbsp Two yellow baboons Papio cynocephalus the species from the study found in Amboseli Her research is helping to provide a better understanding for how health lifespans and fitness are all affected by social and environmental stressors 7 Tung focused her early research on primates but is now looking to further her research with meerkats to continue to study the social interactions among them and link those interactions to other aspects of research 6 Tung discovered that the social environment of primates doesn t just influence the physical health and behavior of an individual but also affects gene regulation 8 In a different study she researched the same idea but in more competitive environments such as wild meerkats 8 She also looked into how the different social environments affected the rest of the individual s life in terms of social status relationships with others and behavior 8 She has conducted and contributed to many other projects Jenny Tung s most cited paper according to Google Scholar is Social environment is associated with gene regulatory variation in the rhesus macaque immune system Published in 2012 the paper has been cited by fields ranging from human genomics to bioethics 9 Awards editAward Name Year InstitutionPrimate Genomics Initiative Graduate Student Fellowship 3 2009 Duke UniversityKatherine Goodman Stern Dissertation Year Fellowship 3 2009 Duke Graduate ProgramChicago Fellows Post Doctoral Fellowship 3 2010 University of ChicagoNominated for Duke Postdoctoral Mentoring Award 3 2013 Duke UniversitySloan Research Fellows 10 2016 Alfred P Sloan FoundationMacArthur Fellows Program 6 2019 MacArthur FellowshipOver the years Tung has received multiple awards and recognitions for her research In 2009 Tung received the Primate Genomics Initiative Graduate Student Fellowship from Duke University and the Katherine Goodman Stern Dissertation Year Fellowship from Duke University which provides recipients with tuition and fee coverage as well as an annual stipend 3 11 12 The University of Chicago offered her the Chicago Fellows Post Doctoral Fellowship in 2010 3 Recipients of the Chicago Fellows Post Doctoral Fellowship receive an annual stipend as well as research funding 13 She was nominated for the Duke Postdoctoral Mentoring Award in 2013 from Duke University 11 The National Academy of Sciences and the Kavli Foundation s international Kavli Frontiers of Science program 14 offered Tung the opportunity to become a Kavli Fellow in 2015 3 The Kavli Fellows present at their annual Science symposia to network and present their research and is offered to scientists under the age of forty five 15 In 2016 Tung received the Sloan Research Fellowship in the field on Computational amp Evolutionary Molecular Biology which promoted continuation of her research 10 Science News listed Tung on the ten scientists to watch list in 2018 for the up and coming minds of the natural sciences 16 Tung was awarded the 2019 MacArthur Fellowship from the MacArthur Foundation which awarded her with 625 000 3 6 References edit Jenny Tung MacArthur Foundation Retrieved 2019 09 25 DuPont Wikipedia 2020 02 23 retrieved 2020 02 25 a b c d e f g h i j User account NewsBank infoweb newsbank com Retrieved 2020 02 25 Sayan Mukherjee Department of Mathematics math duke edu Retrieved 2020 02 25 Jenny Tung Ready to Test Stress today duke edu Retrieved 2020 02 25 a b c d Jenny Tung MacArthur Foundation macfound org Retrieved 2020 02 25 Baboon Sexes Differ in How Social Status Gets Under the Skin today duke edu Retrieved 2020 02 25 a b c tung lab org http www tung lab org research html Retrieved 2020 04 03 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help Jenny Tung Google Scholar Citations scholar google com Retrieved 2020 02 25 a b Past Fellows sloan org Archived from the original on 2018 03 14 Retrieved 2020 02 25 a b Jenny Tung Evolutionary Anthropology evolutionaryanthropology duke edu Retrieved 2020 02 26 Katherine Goodman Stern Fellowship Duke Graduate School gradschool duke edu Retrieved 2020 02 26 Chicago Fellows biologicalsciences uchicago edu Retrieved 2020 02 26 2015 Kavli Fellows News Release nasonline org Retrieved 2020 02 26 2015 Kavli Fellows News Release nasonline org Retrieved 2020 02 26 The SN 10 These scientists defy limits to tackle big problems Science News 2018 09 26 Retrieved 2020 02 25 External links editLaboratory website Jenny Tung publications 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