Nancy A. Moran, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Nancy A. Moran

American biologist

Date of Birth: 21-Dec-1954

Place of Birth: Dallas, Texas, United States

Profession: biologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Nancy A.
Moran (born December 21, 1954, Dallas, Texas) is an American evolutionary biologist and entomologist, University of Texas Leslie Surginer Endowed Professor, and co-founder of the Yale Microbial Diversity Institute.
Since 2005, she has been a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences.
Her seminal research has focused on the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum and its bacterial symbionts including Buchnera (bacterium).
In 2013, she returned to the University of Texas at Austin, where she continues to conduct research on bacterial symbionts in aphids, bees, and other insect species.
She has also expanded the scale of her research to bacterial evolution as a whole.
She believes that a good understanding of genetic drift and random chance could prevent misunderstandings surrounding evolution.
Her current research goal focuses on complexity in life-histories and symbiosis between hosts and microbes, including the microbiota of insects.