Education
- BS, Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, 1959
- PhD, Biophysics, UC-Berkeley, 1964; Virology Department
- Postdoctoral Research:
- Genetics Institute, University of Cologne, Max Delbrück Director, W. Germany, 1964-1965
- Radiobiology Laboratory, R. Latarjet Director, Pasteur Institute, Paris, France, 1965-1966
- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, James D. Watson Director, 1966-1967
Academic Experience
- Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Duke University Medical School, 1968-1975
- Associate Professor (recommended), Department of Biology, University of Missouri, 1975-1979
- Visiting Faculty Member, Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Johns Hopkins University Medical School, (sabbatical with Nobel Laureate Hamilton Smith), 1987-1988
- Research grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Foundation-March of Dimes
Government Experience
- Program Director for Genetics, National Science Foundation, 1977-2001, Program Officer for Life in Extreme Environments (LExEn) Program, 1997-2001, and Program Director for Microbial Observatories Program, 1999–2001
- Acting Deputy Division Director for Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (MCB), NSF, 1995, and Acting Division Director for MCB, 1991-1992
- Legislative Assistant for Congressman Dave McCurdy, 4th District, Oklahoma, 1980-1981 (on detail from the NSF). Duties consisted of providing policy statements and advice on all issues involving science and technology, responding to constituents and interactions with lobbyists.
- Participated in the laboratory course “Integrative Biology and Adaptation of Antarctic Marine Organisms”, McMurdo Station, Antarctica, January 7-February 7, 2000
- Retired from the National Science Foundation and moved to Sonoma County, CA, October, 2001.
Current Activities (2003)
- Chair since 2002 of the Panel for Gravitational Ecology and Microbiology, NASA, Washington
- Professor/lecturer, Lifelong Learning Institute, School of Continuing Education, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, California, Genetics, Fall Semester 2002.
- Presentations on research proposal writing (San Francisco State U., Sonoma State U. and Bodega Marine Laboratory in 2002)
- Senior Associate, Centers Development Initiative, EPSCoR Foundation, University of South Dakota, 2003-
Awards and Honors
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1991-
- Certificate of Honor, City of San Francisco, 1983 (providing information on current research to the city council, leading to the first hearing on the newly recognized disease AIDS)
Memberships in Scientific Societies
- Genetics Society of America, American Society for Microbiology, American Association for the Advancement of Science, California Academy of Sciences