Research Statement |
| Biomolecular and Biomimetic Materials; Silicon and Semiconductor Biotechnology; Elucidation and adaptation of molecular mechanisms underlying the biological nanofabrication of high-performance and self-healing materials; biomimetic adaptation of these mechanisms to develop new routes to high-performance and self-healing materials for aerospace and other practical applications. |
Education |
| 1967 |
Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, NY
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| 1963 |
B.A., Biochemical Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Positions |
| 2000 |
Chairman, Interdisciplinary Grad. Program in Biomolecular Science & Engineering
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| 1993-1994 |
Chairman, Division of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, UC Santa Barbara, CA
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| 1990-1991 |
Chairman, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Santa Barbara, CA
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| 1986 |
Director, Marine Biotechnology Center, UC Santa Barbara, CA
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| 1983-1985 |
Chairman, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Santa Barbara, CA
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| 1981-1982 |
Chairman, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, UC Santa Barbara, CA
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| 1974- |
Professor of Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, UC Santa Barbara, CA
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| 1971-1973 |
Silas Arnold Houghton Assoc. Prof., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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| 1969-1971 |
Assist. Prof., Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Selected Honors |
| 1998 |
CNRS Visiting Professor, Univ. of Paris
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| 1995 |
JSPS Visiting Professor, Univ. of Tokyo & Japan Center Marine Biotechnology
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| 1986 |
Fellow, AAAS
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| 1985 |
Smithsonian Institution Regents Fellow
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| 1985 |
Burroughs-Wellcome Visiting Professor, St. Andrews Univ.
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| 1973 |
Faculty Research Award, Amer. Cancer Soc.
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| 1971 |
NIH Career Development Award
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