Born: 4 November 1938, Chicago, Illinois
Degrees
- B.E.P 1961; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; Engineering, Physics; National Merit Scholar; Alfred P. Sloan Scholar.
- M.S. 1963; California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; Physics; National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow; Woodrow Wilson Fellow; Danforth Fellow.
- Ph.D. 1965; University of California, Berkeley, CA; Biophysics; U.S. Public Health Service Biophysics Training Grant; National Science Foundation Graduate Fellow.
Professional Positions
- National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 1965 - 1966, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
- National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 1966 - 1967, University of London, King's Colledge, London, England.
- Assistant Professor of Molecular Biology, 1967 - 1971, Department of Botanical Sciences and Molecular Biology Institute, UCLA.
- Associate Professor of Biology, 1971 - 1975, Department of Biology, UCLA.
- Professor of Biology, 1975 - present, Department of Biology, UCLA.
Administrative Positions
- Convenor, Division III//IV, Department of Biology, 1975 - 1976.
- Vice Chair or Acting Chair, Department of Biology, UCLA, 1979 - 1983.
- Assistant Chief, Division of Environmental Biology, Laboratory of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, 1978 - 1983.
- Chief, Division of Environmental Biology, and Associate Director, Laboratory of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences, UCLA, 1989 - present.
- Chair,Department of Biology, UCLA, 1995 - present.
Special Awards
- John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, 1973 - 1974, Department of Environmental Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T., Australia.
- Faculty Distinguished Teaching Award, UCLA, 1986.
Honor Societies
- Tau Beta Pi
- Phi Kappa Phi
- Sigma Xi
Current Editorial Responsibilities
- Plant, Cell and Environment, editorial board, 1984 - present.
- Journal of Experimental Botany, Associate Editor, 1991 - present.
- International Journal of Plant Science, editorial board,1991 - present.