R. John Collier
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Harvard Medical School
R. John Collier | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 6, 1938 Wichita Falls, Texas, USA |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship |
| Academic background | |
| Education | Rice University Harvard University |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | UCLA Harvard Medical School |
R. John Collier (born August 6, 1938) is an American microbiologist and biochemist. He is the Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Emeritus at Harvard Medical School.
Collier was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on August 6, 1938.[1] He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Rice University in 1959. He completed a Master of Science in 1961 and a Doctor of Philosophy in biology at Harvard University in 1964.[1][2]
Career
Collier was on the faculty at University of California, Los Angeles beginning in 1966. Collier held a Guggenheim Fellowship from 1973 to 1974 at Pasteur Institute.[1] In 1984, he started at Harvard Medical School. He became the Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Microbiology and Immunobiology in 1989. At Harvard, Collier served as the Faculty Dean for Graduate Education, Chairman of the Division of Medical Science and Acting Head of the Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics. He is a professor emeritus at Harvard.[2]
