Douglas A. Melton

dmelton@biohp.harvard.edu

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Harvard University
7 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

Curriculum Vitae

Education
Ph.D. in Molecular Biology
Supervisor: J.B. Gurdon
Trinity College & MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Cambridge University, England
1980
B.A. in History and
Philosophy of Science
Cambridge University, Cambridge, England
1975-1977
B.S. in Honors Biology University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
1971-1975

 

Appointments
1999-Present Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor in the Natural Sciences
Harvard University
1994-Present Investigator,
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
1994-Present Assoc. Member,
Children’s Hospital, Boston
1993-Present Biologist (Medicine),
Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
1988-Present Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology,
Harvard University
1987 J. L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences,
Harvard University
1984-1987 Associate Professor,
Harvard University
1981-1984 Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology,
Harvard University

 

Academic Honors
Edmund J. James Scholar, University of Illinois 1971-75
Phi Beta Kappa 1975
Marshall Scholarship, awarded for study at Cambridge University 1975-78
Max Perutz Prize 1981
Camille and Henry Dreyfus Award 1981
Searle Scholar Award 1983
Amer. Soc. of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Young Investigator Award
1991
George Ledlie Prize 1991
Richard Lounsbery Award, National Academy of Science 1995
Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences 1995
Member, National Academy of Arts and Sciences 1995
Honorary Member, Japanese Biochemical Society 1996
 

Scientific Journals

USA Editor of Development
Editor of the journal Neurobiology
Editor of Cytokine & Growth Factor Reviews
Editor of journal Science
Editor of Publications of the National Academy of Science
Editor of electronic journal Regenerative Medicine
Advisory Board, Genome Biology