简介
Born: February 6, 1939 in Vienna, Austria
1948 - 1967: Lived in Argentina
1967: Migrated to USA
2014: Returned to Argentina
Citizenship: Dual United States - Argentina
Status: Married to Mariel Birnbaumer (neé Despuy), Ph.D.; no children
Education
Up to 1958: Primary and secondary education in Buenos Aires, Argentina
1958-1962: Study of Pharmacy, University of Buenos Aires. Degree - M. Sc. in Pharmacy.
1958-1964: Study of Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires. Degree - M. Sc. in Biochemistry.
1964-1967: Predoctoral Fellow, Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, University of
Buenos Aires, Argentina. Degree - Ph.D. in Biochemistry: Regulation of Glycogen Biosynthesis.
Thesis advisors: Dr. Luis F. Leloir and Héctor N. Torres.
1967-1971: Postdoctoral Fellow, Section on Endocrinology, National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic
Diseases, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. Major - Molecular Endocrinology: Regulation of Adenyl
Cyclase by Hormones. Preceptor: Dr. Martin Rodbell.
Professional Experience
1960-1961: Teaching Assistant, Department of Inorganic and Analytical Chemistry
1962-1964: Teaching Assistant, Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry
1964-1966: Teaching Assistant, Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences
1971-1974: at Northwestern University
1971-1974 Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Northwestern University
Medical School.
1974-1975 Visiting Scientist, Department of Molecular Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester,
Minnesota,
1975-1994: at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
1975-1994 Professor, Department of Cell Biology,
10/81-6/82 Visiting Scientist, Institute National de la Santé, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Creteil,
France (sabbatical leave).
1986-1994 Professor, Department of Physiology and Molecular Biophysics,
1990-1994 Professor, Division of Neurosciences
1992-1994 Director, Diabetes Research Center, Department of Medicine
1993-1994 Professor, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology)
1994-2001: at UCLA, Los Angeles, California
1994-2001 Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, School of Medicine
1994-2001 Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, School of Medicine.
1994-2001 Full Member, Molecular Biology Institute
1995-2001 Member, Brain Research Institute
1996-2000 Director, Embryonic Stem Cell and Transgenic Mouse Facility, UCLA Jonsson
Comprehensive Cancer Center.
1997-2001 Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology,
College of Letters and Science, UCLA
2001-2013: at NIEHS (NIH, DHHS), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
2001-2007 Sr. Investigator (Full Professor equivalent)
2001-2006 Scientific Director, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institutes of Health (NIH),
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
2001-2007 Head, Transmembrane Signalling Group, Laboratory of Signal Transduction,
DIR, NIEHS.
2007-2013 Head, Transmembrane Signalling Group, Laboratory of Neurobiology, NIEHS
2009-2010 Director, NIEHS Molecular Genetics Core Laboratory.
2010-2013 Adjunct Professor, Department of Pharmacology and Cancer Biology, Medical
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School, Duke University Medical Center.
2011-2013 Adjunct Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of North Carolina
School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
2013 (Dec)- NIH Scientitst Emeritus - NIEHS Special Volunteer
2014-present: in Argentina
2014- Profesor de Biología Celular, Instituto de Investicaciones Biotecnológicas "Dr.
Rodolfo A. Ugarte", (IIB-INTECH), Universidad Nacional de San Martin
(UNSAM)
2014- Miembro Correspondiente, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y
Técnicas (CONICET).
