Paul Greengard

Paul Greengard (b. December 11, 1925) is an American neuroscientist best known for his work on the molecular and cellular function of neurons. In 2000, Greengard, Arvid Carlsson and Eric Kandel were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system. He is currently Vincent Astor Professor at Rockefeller University http://www.rockefeller.edu/research/abstract.php?id=53.

Biography

Greengard was born in New York City. During World War II, he served in the United States Navy as a electronics technician at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology working on an early warning system against Japanese kamikaze planes. After the war, he attended Hamilton College where he graduated in 1948 with a bachelor's degree in mathematics and physics. He decided against graduate school in physics because most post-war physics research was focusing on nuclear weapons, and instead became interested in biophysics. He began his graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University in the lab of Haldan Keffer Hartline. Inspired by a lecture by Alan Hodgkin, Greengard began work on the molecular and cellular function of neurons. In 1953, Greengard received his PhD and began postdoctoral work at the University of London, Cambridge University, and the University of Amsterdam. As a professor, he has worked at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Vanderbilt University, Yale University, and Rockefeller University.

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New York City - World War II - United States Navy - Electronics - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Kamikaze - Hamilton College - Mathematics - Physics - Nuclear weapon - Biophysics - Johns Hopkins University - Haldan Keffer Hartline - Alan Hodgkin - University of London - Cambridge University - University of Amsterdam - Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Vanderbilt University - Yale University - Rockefeller University

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