Lionel F. Jaffe
Born: December 28, 1927, New York City. Married in 1949. Three children. Four grandchildren.
Died: April 27, 2011
Education
Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, B.S. 1948 Biochemistry
Cal Tech. Pasadena, CA, Embryology Ph.D. 1954 (with Albert Tyler and Frits Went)
Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, CA, Embryology Post Doc 1953-55 (with John Blinks)
Scripps lnstitute of Oceanography, CA, Embryology Post Doc 1955-56
Employment
1956-1960 Assistant Professor of Biology, Brandeis University
1960-1967 Assistant to Associate Professor of Biology, University of Pennsylvania
1967-1984 Professor of Biology, Purdue University
1982-1994 Director, National Vibrating Probe Facility, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole
1982-2011 Senior Scientist, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole and Director, Calcium Imaging Laboratory.
2003 Hopkins Marine Station, Visiting Investigator
2005 Friday Harbor Laboratory, Visiting Investigator
2010 Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Visiting Investigator
Ph. D. Graduated (and present positions in 2011):
Kenneth R. Robinson, 1973, Professor Emeritus, Purdue University
Richard Nuccitelli, 1975, Vice President, BioElectroMed Corp.
Benjamin Peng, 1976, Professor, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Richard Borgens, 1977, Professor of Veterinary Anatomy, Purdue University
Tsung-Hsein Chen, 1977, Research Biologist, Academia Sinica, Taipei
John Gilkey, 1977, Specialist Faculty Development, University of Arizona
Postdoctoral Trainees (and present positions in 2011):
Helmut Etzold 1959-61 , Botanisches lnst., U. Erlangen
Dieter Muller 1962-3 Prof., Biology, U. Konstanz
Tadashi Sandan 1964-65 Prof., Biology, Kyoto Gakugei U.
Friedrich Bentrup 1964-66 Prof., Botany, U. Salzburg
Wilhelm Neuschler 1966-7 Science Librarian, U. Tubingen
Manfred Weisenseel, 1968-70,1973-4,1977 Professor University of Karlsruhe
Robert D. Allen 1970-2 Prof., Biology, U. West Virginia
Miu-ming Poo 1974-6, Molecular and Cell Biology, University of California, Berkeley
Klaus Schroter 1975-6 Botanisches lnst., University of Bonn
Claudio Stern 1978 Prof. & Chairman, Genetics & Development, Columbia
Anthony Barker 1979 Senior Physicist, Hallamshire Hospital, Sheffield
Jittse Vandermeer 1979-82 Prof. Redeemer College, St. Catherines, Ont.
Robyn Overall 1982-84 Professor of Biology, University of Sydney
Annelies Speksnijder 1985-8 Ass't. Prof., Genetics, U. Groningen
Willem Kuhtreiber 1987-91
Andrew Miller 1988-95 Professor, Hong Kong University of Science & Tech
Robbert Creton 1994-Brown University, Providence RI
Honors
Albert Tyler Memorial Lecture, California Institute of Technology, 1978
Jenkinson Memorial Lecture, Oxford University 1982
Sigma Xi Annual Research Award, Purdue University, 1985
Friday Evening Lecture, Marine Biological Laboratory, 1991