Allan Joshua Tobin

Background

Tobin, Allan Joshua was born on August 22, 1942 in Manchester, New Hampshire, United States. Son of Maurice and Eve (Alter) Tobin.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1969.

Career

Assistant professor biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971-1975; assistant professor biology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1975-1981; associate professor biology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1981-1986; professor biology, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1986; chair interdepartmental program for neuroscience, University of California at Los Angeles, since 1989. Science director Hereditary Disease Foundation, Santa Monica, California, since 1979, member science advisory board, since 1979. Visiting scientist Laboratoire de Neurobiologie Moleculaire, Institute Pasteur, Paris, 1982.

Consultant Curriculum Resources Group, Institute for Services to Education, Ednl. Development Court, Newton, Massachusetts. Centennial speaker National Student Research Forum, University Texas Medical Branch, 1991.

Achievements

• Allan Joshua Tobin has been listed as a noteworthy biologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Neurosci., National Institutes of Health (member Neurology C. study section 1985-1989), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (chair stategic planning group neurodegenerative disease since 1998), Molecular Biology Institute, Society for Development Biology, American Society Neurochemistry.

Connections

Married Elaine Munsey, April 7, 1968 (divorced). Children: David, Adam. Married Janet Ruth Hadda, March 22, 1981.

Father:

Maurice Tobin

Mother:

Eve (Alter) Tobin

Spouse:

Janet Ruth Hadda

Spouse:

Elaine Munsey

child:

David Tobin

child:

Adam Tobin