Barry L. Karger

Background

Karger, Barry L. was born on April 2, 1939 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy in Anal. Chemistry, Cornell Univercity, 1963.

Career

From assistant professor to associate professor, 1963-1972; professor of chemistry, since 1972; director Barnett Institute Chemical Analysis & Mat. Science, Northeastern U., since 1973; James L. Water professor analytical chemical, Northeastern U., since 1985. National Institutes of Health research grant, since 1969.

National Science Foundation research grant, 1966-1985. Federal Water PolutionControl Administration research grant, 1967-1970. Off Naval research grants, 1969-1974.

Science advisory Food and Drug Administration, 1973-1976. Consultant Technicon Instruments Corporation, 1977-1982, Cambridge Anal., 1985-1987. Beckman, since 1988, Genentech, since 1987.

Achievements

• Barry L. Karger has been listed as a noteworthy Chemistry educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society (American Chemical Society award in analytical chemistry 1990), New York Academy Sciences, Sigma Xi.

Connections

Married, 1961; 2 children.