Background
Pfau, Charles Julius was born on September 29, 1935 in Troy, New York, United States.
Pfau, Charles Julius was born on September 29, 1935 in Troy, New York, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1956. Master of Arts, Indiana University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy in Bacteriology, Indiana University, 1960.
United States Public Health Service postdoctoral fellow Biophysics, Yale University, New Haven, 1960-1962; postdoctoral fellow Rickettsia & Virus Department, Statens Seruminstitut, Copenhagen, 1962-1964; assistant professor microbiology, U. Massachusetts, Amherst, 1964-1971; associate professor biology, Rensselaeer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1971-1976; professor, Rensselaeer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, since 1976; chair department biology, Rensselaeer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, 1982-1985. Chairman Arenavirus Study Group, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, 1974-1981. Visiting scientist Institute Pasteur, Paris, 1983, Institute Pathologie, U. Zurich, Switzerland, 1984, Institute Medicinsk Mikrobiologi, Copenhagen, 1985-1986, United States Army Medical Research Institute Infectious Diseases, Fort Detrick, Frederick, Maryland., 1990, Institute International de Pathologie Cellulaire et Moleculaire, Brussels, 1991.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Association Immunologists, American Society Microbiology (northeastern branch).
Married Mary Gail Prediger (divorced 1979). Children: Dianne, David, Lise.