Background
Poccia, Dominic Louis was born on August 8, 1945 in Utica, New York, United States. Son of Louis Joseph and Frances Marie (Surace) Poccia.
Poccia, Dominic Louis was born on August 8, 1945 in Utica, New York, United States. Son of Louis Joseph and Frances Marie (Surace) Poccia.
Bachelor of Science, Union College, 1967. AM, Harvard University, 1968. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1971.
AM (honorary), Amherst College, 1987.
Assistant professor Wellesley (Massachusetts) College, 1971-1972, State University of New York, Stony Brook, 1974-1978, Amherst (Massachusetts) College, 1978-1982, associate professor, 1982-1987, chair biology department, 1983-1985, professor, since 1987, chair biology department, 1989—1990, Rufus Tyler Lincoln professor biology, since 2000. Visiting scholar University California, Berkeley, 1986-1987. Visiting professor Stanford University Hopkins Marine Station, Pacific Grove, California, 1988.
Adjunct professor University Massachusetts, Amherst, since 1984. Director research Linsotona University, Lisbon, Portugal, 2003-2005. Cons.Hematech, Inc., since 2003.
Member American Society Cell Biology, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Alison Gordon, May 18, 1971 (divorced 1979). 1 child, Joseph; married Clara Pinto Correia, August 20, 1994 (divorced 2005). Children: Michael, Ricky.