Background
Signer, Ethan Royal was born on April 3, 1937 in Brooklyn. Son of Isador and Elca (Rothstein) Signer.
Signer, Ethan Royal was born on April 3, 1937 in Brooklyn. Son of Isador and Elca (Rothstein) Signer.
Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1958; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1963.
Postdoctoral fellow, Medical Research Council Laboratory Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England, 1962-1964;
postdoctoral fellow, Institut Pasteur, Paris, 1964-1966;
assistant professor microbiology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1966-1968;
associate professor microbiology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1968-1972;
visiting professor genetics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1986-1987;
professor biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, since 1972;
Chief Executive Officer, Pharmaceutical Peptides Inc., Cambridge, since 1994. Member science advisory board Plant Resources Venture Fund, Boston, 1981-1989, Safer, Inc., Wellesley, Massachusetts, 1987-1990, Angenics, Inc., Cambridge, 1981-1988. Philips distinguished visitor Haverford College, 1978.
Distinguished Martin visiting lecturer microbiology University of California, San Francisco, 1982. Visiting professor biochemistry U. Paris, 1992, 93. Co-founder Pharmaceutical Peptides, Inc., 1994, Chief Executive Officer, since 1994.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Microbiology, Genetics Society American, International Society Plant Molecular Biology, American Society Plant Physiologists, International Society Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, New York Academy Sciences.
Married Laura Karp; 1 child, Jasper K.;children by previous marriage: Kira R., Rachel L.