Gerald Allen Schwarting

Background

Schwarting, Gerald Allen was born on June 18, 1946 in Lincoln, Nebraska, United States. Son of Arthur E. and Roberta (Mitchell) Schwarting.

Education

Bachelor of Science, U. Connecticut, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy, U. Munich, Germany, 1974.

Career

Research associate, Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, New York, 1974-1977; assistant to senior biochemist, E.K. Shriver Center, Waltham, Massachusetts, since 1978; assistant professor neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 1989; associate professor neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, since 1993; biochemist in neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, since 1989.

Achievements

• Achievements include identification of glycolipids and glycoproteins which participate in cell-cell interactions leading to specific pattern formation during the development of the mammalian nervous system.

Membership

Member American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, American Association Immunologists, Society for Neurosci.

Connections

Married Kathie Huntoon, December 26, 1970. Children: Jennifer, Elizabeth.

Father:

Arthur E. Schwarting

Mother:

Roberta (Mitchell) Schwarting

Spouse:

Kathie Huntoon

child:

Jennifer Schwarting

child:

Elizabeth Schwarting