Background
Borei, Hans Georg was born on February 7, 1914 in Stockholm.
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Hans Georg Borei
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Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, University Stockholm, 1941. Doctor of Science in Biochemistry, University Stockholm, 1945.
Career
Research assistant biophysics and experimental biology, U. Stockholm, 1937-1945;
associate professor, U. Stockholm, 1945-1952;
head department development physiology and genetics Wenner-Gren Institute, U. Stockholm, 1947-1950;
acting head Wenner-Gren Institute, U. Stockholm, 1948, 50;
head department biophysics, U. Stockholm, 1948-1952;
professor zoology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1953-1984;
professor general physiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1955-1960;
chairman major biological programs, undergraduate chairman, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1964-1984;
professor emeritus, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1984-1993. Visiting professor zoology California Institute Technology, 1951. Researcher Carlsberg Laboratory, Copenhagen, 1946, Kristinebergs Zoological Station, Sweden, 1946-1952, 61, Millport (Scotland) Marine Station, 1948, Molteno Institute, Cambridge, England,1948-1949, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 1951, 53, Mount Desert Island (Maine) Biological Laboratory, 1955-1964.
Researcher Swans Island (Maine) Marine Station, 1965-1984, president, 1966-1984.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Zoologists, American Society Limnololgy and Oceanography, International Society Cell Biology, Sigma Xi.
Connections
Married 1938; 3 children.
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Nationality
Swedish -
Ethnicity
Education
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1941
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1945
Career
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1953 - 1984