Background
Riedel, Heimo was born on May 7, 1955 in Dortmund, Germany. Son of Hans Erwin and Anneliese (Mueller) Riedel. came to the United States, 1984.
Riedel, Heimo was born on May 7, 1955 in Dortmund, Germany. Son of Hans Erwin and Anneliese (Mueller) Riedel. came to the United States, 1984.
Vordiplom in Biology and Philosophy, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, 1975. Diplom in Biology, Ruhr University, Bochum, Germany, 1979. Doctor of Philosophy in Biology, Ruprecht-Karls University, Heidelberg, Germany, 1983.
Teaching assistant, Ruhr U., Bochum, 1974-1975;
research assistant, Ruhr U., Bochum, 1978-1979;
research associate, U. Ulm, Germany, 1979;
predoctoral fellow, European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, 1980-1983;
postdoctoral fellow, Genentech, Inc., San Francisco, 1984-1988;
assistant professor, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1988-1995;
chair division cellular & development biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1995;
associate professor Department Biological Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, since 1998. Investigator, co-section head molecular biology Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, 1988-1995. Graduate student representative European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Heidelberg, 1982-1983.
Science reviewer Journal Biological Chemistry, Bethesda, Maryland., 1988-1989. Ad hoc reviewer National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, 1991. Advising committee Alexander Marble Library., Boston, 1994-1995.
Member Karmanos Cancer Institute, Detroit, since 1996. Panel nominators General Motors Cancer Research International award, 1997. Associate member Center Molecular Medicine & Genetics, since 1997.
Active Amnesty International, New York City, since 1991, Union Concerned Scientists, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1991, Committee for the Science Investigation Claims of the Paranormal, Buffalo, since 1988, Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Alabama, since 1997. Community campaign member Boston Against Drugs, 1994-1995. Sponsor Howard Root Building Capital Campaign, Boston, 1993-1994.
Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Juvenile Diabetes Foundation, American Society for Microbiology, New York Academy of Sciences, The Planetary Society.
Married Nora Kleinschmidt, October 3, 1980.