Background
Hanken, James was born on July 14, 1952 in New York City. Son of William Hanken and Miriam (Geller) Gertz.
biologist educator museum director
Hanken, James was born on July 14, 1952 in New York City. Son of William Hanken and Miriam (Geller) Gertz.
Bachelor of Arts California, Berkeley, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy in Zoology, University California, Berkeley, 1980.
Killam postdoctoral fellow Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada, 1980-1983. Assistant professor University Colorado, Boulder, 1983-1990, associate professor, 1990-1994, professor biology, 1994-1999, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1999, director, curator herpetology Museum Comparative Zoology, since 1999. Associate editor Journal of Morphology, since 1988.
Panel member National Science Foundation, Washington, 1996-2000. Editor American Zoologist, 1996-1998. Lecturer Uppsala (Sweden) University, University California, Berkeley.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Society Integrative and Comparative Biology, Herpetologists League, Society for Study of Evolution.
Married Sally Susnowitz, September 1, 1984. Children: Daniel, Alexandra.