Background
Herrup, Karl was born on July 16, 1948 in Pittsburgh. Son of J. Lester and Florence Bernice (Hersh) Herrup.
Herrup, Karl was born on July 16, 1948 in Pittsburgh. Son of J. Lester and Florence Bernice (Hersh) Herrup.
Bachelor in Biology magna cum laude, Brandeis U., 1970; Doctor of Philosophy in Neuro-and Behavioral Science, Stanford University, 1974.
Postdoctoral fellow in neurogenetics, Harvard Medical School/Children's Hospital, Boston, 1974-1977; postdoctoral fellow in pharmacology, Biozentrum, Basel, Switzerland, 1978; assistant professor, then associate professor human genetics School Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, 1978-1984; associate professor biology, Yale University, New Haven, 1986-1988; associate professor neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1988-1992; associate professor neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Boston, 1988-1992; director division development neurobiology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver Center for Mental Retardation, Waltham, Massachusetts, 1988-1992; professor Alzheimer Research Center, Case Western School Medicine, Cleveland, since 1992. Member of staff Yale Comprehensive Cancer Center, New Haven, 1987-1988.
Member Society for Neurosci. (member social issues committee 1987-1990, program committee 1989-1992, education committee since 1992, secretary Connecticut chapter 1982-1984, vice president 1987-1988), Society for Development Biology, Sigma Xi.
Married Claire Morse, August 20, 1972 (divorced January 1989). Children: Rachael, Adam, Alex. Married Leslie Reinherz, March 1, 1992.