Background
Eckhardt, Laurel Ann was born on September 4, 1951 in Palo Alto, California, United States. Daughter of Joseph Carl Augustus Eckhardt and Ada Jane Williams Smith.
Eckhardt, Laurel Ann was born on September 4, 1951 in Palo Alto, California, United States. Daughter of Joseph Carl Augustus Eckhardt and Ada Jane Williams Smith.
Bachelor summa cum laude, University Texas, 1974. Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics, Stanford University, California, 1980.
Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell postdoctoral fellow Albert Einstein College Medicine, Bronx, 1980-1983. Assistant professor Department Biological Science, Columbia University, New York City, 1984-1988, associate professor, 1989-1992. Professor Department Biological Science, Hunter College of City University of New York, since 1992, Marie Hesselbach professor biology, since 1999.
Reviewer immunobiology study section Department Research Grants, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, 1993-1996. Reviewer grand review committee American Heart Association, New York City, 1990-1993, science review Immunological Sciences peer review committee, Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program, 1998, 2000, 03, review panelist for research training fellowships for medical students, Howard Huges Medical Student, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, 2002-2004.
Member American Association Immunologists (program committee member 1995-1999, education committee 2006-2009), New York Academy of Sciences, Harvey Society (executive officer City University of New York Doctor of Philosophy program biology since 2008).
Married Michael Warren Young, December 27, 1978. Children: Natalie Alice Eckhardt Young, Arissa Caroline Eckhardt Young.