Background
Shimkets, Lawrence Joseph was born on May 16, 1952 in Pittsburgh. Son of Lawrence Joseph and Dorothy Marie (Ehlinger) Shimkets.
Shimkets, Lawrence Joseph was born on May 16, 1952 in Pittsburgh. Son of Lawrence Joseph and Dorothy Marie (Ehlinger) Shimkets.
Bachelor of Science, Florida State University, 1974; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Minnesota, 1980.
National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow, Stanford (California) U., 1980-1982; assistant professor, U. Georgia, Athens, 1982-1988; associate professor microbiology, U. Georgia, Athens, 1988-1993; professor, U. Georgia, Athens, since 1993; head department microbiology, U. Georgia, Athens, since 1997.
Member American Society Microbiology, Sigma Xi.
Married Diane Jean Schoettle, July 19, 1980.