Background
Margulis, Lynn was born on March 5, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Morris and Leone (Wise) Alexander.
Margulis, Lynn was born on March 5, 1938 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Daughter of Morris and Leone (Wise) Alexander.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Chicago, 1957; A.M., University of Wisconsin, 1960; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, 1965.
Lecturer 1963-1965, Biology Company-ordinator, Peace Corps, Colombia Project 1965-1966. Consultant and Staff. Assistant Professor Department, of Biology, Boston University 1966-1967, Assistant Professor 1967-1971, Association Professor 1971-1977, Professor 88, University Professor 1986-1988.
Distinguished Professor University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Visiting Professor Department, of Marine Biology, Seripps Institute of Oceanography January-March 1980, Department, of Geology and Planetary Science California Institute of Technology 1980, Department, of Microbiology, Universidad Autonama de Barcelona, Spain 1986. National Aeronautics and Space Administration-Ames Planetary Biology and Microbial Ecology Summer Research Programme 1980, 1982, 1984.
Guggenheim Foundation Fellow 1979. Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, California Institute of Technology 1977.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member NAS, Society Evolutionary Protistology (co-founder).
Married Carl Sagan, June 16, 1957. Married Thomas N. Margulis, January 18, 1967. Children: Dorion Sagan, Jeremy Sagan, Zachary Margulis, Jennifer Margulis.
