Background
Ralston, Nicholas V.C. was born on June 5, 1956 in Michigan, North Dakota, United States. Son of Verne Bergen Ralston and Jill Cliff Onyett.
Ralston, Nicholas V.C. was born on June 5, 1956 in Michigan, North Dakota, United States. Son of Verne Bergen Ralston and Jill Cliff Onyett.
Bachelor of Science in Biology, Mayville State University, 1978; Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, Mayo Graduate School, 1995.
Laboratory instructor, Mayville (North Dakota) State University, 1975-1978; science teacher, Carson (North Dakota) Public High School, 1978-1979; laboratory technician, U. North Dakota, Grand Forks, 1979-1981; chemist, Human Nutrition Research Center, Grand Forks, 1980-1986; research biologist Human Nutrition, USDA, Grand Forks, 1986-1989; predoctoral research fellow, Mayo Medical Center, Rochester, Minnesota, since 1989; postdoctoral research fellow, Bowman Gray Medical School, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, since 1995.
Married Nita S. Ralston, August 7, 1977. Children: Tiffany Joy, Arielle Nicole.