Background
Harrison, Stephen Coplan was born on June 4, 1943 in New Haven. Son of Harold E. and Helen Miriam (Coplan) Harrison.
Harrison, Stephen Coplan was born on June 4, 1943 in New Haven. Son of Harold E. and Helen Miriam (Coplan) Harrison.
Bachelor of Arts in Chemistry and Physics, Harvard College, 1963. Doctor of Philosophy in Biophysics, Harvard University, 1968.
Helen Hay Whitney postdoctoral research fellow Children's Cancer Research Foundation, Boston, 1967—1968, research associate pathology, 1969—1971. Research fellow biophysics Harvard University, 1967—1968, junior fellow Society Fellows, 1968—1971, assistant professor biochemistry, 1971—1975, associate professor, 1975—1977, professor biochemistry and molecular biology, 1977—1998, professor biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology, since 1996, Higgins professor biochemistry, 1998—2002. Investigator Howard Hughes Medical Institute, since 1987.
Director Center Structural Biology Harvard Medical School, 1996—2002, professor pediatrics, since 1996. Head Laboratory Molecular Medicine Children's Hospital, Boston, since 1996, director Center Molecular and Cellular Dynamics, since 2002. Visiting research associate biophysics Max-Planck Institute, 1971—1972.
Visiting professor biology University Heidelberg, 1971—1972. Non-resident tutor Lowell House Harvard University, since 1971, chairman board tutors biochemical science, 1971—1996, chairman department biochemistry and molecular biology, 1988—1992. Visiting fellow commoner Trinity College, Cambridge, England, 1977.
Visiting scientist Medical Research Council Laboratory Molecular Biology, Cambridge, England, 1977. Acting head tutor biochemical science, 2000—2001.
Fellow American Academy Arts & Sciences. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, National Academy of Sciences, American Philosophical Society, American Society Microbiol., American Society Virology, American Crystallographic Association, European Molecular Biology Organization (associate).