Background
Buskirk, Robert Grenville Van was born on October 26, 1950 in Rutland, Vermont, United States. Son of Robert Elmer and Martha Elizabeth (Bucklin) Van Buskirk.
Buskirk, Robert Grenville Van was born on October 26, 1950 in Rutland, Vermont, United States. Son of Robert Elmer and Martha Elizabeth (Bucklin) Van Buskirk.
Bachelor cum laude, University Vermont, 1972. Master of Arts in Teaching, University Vermont, 1975. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1983.
Instructor Hamilton College, Clinton, New York, 1975—1978, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1981—1983, instructor summer school extension, 1983—1987, lecturer cell biology, 1983—1986. Research fellow Harvard University Medical School, Boston, 1982—1985. Cell biologist, assistant professor biology State University of New York, Binghamton, 1986—1991, associate professor, since 1992, chair department biology, since 1996.
Member faculty Harvard University Summer School, since 1983. Consultant MatTek Corporation, Ashland, Massachusetts, since 1988, Millipore Corporation, Bedford, 1987—1992, Cryomedical Sciences, Rockville, Maryland, since 1993.
With Testing Service, Iowa City, since 1977. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, Center Neurobehavioral Sciences, Science Research Society of North America, American Society Cell Biology, Sigma Xi (associate).
Married Jean Stuart MacKenzie, July 25, 1951. Children: Martha Stuart, Lauren Matheson.