Background
Kamen, Robert Irwin was born on August 6, 1944 in New York City. Son of Abraham and Lillian (Kovacs) Kamen.
Kamen, Robert Irwin was born on August 6, 1944 in New York City. Son of Abraham and Lillian (Kovacs) Kamen.
AB summa cum laude, Amherst College, Massachusetts, 1965. Doctor of Philosophy in Molecular Biology/Biochemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1970.
Postdoctoral fellow, Institute Molecular Biology U. Zürich, 1970-1973; postdoctoral fellow, Imperial Cancer Research Fund laboratories, London, 1974-1976; senior staff scientist, Imperial Cancer Research Fund laboratories, London, 1976-1982; director research, Genetics Institute, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982-1984; vice president research, Genetics Institute, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984-1986; senior vice president scientific affairs, Genetics Institute, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1986-1989; independent consultant, Sudbury, Massachusetts, 1989-1991; president, Badische Anilin- & Soda-Fabrik Biorsch. Corporation, Cambridge, Massachusetts, since 1991.
Member American Society Microbiology, European Molecular Biology Organization, American Association Cancer Research.
Married Ruth Hope Kamen, June 14, 1964 (divorced 1985). Married Geertruida M. Veldman, January 18, 1986. Children: Daniel Martin, Annelies Eva.