Vivian Siegel

Background

Siegel, Vivian was born on August 24, 1960 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Daughter of Edward and Harriet (Greenberg) Siegel.

Education

Bachelor of Arts in Biochemistry and Mathematics, Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, 1977-1981; Doctor of Philosophy in Genetics, University of California, San Francisco, 1981-1987.

Career

Postdoctoral fellow University California, San Francisco, 1987-1988, 89-93, postgraduate researcher, 1993-1994, senior editor, since 2006. Postdoctoral fellow Max Planck Institute Development Biology, Tubingen, Germany, 1988-1989. Senior editor Cell, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1994—1998, Molecular Cell, Cambridge, 1997—1998.

Deputy editor Cell, Molecular Cell, 1998—1999, editor-in-chief, 1999—2003, Developmental Cell, Cambridge, 2001—2003. Executive director Public Library. of Science, San Francisco, 2003—2005. Editor PLOS Biology, 2003—2005.

Research professor Vanderbilt University, Nashville, since 2006. Visiting science Whitehead Institute, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1994—1997, Cambridge, 2003. Sabbatical researcher University California, 2005—2006.

Achievements

• Vivian Siegel has been listed as a noteworthy biomedical editor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Society Cell Biology, Genetics Society of America, Louis Round Wilson Academy.

Connections

Married David Alan Zeserson. 1 child Jacob Edward.

Father:

Edward Siegel

Mother:

Harriet (Greenberg) Siegel

Spouse:

David Alan Zeserson

child:

Jacob Edward Siegel