Alexander F. Schier | |
|---|---|
 Alexander F. Schier (2017) | |
| Born | 1964 |
| Citizenship | Switzerland, USA |
| Alma mater | University of Basel (1988) |
| Known for | Research with zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryogenesis Sleep |
| Awards | McKnight Scholar for Neuroscience (1999-2002) Irma T. Hirschl Scholar (2001-2005) McKnight Neuroscience of Brain Disorders Award (2006-2008) Everett Mendelsohn Excellence in Mentoring Award (2014) NIH MERIT Award (2016) NIH Pioneer Award (2017) Election to EMBO (2018) Science Breakthrough of the Year (2018)[1] ERC Advanced Grant (2020) George Streisinger Award of the International Zebrafish Society (2020) Election to National Academy of Sciences (2020) Election to Academia Europaea (2020) AAAS Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (2021)[2] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Cell Biology Development Genetics Neurobiology Behavior |
| Institutions | Biozentrum of the University of Basel (Switzerland) Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston (USA) Skirball Institute, NYU School of Medicine (USA) Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University (USA) |
| Doctoral advisor | Walter J. Gehring |
| Other academic advisors | Wolfgang Driever |
Alexander F. Schier (born 1964) is a Professor of Cell Biology and the Director of the Biozentrum University of Basel, Switzerland.[3]
Schier received a B.A. in cell biology in 1988 from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel, Switzerland, followed by a PhD in cell biology in 1992 under Walter J. Gehring, also from the University of Basel, Switzerland. He conducted his postdoctoral research in Wolfgang Driever's lab at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard University in Boston, US. In 1996, Schier was recruited as assistant professor in the Developmental Genetics Program to the Skirball Institute and Department of Cell Biology, NYU School of Medicine.
From 2005 to 2019, he was a professor at the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences. In 2013 he became the Leo Erikson Life Sciences Professor. He chaired the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology from 2014 to 2017. Since 2017 Schier is a site director of the Allen Discovery Center for Cell Lineage Tracing. In 2018, Schier became the Director of the Biozentrum of the University of Basel as well as Professor of Cell Biology.
- ^ Science Breakthrough of the Year (2018) harvard.edu Retrieved 2019-12-12
- ^ 2021 AAAS Fellows aaas.org Retrieved 2022-01-26
- ^ Alex Schier Appointed New Director of the Biozentrum unibas.ch Retrieved 2019-12-12