Robert David Siegel | |
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 Dr. Robert Siegel | |
| Education | M.D. Stanford School of Medicine, Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from University of Colorado at Boulder, M.A. in Education from Stanford University, B.A. in Psychology from Stanford University |
| Occupation | Professor of Microbiology Immunology at Stanford University |
| Spouse | Wendy Max |
Robert Siegel is a professor at Stanford University with appointments in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The Program in Human Biology, the Center for African Studies, and the Woods Institute for the Environment.[1][2] For more than 20 years, he served as the Course Director of the Infectious Disease component of the preclinical curriculum. He has taught the following Sophomore College courses: The Stanford Safari (2009 and 2013), Smallpox: Lethal Legacy, Forbidding Future (2010), The Coming Influenza Pandemic (2011), and Measles Sneezes, Things That go Mumps in the Night (2012), and Viruses in the News (2014, 2016, 2018, 2021). Dr. Siegel also teaches a course called Humans and Viruses, which is a curriculum that teaches undergraduate students about all known human viruses. He has led Bing Overseas Study Program (BOSP) overseas seminars to Tanzania, England, Madagascar, the Pantanal, and Tasmania.[3] Siegel served as the second Stanford Tree from 1977-1978.
He is also a docent at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve and at the Año Nuevo State Park. He is also an avid photographer, traveler (to seven continents), and jumper. He currently lives in Palo Alto, California with his wife and three sons.
- ^ "Stanford CAP Profile". Stanford School of Medicine. Retrieved March 20, 2017.
- ^ "Stanford Woods Institute". Stanford Woods Institute. Stanford University. 2018-06-21.
- ^ "Stanford BOSP". Stanford Daily. Stanford University. 2012-10-02.