Tom Rapoport

Tom Rapoport
Born	(1947-06-17) June 17, 1947 (age 77) Cincinnati, Ohio
Citizenship	United States, Germany (East Germany until 1990)
Education	Humboldt University
Employers	East German Academy of Sciences Harvard Medical School Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Known for	Early development of metabolic control analysis; the endoplasmic reticulum
Parents	Samuel Mitja Rapoport (father) Ingeborg Rapoport (mother)
Relatives	Michael Rapoport (brother)

Tom Abraham Rapoport (born June 17, 1947)^[1] is a German-American cell biologist who studies protein transport in cells. Currently, he is a professor at Harvard Medical School and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he grew up in East Germany. In 1995 he accepted an offer to become a professor at Harvard Medical School. In 1997 he became an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is a member of the American and German National Academies of Science.