John Woodland Hastings
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John Woodland "Woody" Hastings, PhD., (March 24, 1927 – August 6, 2014) was an American scientist, educator, and writer.
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John Woodland Hastings | |
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Born | (1927-03-24)March 24, 1927 |
Died | August 6, 2014(2014-08-06) (aged 87) |
Nationality | American |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Swarthmore College, 1944-1947; B.A. 1947 (Navy V-12 medical officers training program)
Princeton University, 1948-1951; M.A. 1950, PhD. 1951 - adviser E. N. Harvey Johns Hopkins University, 1951-1953 Postdoctoral Fellow with W. D. McElroy |
Known for | Founding circadian biology |
Awards | NATO Senior Fellow in Science, Foundation Curie, Orsay, France, 1977 |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Bioluminescence, Circadian rhythms |
Institutions | Instructor in Biological Sciences Northwestern University 1953-1957
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry University of Illinois 1957-1966 Professor of Biology Harvard University, 1966-1986; Paul C. Mangelsdorf Professor of Natural Sciences Harvard University 1986 - present |
Doctoral students | David Johnson States[1][2] |
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