Alice Huang

Alice S. Huang "is senior councilor for external relations and a faculty associate in biology at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech). She began her career as a microbiologist and eventually became a professor of microbiology and molecular genetics at Harvard Medical School, where she made important discoveries in virology. She has since moved on to a far-ranging career dealing variously with medicine, science and technology policy, science writing, and higher education. She holds several chairs and sits on several boards of major organizations, including the Foundation for Microbiology and the Food and Drug Administration Advisory Committee on Vaccines and Related Biological Products. Prior to coming to Caltech, Huang was Dean for Science at New York University. Her husband, Nobel laureate David Baltimore, is also a panelist on Closer to Truth.“ [1]

• Trustee, Rockefeller Foundation

External links

• "Biography", Accessed January 2007.