Frederick Grinnell (born 1945 in
Philadelphia
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,
Pennsylvania
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) is an American
cell biologist
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, also known for his work in
bioethics
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and
science education
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. Currently, he is a Distinguished Teaching Professor and the Robert McLemore Professor of Medical Science in the department of cell biology at
UT Southwestern Medical Center
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern or UTSW) is a public academic health science center in Dallas, Texas. With approximately 18,800 employees, more than 2,900 full-time faculty, and nearly 4 million outpatient ...
in Dallas, Texas. Grinnell took his undergraduate degree in chemistry at
Clark University
Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research universities in the ...
(1966) and Ph.D. in biochemistry at
Tufts New England Medical Center (1970). Subsequently, he moved to Dallas for postdoctoral work in the UTSW Biochemistry Department. In 1972, he joined the UTSW faculty in the Department of Cell Biology where he has developed a multidisciplinary research and teaching program, on one hand doing scientific research and on the other explaining what doing research entails. For additional information see the Grinnell laboratory website.
Awards
* 2010 -- Grinnell's 2009 book ''Everyday Practice of Science: Where Intuition and Passion Meeting Objectivity and Logic'' shortlisted for the
Royal Society Prizes for Science Books
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* 2012 -- Receives
University of Texas System
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Regents' Outstanding Teaching Award
* 2012 -- Elected
, Section on History and Philosophy of Science
* 2017 -- Receives Texas Statewide Piper Professor Award, Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation
References
External links
Grinnell Website
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1945 births
Living people
Scientists from Philadelphia
Bioethicists
Jewish American scientists
American philosophers
Philosophers of science
Clark University alumni
Tufts University School of Medicine alumni
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center faculty
Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
21st-century American Jews