Rudolf Albert Raff (November 10, 1941 – January 5, 2019) was an American biologist, and the James H. Rudy Professor of Biology at Indiana University.[4] He was renowned for his research in, and promotion of, evolutionary developmental biology. Additionally, he served as the director of the Indiana Molecular Biology Institute.[5][6]
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| Born | November 10, 1941 Shawinigan, Québec, Canada |
| Died | January 5, 2019 (aged 77) Bloomington, Indiana, United States |
| Nationality | American |
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| Fields | Evolutionary developmental biology |
| Institutions | Indiana University, National Naval Medical Center, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Life
editRaff was born in Shawnigan, Quebec[7] in 1941 to a family of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. He graduated from Pennsylvania State University with a B.S. in 1963, and from Duke University with a Ph.D. in 1967. He died in 2019 in Bloomington Hospital, Indiana, at the age of 77.[8]
Awards
editRaff was a 1987 Guggenheim Fellow.[9] He won the 2004 Sewall Wright Award,[10] and won the A.O. Kovalevsky Medal in 2001.[11][12] He was a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.[13]
Works
edit- with Thomas C. Kaufman, Illustrated by E.C. Raff, Embryos, Genes, and Evolution: The Developmental-Genetic Basis of Evolutionary Change, Macmillan 1983, ISBN 0-02-397500-8
- The shape of life: genes, development, and the evolution of animal form, University of Chicago Press, 1996, ISBN 978-0-226-70266-7
- William R. Jeffery, Rudolf A. Raff (eds), Time, space, and pattern in embryonic development, A.R. Liss, 1983, ISBN 978-0-8451-2201-3
- Rudolf A. Raff, Once We All Had Gills, Growing Up Evolutionist in an Evolving World, Indiana University Press 2012, ISBN 978-0-253-00235-8
References
edit- ^ "Historic Fellows".
- ^ "Rudolf A. Raff | American Academy of Arts and Sciences". 9 February 2023.
- ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Rudolf A. Raff".
- ^ "Faculty Profile : Department of Biology : Indiana University Bloomington". Archived from the original on 2012-03-27. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ^ "Rudolf A. Raff". Archived from the original on 2012-07-22. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ^ Akst, Jef (Jan 9, 2019). "Leader of Evo-Devo Field, Rudy Raff, Dies". The Scientist.
- ^ https://www.bio.indiana.edu/documents/historical-materials/Raff_Rudolf_retirement_tribute_2017.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Rudolf "Rudy" Albert Raff". Dignity Memorial.
- ^ "Rudolf A. Raff - John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation". Archived from the original on 2011-11-12. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- ^ McPeek, Mark (2005). "2004 Sewall Wright Award: Rudolf A. Raff". The American Naturalist. 165 (1): i. doi:10.1086/427345. S2CID 82016600.
- ^ Lewis, Ricki (May 13, 2002). "Rudolf Raff". The Scientist.
- ^ Mikhailov, AT; Gilbert, SF (2002). "From development to evolution: the re-establishment of the "Alexander Kowalevsky Medal"". The International Journal of Developmental Biology. 46 (5): 693–8. PMID 12216980.
- ^ "Five faculty honored : Department of Biology : Indiana University Bloomington". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
External links
editArchived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine