Joseph Alper

Joseph Seth Alper (born 1946) is a former professor of chemistry at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.[1] He is known for his work analyzing genetic discrimination and other issues related to human genetics research.[2][3] He is a founding member of the Genetic Screening Study Group.[4][5] He received his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1963 and his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1968.[6][2][7] He did his postdoc in the laboratory of Robert Silbey at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1968 to 1970.[8]

References

1. "Commencement 2005" (PDF). University of Massachusetts, Boston. 2005-06-03. p. 44. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
2. "Joseph S. Alper". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
3. Thompson, Alison K.; Chadwick, Ruth F. (2007-07-23). Genetic Information: Acquisition, Access, and Control. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 32. ISBN 9780585345864.
4. McKibben, Bill (2005). Rights and Liberties in the Biotech Age: Why We Need a Genetic Bill of Rights. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 233. ISBN 9780742543416.
5. Stone, Linda; Lurquin, Paul F. (2005). A Genetic and Cultural Odyssey: The Life and Work of L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza. Columbia University Press. p. 171. ISBN 9780231133968.
6. "Misusing Sociobiology". The Harvard Crimson. 1979-11-19. Retrieved 2018-09-17.
7. Alper, Joseph (1968). Applications of the Group R4 to Atomic Structure Theory (Ph.D. thesis). Yale University.
8. "Robert J. Silbey: Postdocs". web.mit.edu. Retrieved 2018-09-17.