Vincent Racaniello, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Vincent Racaniello

American biologist

Date of Birth: 02-Jan-1953

Place of Birth: Paterson, New Jersey, United States

Profession: biologist, university teacher, virologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Vincent R.
Racaniello (born January 2, 1953 in Paterson, New Jersey) is a Higgins Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at Columbia University’s College of Physicians and Surgeons.
He is one of four virologists who has recently authored Principles of Virology, a textbook used by many teaching virology to undergraduate, medical and graduate students. As an esteemed member of the scientific community, Racaniello has received several awards including Irma T.
Hirschl, Searle Scholars, Eli Lilly, Julius Younger and NIH Merit.
He has also been a Harvey Society Lecturer at Rockefeller University, the Hilleman Lecturer at the University of Chicago, and University Lecturer at Columbia University.
He is also the keynote speaker for the American Society for Virology, at its 2018 meeting.
Racaniello has served on the editorial boards of scientific journals, including the Journal of Virology, and is a community editor for the open access journal PLOS Pathogens.
He also served as the 2015 president of the American Society for Virology and keynote speaker for their 2017 annual meeting.