M. David Egger
Maurice David Egger (born June 21, 1936 in Bakersfield (California) ) is an American physician who deals primarily with neuroanatomy , but is also known for his contributions to optics.
Egger studied at Stanford University with a bachelor's degree in 1958 and medicine from Yale University with a master's degree in 1960 and a doctorate in physiology and psychiatry in 1962. He was an instructor and later associate professor of anatomy at the School of Medicine until 1965 Yale University. In 1969/70 he was a visiting scientist at the Cerebral Function Research Group at the University of London . In 1974 he became associate professor and in 1978 professor of neuroscience and cell biology at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey (a university in the network of the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey ).
Around 1969 he and Paul Davidovits at Yale developed the confocal laser microscope (see confocal microscope ).
In 2000 he received the RW Wood Prize with Minsky and Davidovits for contributions to confocal microscopy. He is a Fellow of the American Physiological Society , the American Association of Anatomists , the American Psychological Society, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science .
Fonts
- with P. Davidovits: Scanning laser microscope , Nature, Volume 223, 1969, 831
- with P. Davidovits: Scanning laser microscope for biological investigations , Applied optics, Volume 10, 1971, pp. 1615-1619,
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Egger, M. David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Egger, Maurice David; Egger, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American medic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bakersfield (California) |