Victor Ambros: advisors and students

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Victor Ambros

American developmental biologistborn 1953

Wikidata names David Baltimore and H. Robert Horvitz as doctoral advisors. Linked to Wikidata, ORCID, and 7 other registers.

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Advisors on Wikidata2

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David Baltimore
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H. Robert Horvitz

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The advisors of their advisors, four steps up at most, in the thesis records and on Wikidata, each kind marked; a person in both is listed once.

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stated by WikidataDavid Baltimorestated by WikidataH. Robert Horvitz
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stated by WikidataJames Watsonstated by WikidataSydney Brennerstated by WikidataWalter Gilbert
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stated by WikidataAbdus Salamstated by WikidataCyril Norman Hinshelwoodstated by WikidataSalvador Luria
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stated by WikidataHarold Hartleystated by WikidataNicholas Kemmerstated by WikidataPaul Taunton Matthews

Education and career8

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1979 to 1984
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
worked
1984 to 1992
Harvard University
worked
1992 to 2002
Dartmouth College
worked
2002 to 2008
Geisel School of Medicine
worked
from 2008
Worcester Foundation for Biomedical Research
worked
undated
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
studied
undated
Woodstock Union High School
studied
undated
University of Massachusetts Medical School
worked

At a glance

known as: geneticist, university teacher, biologist
fields: molecular biology
degrees: Doctor of Philosophy
awards: Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research, 2008, Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, 2015, Benjamin Franklin Medal, 2008, Wolf Prize in Medicine, 2014, Canada Gairdner International Award, 2008, Louisa Gross Horwitz Prize, 2009, Massry Prize, 2009, Dickson Prize in Medicine, 2009, Gruber Prize in Genetics, 2014, March of Dimes Prize in Developmental Biology, 2016, Rosenstiel Award, 2004, Keio Medical Science Prize, 2013, Genetics Society of America Medal, 2006, Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research, 2012, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2018, Newcomb Cleveland Prize, 2002, Clarivate Citation Laureates, 2008, Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 2024
member of: National Academy of Sciences, from 2007, American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Wikipedia: in 54 languages

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identity

stated by WikidataWikipediaVictor Ambros
stated by WikidataWikidataQ983858
stated by WikidataORCID0000-0002-5562-5345
stated by WikidataVIAF86279367
stated by WikidataGND1344158145
stated by WikidataIdRef122876458
stated by WikidataISNI0000000417543343

papers

stated by WikidataScopus7004145559
stated by WikidataSemantic Scholar6095291

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  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Victor Ambros: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q983858},
  note = {read on 2026-10-27}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 27). Victor Ambros: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-27]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q983858