Scientific Career
Reichardt went to Harvard University for undergraduate work (1960–1964), was a Fulbright Scholar at St. John's College, Cambridge and received a PhD in Biochemistry from Stanford University in 1972. He was a research fellow at the University of Geneva and Harvard Medical School, before becoming a professor at The University of California, San Francisco. He has been Director of the UCSF Neuroscience program since 1994.
Reichardt was an investigator at Howard Hughes Medical Institute (1985–2007). He is a fellow of American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Arthur Lander, the UC Irvine developmental biologist, is one of his eminent students.
Reichardt currently serves as a Scientific Advisory Board member for the Myelin Repair Foundation, an innovative medical research nonprofit focused on developing a myelin repair therapeutic for multiple sclerosis.
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