Robert Lue

Robert A. Lue (23 May 1964 – 11 November 2020) was a researcher and an academic.[1]

On 1 March 2013, he became the inaugural Richard L. Menschel Faculty Director of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard University.[2] He was formerly Professor of the Practice of Molecular and Cellular Biology, and the Director of Life Sciences Education at Harvard University.[3] Since 2008, he was the Faculty Director of the Harvard-Allston Education Portal. He was recognized for his contributions to molecular animation.[4]

Lue died on 11 November 2020 of cancer at the age of 56.[5]

Early life and education

Robert Lue grew up in Jamaica, where he said he developed his fascination with the natural world. He is of Chinese and Romanian descent.[6] Robert Lue graduated from St. George's College, Kingston, Jamaica in 1980 (http://www.stgc.org/), and went on to graduate from the College of the Holy Cross. After taking a year off to paint at Brandeis University, he went to Harvard to complete a Ph.D in cellular biology.[7]

Notes
  1. "" (November 11, 2020)
  2. Harvard Magazine, "Robert Lue Named Bok Center Director" (April 22, 2013)
  3. http://www.mcb.harvard.edu/Faculty/faculty_profile.php?f=robert-lue-a
  4. Olsen, Erik (15 November 2010). "Molecular Animation: Where Cinema and Biology Meet". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 June 2017.
  5. "Biologist Rob Lue, founding HarvardX faculty director, dies at 56". Harvard University. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
  6. Bio Prof Animates Cellular World. thecrimson.com
  7. http://www.classmates.com/directory/public/memberprofile/list.htm?regId=8685314297
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