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Ben Barres, PhD
The first openly transgender scientist in the National Academy of Sciences (2013).
(1954 – 2017)
A neurobiologist.
The first openly transgender scientist in the National Academy of Sciences (2013).
He was Chair of the Neurobiology Department at Stanford University School of Medicine.
Alma mater
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (B.Sc)
- Dartmouth Medical School (MD)
- Harvard University (PhD)