Benjamin P. Sonnenblick
Benjamin P. Sonnenblick
Fellow: Awarded 1941
Field of Study: Organismic Biology & Ecology
Competition: US & Canada
Queens College, CUNY
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1941–42:
SONNENBLICK, BENJAMIN PAUL: Appointed for studies of the embryology of the fruit fly, Drosophilia melanogaster, with special reference to the cytology and differentiation of the organs and organ systems in the larva; tenure, twelve months from August 1, 1941.
Born May 31, 1910, in New York City. Education: College of the City of New York, B.S., 1930; University of Michigan, 1931–32; New York University, M.Sc., 1934, Ph.D., 1938.
Research Zoologist, 1938–41, Instructor in Biology, Queens College.
Publications: Articles in Journal of Experimental Zoology, American Naturalist, Genetics, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.