September 3, 2004

New interim leadership for MGH Molecular Biology

Bob Kingston, PhD, has a new role at the MGH — he has assumed the position of acting chief of the Department of the Molecular Biology as of Aug. 1. Kingston has been a member of Molecular Biology since 1985. He received his PhD from the University of Southern California, Berkley and completed his post-doctoral work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

He succeeds former chief Howard Goodman, PhD, who retired in July after leading the Department of Molecular Biology since 1981. During two decades of leadership, Goodman helped build and shape the department into a widely respected basic research, teaching and training facility.