R. John Collier

R. John Collier (born August 6, 1938) is an American microbiologist and biochemist. He is the Maude and Lillian Presley Professor of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Emeritus at Harvard Medical School.

Early life and education Collier was born in Wichita Falls, Texas on August 6, 1938. He earned a Bachelor of Arts from Rice University in 1959. He completed a Master of Science in 1961 and a Doctor of Philosophy in biology at Harvard University in 1964.

Career Collier was on the faculty at University of California, Los Angeles beginning in 1966. Collier held a Guggenheim Fellowship from 1973 to 1974 at Pasteur Institute. Collier received the Selman A. Waksman Award in Microbiology in 1999. In 2003, he won the 13th Bristol-Myers Squibb Infectious Disease Research Award. Collier is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Society for Microbiology.

Personal life Collier married in 1962.