Tom Rapoport

Tom Abraham Rapoport is a German-American cell biologist who studies protein transport in cells. Currently, he is a professor at Harvard Medical School and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he grew up in East Germany. In 1995, he accepted an offer to become a professor at Harvard Medical School. In 1997, he became an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. He is a member of the American and German National Academies of Science.