Nationality American Known for Flow cytometry | Children Jana Herzen Name Leonard Herzenberg | |
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Born Leonard Arthur HerzenbergNovember 5, 1931New York City, New York ( 1931-11-05 ) Institutions Stanford UniversityPasteur Institute Alma mater Brooklyn CollegeCalifornia Institute of Technology Education Awards Guggenheim Fellowship for Natural Sciences, US & Canada | ||
Doctoral advisor Herschel K. Mitchell |
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Leonard Arthur "Len" Herzenberg (November 5, 1931 – October 27, 2013) was an immunologist, geneticist and professor at Stanford University. His contributions to the development of cell biology made it possible to sort viable cells by their specific properties.
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- Education
- Career
- Personal life
- Awards and honours
- References

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Education

Herzenberg was born in New York City, U.S.A.. He received his bachelor's degree in 1952 from Brooklyn College in biology and chemistry. In 1955, he received his Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology in biochemistry with a specialization in immunology for studies on cytochrome in Neurospora.
Career

After school he was a postdoctoral fellow at the American Cancer Society, working in France at the Pasteur Institute. He returned to the United States in 1957 and worked for the National Institutes of Health as an officer in the Public Health Service department. He started working at Stanford in 1959. He eventually earned the title Professor of Genetics.

In 1970 Herzenberg developed the fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) which revolutionized immunology and cancer biology, and is the basis for purification of adult stem cells.
Personal life
Herzenberg and his wife, Leonore Herzenberg, ran the Herzenberg Laboratory at Stanford together until his death. Their daughter, Jana Herzen, is a singer-songwriter and the founder of Motéma Music. He died on October 27, 2013 aged 81.
Awards and honours
Herzenberg received a range of honours and awards during his life including: