1951
Dr. Morse is born in New York City, New York to Murray H. and Phyllis Morse.
1968
Dr. Morse graduates from the Bronx High School of Science.
1971
Dr. Morse receives a Bachelor of Science from the City College of New York and begins his career as a trainee with the National Science Foundation in the Department of Bacteriology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1972
Dr. Morse becomes a research assistant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1974
Dr. Morse receives a Master of Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
1977
Dr. Morse receives a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and becomes a research fellow of the National Cancer Institute at the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University.
1980
Dr. Morse becomes an instructor of microbiology in the School of Medicine at Virginia Commonwealth University.
1981
Dr. Morse becomes an assistant professor of microbiology at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
1985
Dr. Morse becomes a research associate at The Rockefeller University.
1988
Dr. Morse serves as chair of the Conference on Emerging Viruses with the National Institutes of Health, which led him to begin writing his book. He is also promoted to assistant professor at The Rockefeller University.
1989
Dr. Morse serves as a consultant for the Office of Technology Assessment in the United States Congress.
1991
Dr. Morse marries Marilyn Gewirtz on February 17.
1993
Dr. Morse writes the book, “Emerging Viruses,” which was selected by American Scientific Magazine among the Top 100 Scientific Books of the Twentieth Century.
1994
Dr. Morse writes the book, “Evolutionary Biology of Viruses.”
1996
Dr. Morse becomes the program manager at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and joins the adjunct faculty at The Rockefeller University. He is also appointed chair of the microbiology section of the New York Academy of Sciences.
2000
Dr. Morse becomes the director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
2008
Dr. Morse becomes a full professor at the Mailman School of Public Health at Columbia University.
2009
Dr. Morse becomes the director of the USAID Predict Project.
2014
Dr. Morse joins the National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity.
2017
Dr. Morse is honored with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who.