Joel A. Klein, Ph.D.

Joel A. Klein, Ph.D., stewards the history of medicine and pre-1800 science collections at The Huntington. He received his Ph.D. in the history and philosophy of science at Indiana University and has had postdoctoral positions at Columbia University and the Science History Institute. Klein's research concerns the history of early-modern medicine and science with a focus on the intersections among medicine, chemistry, and matter theory. He has worked on several digital projects, including “The Chymistry of Isaac Newton,” and explores the material culture of science and medicine through the reconstruction of historical experiments and techniques.