Professional Experience

2001 - present, Chair, Department of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope, Duarte, CA

2000 - present, Professor of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope

1989 - 2004, Adjunct Professor (Asst., Assoc., Full), University of California, Irvine

1995 - 2001, Associate Chair, Division of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope

1989 - 2000, Assistant and Associate Research Scientist, Division of Neurosciences, Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope

1995 - 1996, Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA

1985 - 1989, Assistant Adjunct Professor and Assistant Professor in Residence, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine

1980 - 1985, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, University of California, Los Angeles

1974 - 1980, Graduate Student, Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, CA

1972 - 1974, Science Teacher, Germantown Friends School, Philadelphia, PA


Education and Training

1980 - 1985, University of California, Los Angeles, Post-doc, Physiology

1980, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, Ph.D., Biological Sciences

1972, M.I.T., Cambridge, MA, S.B., Biology


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Honors and Awards

1995 - 2002, Editorial Board, Journal of Physiology (London)

1994 - 1999, Visiting Researcher, Overseas Research Invitation Program, Department of Molecular & Cellular Neurosciences Section, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

1991, Invited Student, "Fundamental Neurobiological Approaches to Disease: Brain Mechanisms in Neuropsychology," Neurosciences Institute, Rockefeller University

1989 - 1993, Established Investigatorship, American Heart Association (National Center)

1986, Faculty Research Award, UC Irvine, California College of Medicine Annual Fund

1980, Arthur C. Giese Award in Marine Biology, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, CA