Professor Emeritus
Integrative Physiology • Institute for Behavioral Genetics
Office: IBG 202ÌýÌý Ìý
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Research Interests
- The study of aging using the mouse and the worm Caenorhabditis elegans as models.
- Mouse model of fetal alcohol syndrome.
- Molecular Behavioral Genetics. See myÌýÌý(updated more frequently) or myÌýIPHY laboratory pageÌý(less so).
- Graduate training opportunities at the .
Education
- 1966-1970, B. Sc., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1970-1975, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle, WA.
Professional Experience
- 1975-1977, Research Associate, Cornell University
- 1977-1982, Research Associate, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Â鶹¹ÙÍø, CO.
- 1981-1982, Fellow, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Â鶹¹ÙÍø, CO.
- 1982-1988, Assistant Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, CA.
- 1988-1996, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, and Fellow, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Â鶹¹ÙÍø, CO.
- 1996-2004, Professor, Department of Psychology, and Fellow, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado, Â鶹¹ÙÍø, CO.
- 2004-Present, Professor, Department of Integrative Physiology, University of Colorado, Â鶹¹ÙÍø.
Honors and Awards
- 1986, Fellow, American Federation for Aging Research
- 1986, Fellow, Gerontological Society of America
- 1990, 2000, Elected Member of the Board of Directors for the American Aging Association
- 1990, Elected Chair, Biological Sciences Section, Gerontological Society of America
- 1993, Busse Research Award for Biomedical Gerontology, International Association for Gerontolovy
- 1994, 1997, Elected Chair, Gordon Conference on the Biology of Aging
- 1995, Nathan Shock Memorial Lecture, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging
- 1998, Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar
- 2000, Elected to the Board of Directors for the American Aging Association
- 2002, Co-Recipient of Sam Goldstein Award for best paper published in the Journal of Gerontology, Biological Sciences during 2001-2002
- 2002, Recipient of Robert W. Kleemeier Award, Gerontological Society of America
- 2003, Appointed to Cellular Mechanisms in Aging and Development (CMAD) Study Section, Biology of Development and Aging Integrated Review Group
- 2004, Co-Recipient with Research Associate Brad Rikke, Sam Goldstein Award for the best paper published in the Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences during 2003-2004
- 2006, Elected President of American Aging Association
- 2008, Editor-in-Chief, Experimental Gerontology
- 2009, Recipient of Schober Prize, Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany