EDUCATION
1989, Ph.D. Imperial College, University of London, U.K. in Molecular Neurobiology.
1984, BSc (Hons). University of Bath, U.K. in Biochemistry.
CURRENT POSITION
Professor of Neuroscience, June 2008-present. Director of the Astrazeneca-Tufts Laboratory of Basic and Translational Neuroscience. Address: Tufts Neuroscience – 605 South Cove, 136 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111 Phone: 617-636-3896, and Director of the AstraZeneca/Tufts Lab of Translational Neuroscience.
ADJUNCT APPOINTMENTS
2003-present, Professor of Molecular Pharmacology and Cell Biology, Department of Pharmacology, University College, Gower Street London WC1E 6BT.
2012-2016 Standing member of the NINDS study sections SYN/NTRC.
CONSULTANCIES
2012-present, Advisory board member for AstraZeneca Neuroscience.
2011-present, Advisory board member and Consultant to Sage Therapeutics.
2010-2011, Consultant, TASAP, Pfizer.
2005-2010, Consultant, Sepracor Pharmaceuticals.
2002-2010, Member of Scientific Advisory Board, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals.
1998-2005, Member of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Neurology CEDD, GlaxoSmithKline.
EDITORIAL POSITIONS
2001-present, Editor of Neuropharmacology.
2008-present, Editor of Amino acids.
2011-2016, Editor of The Journal of Biological Chemistry.
2012-present, Editor Frontiers in Physiology.
2015-present, Editor of Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience.
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY
2003-2008, Professor of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania.
2000-2003, Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, U.K.
1997-2000, Reader in Pharmacology and Cell Biology, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, University College London, U.K.
1994-1997, Senior Fellow, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Cell Biology, and Department of Pharmacology University College London, U.K.
1992-1993, Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Department of Biology, University College London, U.K.
1989-1992, Howard Hughes Research Associate, Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, U.S.A.
1988-1989, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mammalian Cell Expression Group, British Biotechnology Ltd, Oxford, U.K.
1984-1987, Ph.D. Student, MRC Unit of Neurobiology, Cambridge University and G.D. Searle & Co., High Wycombe, U.K.