Scholarship and Biography

I work on ion channels- the proteins that make electricity in all types of cells. I try to figure out how they work through a combination of high-resolution electrical recording methods and x-ray crystallography to determine their molecular structures.

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Honors

Traineeship
National Science Foundation (United States, Arlington) - NSF, 1969-1970
University Fellowship
National Institutes of Health (United States, Bethesda) - NIH, 1970-1972
Molecular Biology Training Grant
National Institutes of Health (United States, Bethesda) - NIH, 1972-1974
Postdoctoral Fellowship
Muscular Dystrophy Association (United States, Chicago) - MDA, 1974-1976
K.S. Cole Award in Membrane Physics
Biophysical Society (United States, Rockville), 1985-1986
Alden W. Spencer Neurobiology Award, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Columbia University (United States, New York) - CU, 1994-1995
MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) Award
National Institutes of Health (United States, Bethesda) - NIH, 1996-2001
NIH grant renewed, "Ion Channel Mechanisms"
National Institutes of Health (United States, Bethesda) - NIH, 2006-2010

Organizational Affiliations

Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry, Department of Biochemistry, Brandeis University

Past Affiliations

Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (United States, Chevy Chase) - HHMI

Education

University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D.
Swarthmore College
B.A.