Ronald Davis, PhD
Professor
Department of Neuroscience
The Herbert Wertheim UF Scripps Institute for Biomedical Innovation & Technology
Scripps Research Joint Appointments
Faculty, Graduate Program
Other Joint Appointments
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX
Adjunct Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Florida Atlantic University
Education
Ph.D. (Genetics), University of California, Davis, 1979
M.S. (Genetics), University of California, Davis, 1975
B.S. (Zoology), Brigham Young University, 1974
Professional Experience
2017-2018 Co-Chair, Neuroscience, Scripps Research
2009-2017 Chairman, Neuroscience, Scripps Research
2007-2009 Director, Center for Memory & Learning, Baylor College of Medicine
1998-2009 Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine
1993-2009 Professor, Departments of Molecular & Cellular Biology; Genetics; and Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine
1999-2007 Vice Chair for Research, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Baylor College of Medicine
1991-1993 Senior Staff Scientist, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
1991-1993 Adjunct Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
1987-1991 Associate Professor of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine
1987-1991 Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine
1987-1987 Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Michigan State University
1983-1987 Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, Michigan State University
1979-1982 Postdoctoral Fellow in Molecular Biology with Dr. Norman Davidson, California Institute of Technology
Awards & Professional Activities
Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Postdoctoral Fellowship
National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship
McKnight Scholars Award in Neuroscience
NIH Research Career Development Award
McKnight Foundation Development Award
R. P. Doherty-Welch Chair in Science at Baylor College of Medicine Student Choice Award in Teaching at Baylor College of Medicine
Michael E. DeBakey Excellence in Research Award
Academic Career Leadership Award
McKnight Neuroscience of Brain Disorders Award
NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award
Ellison Medical Foundation Senior Scholar in Aging
Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award
Recipient, Research Program Award from NINDS