Leo M. Chalupa
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Leo M. Chalupa
Leo M. Chalupa is Vice President for Research[1] at George Washington University. He was previously a Distinguished Professor of Ophthalmology and Neurobiology at the University of California, Davis and Chairman of the [2] Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior where he also served as the Director of the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience and Interim Dean of the College of Biological Sciences [3].
His research involves the retina, visual system, and development of vision. He is an co-editor of Development and Organization of the retina: From Molecules to Function (1998)[4]
, The Visual Neurosciences Vol. 1&2 (2004)[5]
, Eye, Retina, and Visual System of the Mouse (2008)[6]
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He is a Fellow of the AAAS and a member of the Society for Neuroscience, Sigma Xi honorary society, and the American Physiological Society. He also received a Guggenheim Fellowship. He attended Stuyvesant High School in New York City, graduated from Queens College, City University of New York with a bachelor’s degree in physiological psychology, earned his doctorate in neuropsychology at the City University of New York, and served a post-doctoral fellowship at the Brain Research Institute at the University of California, Los Angeles. He received an honorary doctorate from Queens Collage in 2011 [7].
References
- ^ http://www.gwu.edu/~research/ Office of the Vice President for Research
- ^ http://www.npb.ucdavis.edu/ Department of Neurobiology, Physiology and Behavior
- ^ http://biosci3.ucdavis.edu/FacultyAndResearch/FacultyProfile.aspx?FacultyID=213 UC Davis College of Biological Sciences
- ^ Chalupa, Leo M (1998). Development and Organization of the Retina: From Molecules to Function. Springer. ISBN 030645906X.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Chalupa, Leo M (2003). The Visual Neurosciences Vol. 1&2. MIT Press. ISBN 0262033089.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ Chalupa, Leo M (2008). Eye, Retina, and Visual System of the Mouse. MIT Press. ISBN 9780262033817.
{{cite book}}: Unknown parameter|coauthors=ignored (|author=suggested) (help) - ^ http://gwtoday.gwu.edu/learningresearch/anextraordinarycareer Honorary Doctorate Leo Chalupa