Education:

1974 B.A. Zoology University of California, Santa Barbara
1979 Ph.D. Marine Biology University of California, San Diego
1982 Fellow Cell Biology Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

Current/Prior Professional Positions:

2006-present Dean and Professor of Biology, College of Sciences, The University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, USA
2006-present Adjunct Professor of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
2001-present Affiliate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska, USA
2001-2005 Interim Chair, Department of Pathology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
1982-2005 Assistant Professor of Pathology (1982-1989) and Associate Professor (1989-1994) and Professor of Pathology and Neurosciences (1994-2005), Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Lines of preferential research: Alzheimer's Disease, Oxidative Stress

Selected Awards and Honors:

NIH Research Career Development Award, 1987-1993
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 1998
Faculty of 1000 Biology, Member, Neurobiology of Disease and Regeneration section, 2004
Doctorado Honoris Causa (Hon. D.), Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique, Chile
ISI Highly Cited.com, Neuroscience, 2008
Denham Harmon Research Award, American Aging Association, 2008
Iberoamerican Molecular Biology Organization (IMBO) Member, 2008

Selected Society Memberships:

American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Society for Cell Biology
Society for Neuroscience
American Association of Neuropathologists
American Society for Investigative Pathology
Portuguese American Leadership Council of the United States
Society for Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
Forum Internacional de Investigadores Portugueses

Selected Editorships:

Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease
Senior Associate Editor (Biological Sciences), Microscopy Research and Technique
Associate Editor, Current Alzheimer Research
Editor-in-Chief, Open Neurology Journal
Associate Editor, Therapeutic Advances in Neurological Disorders
Executive Editor, Journal of Bioequivalence and Bioavailability
Associate Editor, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Associate Editor, International Journal of Knowledge Discovery in Bioinformatics
Co-Editor-in-Chief, Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry

Publications: 709; Citations: 22,393; H Factor=77