the Distinguished Professional Mentor Award from the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in. Science, Senior Investigator Award ...
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Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry, 2015, Vol. 15, No. 9
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Meet Our Editorial Board Member
Dr. George Perry Dean and Professor of Biology and Chemistry Semmes Foundation Distinguished Chair in Neurobiology, College of Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
George Perry is dean of the College of Sciences and professor of biology at The University of Texas at San Antonio. Perry is recognized in the field of Alzheimer's disease research particularly for his work on oxidative stress. Perry received his bachelor's of arts degree in zoology with high honors from University of California, Santa Barbara. After graduation, he headed to Scripps Institution of Oceanography and obtained his Ph.D. in marine biology in 1979. He then received a postdoctoral fellowship in the
G. Perry
Department of Cell Biology at Baylor College of Medicine. Perry was president of the Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1982, joined the faculty of Case Western Reserve University until he moved to UTSA in 2006. He is Semmes Distinguished Chair in Neurobiology researchers with over 900 publications, one of the top 100 most-cited scientists in neuroscience and behavior and one of the top 25 scientists in free radical research. Perry has been cited over 59,000 times (H=120) and is recognized as an ISI Highly Cited researcher. Perry is editor for numerous journals and is editor-in-chief for the Journal of Mini-Reviews in Medicinal Chemistry. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, Microscopy Society of America, Royal Society of Medicine, Royal Society of Chemistry, Society of Biology and the Linnean Society and past-president of the American Association of Neuropathologists. He has been elected member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, Mexican Academy of Sciences and Academy of Sciences Lisbon; Iberoamerican Molecular Biology Organization, Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and won the Distinguished Professional Mentor Award from the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, Senior Investigator Award from the International College of Geriatric Psychoneuropharmacology, Senior Fulbright Fellow and the National Honor Plaque of Panama for exceptional contributions to Neuroscience. Perry is Chair of the Board of the National Organization of Portuguese Americans.
