Charles Greer, PhD
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Biography
Dr. Charles A. Greer is the Vice Chair for Research and holds the rank of Professor of Neuroscience. Dr. Greer also serves as Director of the Yale Interdepartmental Neuroscience Graduate Program. He has served as the President of the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, Chair of National Institutes of Health Study Sections and recently completed a term on the Advisory Council for the National Institute of Deafness and Other Communicative Disorders.
He has organized several national and international conferences and is frequently an invited speaker. Dr. Greer is an Associate Editor of The Journal of Comparative Neurology and Journal of Neuroscience and a member of the editorial boards of Frontiers in Neurogenomics, Frontiers in Neuroanatomy and Frontiers in Neuorgenesis and the Faculty of 1000. Dr. Greer has been the recipient of numerous awards recognizing his research accomplishments.
Education & Training
- PhDUniversity of Colorado (1978)
- BAUniversity of Colorado at Colorado Springs (1971)
- Postdoctoral FellowYale School of Medicine
Activities
- DevelopmentParis, Ile-de-France, France 2015Collaborative projects on the molecular development of synaptic circuits
- mRNA translation in axonsParis, Ile-de-France, France 2015A collaborative effort to understand the role of locally translated mRNA in the targeting specificity of axons
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Distinguished Professor | Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France | 2013 |
| Max Mozell Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Chemical Senses | Association for Chemoreception Sciences | 2009 |
| Distinguished Visiting Professor | Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 2003 |
| R.H. Wright Award for Outstanding Research in Olfaction | 2002 |