John H. Byrne

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John H. Byrne
Byrne 2019 v1.jpg
Byrne in 2019
Born1946 (1946)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNew York University Tandon School of Engineering
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
ThesisReceptive Fields and Response Properties of Aplysia Mechanoreceptor Neurons (1973)
Doctoral advisorEric Kandel
Doctoral studentsDean Buonomano

John H. "Jack" Byrne (born 1946) is an American neuroscientist, is the Virgil and June Waggoner Chair of Neurobiology and Anatomy[1] at McGovern Medical School in Houston, Texas.

Teaching

John Byrne is the editor-in-chief for the Cold Spring Harbor Press journal Learning & Memory.[2]

Honors, awards, and memberships

  • Elected Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science[3]
  • The University of Texas System Regent's Teaching Award[4]
  • International Neural Network Society Hebb Award[5]
  • Dana Foundation[6]
  • Society for Neuroscience[7]
  • Chair, NIH Study Section on Learning, Memory and Decision Neuroscience[8]

References

  1. ^ "UTHealth faculty members recognized by UT System for teaching excellence -News - Story - The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health". daj9cl0xcfutq.cloudfront.net. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  2. ^ "Learning & Memory". learnmem.cshlp.org. Retrieved 2020-02-14.
  3. ^ "AAAS.org".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ "Byrne, John | University of Texas System". www.utsystem.edu. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  5. ^ "INNS Award Recipients". www.inns.org. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  6. ^ "Members' Views: John H. Byrne". Dana Foundation. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  7. ^ "Member Detail". www.sfn.org. Retrieved 2020-06-08.
  8. ^ "NIH.gov Study Sections".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)