Yale University, New Haven, CT (Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with Biology Track, cum laude), 1986-1990

University of California at Irvine, Irvine, CA (Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Sciences, received June 1997; Department of Psychobiology), 1990-1997

Yale University Medical School, New Haven, CT (Department of Psychiatry, Postdoctoral Fellowship), 1997-2000

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP):

• Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, tenured
• Co-Director, Training Program in Neurodevelopmental Disorders funded by National Institute on Stroke and Neurological Disorders (NINDS; T32NS007413)

University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine (PSOM):

• Professor of Neuroscience, tenured
• Member, Graduate Groups: Neuroscience (NGG, 09/2016-present), Pharmacology (PGG, 09/2017-present)
• Full Member, PSOM Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT, 2020-present)
• Member, Center for Targeted Therapeutics and Translational Nanomedicine (CT3N, 2023-present)

Member, Society for Neuroscience (000154765), 1991-

Member of Standing Study Section, CSR/NIH Neurobiology of Motivated Behavior (NMB), 2009-2013

Associate Editor, Neuroscience Letters, 2009-2013

• Neuro/gliogenesis, cell lineage/development, and cortical development

Review Editor, Frontiers in Neurogenesis, 2009-

Editorial Board, Developmental Neuroscience, 2011-

Program Committee, Society for Neuroscience, 2011-2013

Member, International Society of Neurochemistry, 2012-

Editorial Board, Brain Plasticity, 2013-

Member, Radiation Research Society, 2013-

Consulting Editor, Behavioral Neuroscience, 2014-

Invited Member, Central Nervous System Working Group (CNSWG), 2015-2017

• NASA Space Radiation Element Panel that discusses adverse CNS effects of space radiation exposure and reports results to attendees of the annual meeting of Human Research and Performance Investigators

Editorial Board, THREE (The Health Risks of Extraterrestrial Environments), 2015-

• Associate Editor, NASA-sponsored encyclopedic on-line website on space radiation and human risk

Member, International Behavioral Neuroscience Society (IBNS), 2016-

Member, Philadelphia Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience (PCSfN), 2017-

Member, Pavlovian Society, 2017-

Member, NASA GeneLab Analysis Working Group, 2022-

Member, NASA Ames Life Sciences Data Archive (ALSDA) Working Group, 2023-

Kavli Frontiers of Science Fellow, National Academy of Sciences, USA, 2010

Chair of session on Neural Stem Cells, Kavli Frontiers of Science/National Academy of Sciences annual meeting, Irvine, CA, 2010

Selected as inaugural Seymour Benzer Lecturer, National Academy of Sciences, Award established by Nobel Laureate Sydney Brenner to honor a researcher in neuroscience or genetics, 2011

Distinguished Mentor Award, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine Biomedical Postdoctoral Programs, 2019

Annual Student-Selected Behavioral Neuroscience Speaker, Psychology Department, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2020

Selected as speaker, Penn Public Lecture Series, Selection made by graduate students in the Neuroscience Graduate Group, The Perelman School of Medicine at The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2022

Invited Keynote Speaker, 44th Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) Scientific Assembly, Athens, Greece 2022

Winner, 2024 Award for Excellence in Mentoring Research Trainees at CHOP, Nominated by trainees, selected by Children's Hospital Academic Training Advisory Council (ATAC), 2024

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