David Attwell - Curriculum Vitae#
DEGREES
- Oxford 1974 B.A. Physics 1st
- Oxford 1975 B.A. Physiological Sciences 2nd
- Oxford 1979 D.Phil. Electrical properties of membranes
PRIZES AND AWARDS
- 1974 Scott Prize for Physics: Oxford University Prize for best 1st in Finals
- 1979 Gotch Prize: Oxford University Prize for best thesis in Biological Sciences
- 1986 Sharpey-Schafer Medal of the Physiological Society
- 2000 Fellow, Academy of Medical Sciences
- 2001 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 2011 Kenneth Myer Medal, Australia
- 2016 Fondation Ipsen Prize for Neuroenergetics
POSTS HELD
- 1974 - 77 Medical Research Council Scholar, Physiology, Oxford
- 1977 - 79 Fellow by Examination, Magdalen College, Oxford
- 1979 - 80 Science Research Council Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
- 1980 - 81 Fellow by Examination, Magdalen College, Oxford
- 1981 - 88 Lecturer, Department of Physiology, University College London
- 1984 - 89 Henry Head Research Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1988 Reader, Department of Physiology, University College London
- 1991 Professor, Department of Physiology, University College London
- 1995 Jodrell Professor of Physiology, University College London
CURRENT RESEARCH GRANTS
- 2010-2016 European Research Council Advanced Investigator Award €2,500,000: Brain Power
- 2013-2018 Wellcome Trust Senior Investigator Award £2,005,548: The development, plasticity and pathology of myelinated CNS axons
