Curriculum Vitae

Daniel Johnston, Ph.D.

Position and Address:

Professor
Director of the Center for Learning and Memory and the Institute for Neuroscience
The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station, C7000
Austin, TX 78712-0805

email: djohnston@mail.clm.utexas.edu
512-232-6564 (Phone)
512-475-8000 (Fax)

Education:

University of Virginia, Charlottesville; B.S., Electrical Engrg., 1970, cum laude
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina; Ph.D., Biomedical Engrg. and Physiology,1974
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis; Postdoctoral Training, Cellular Neurophysiology,1973-1975

Professional Background:

1989-2004

Professor
Division of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas

1986-1989

Professor, Division of Neuroscience.
Department of Neurology, and
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Baylor College of Medicine

1981-1986

Associate Professor
Program in Neuroscience
Department of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine

1977-1981

Assistant Professor
Program in Neuroscience
Department of Neurology
Baylor College of Medicine

1976

Grass Foundation Fellow in Neurobiology
Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

1975-1977

Assistant Professor of Neurology
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

1975-1977

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering
University of Minnesota

1974-1975

Instructor of Neurology
University of Minnesota

1974-1975

Instructor of Biomedical Engineerin
University of Minnesota

1969-1973

Research Assistant in Biomedical Engineering
Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

1970-1973

Research Assistant in Physiology
Duke University

1970-1972

Teaching Fellow in Physiology
Duke University

1969-1970

Teaching Fellow in Biomedical Engineering
Duke University

1968-1969

Teaching Assistant in Electrical Engineering
University of Virginia

Professional Groups:

American Physiological Society
Society for Neuroscience
AAAS
Tau Beta Pi, Eta Kappa Nu (both elected)
Corporation member, Marine Biological Laboratory

Honors, Awards, and Professional Activities:

1970

Graduate with Distinction
School of Engineering
University of Virginia

1969-1974

Research Assistantship
Duke University

1976

Grass Foundation Fellowship in Neurobiology

1982-1985

McKnight Foundation Neurosci. Develop. Award

1980-Present

Editorial Boards

J. Neuroscience (1997-)
J. Neurophysiology (1986-)
Neuroscience (2000-)
Cellular and Molecular Neurobiol. (1980-1994)
Epilepsy Research (1986-1998)

1975-Present

Reviewer for numerous scientific journals, including
Science, Nature, PNAS, Neuron, J. Neurosci., and J. Physiol.

1980-Present

Ad Hoc member of study sections for NIH and ADAMHA
and outside grant reviewer for NSF and VA.
Regular member of NIMH BPN-2 Study Section (1984-1988)
Regular member of NIMH MHSP-N Study Section (1992-1994)

Regular member of IFCN-7 Study Section (2000-)

1989-Present

MERIT Award, NIMH

1997

Michael E. DeBakey, M.D., Excellence in Research Award, Baylor College of Medicine

1999

Marc Dresden Excellence in Graduate Education Award Baylor College of Medicine

2001

Barbara and Corbin J. Robertson, Jr. Presidential Award for Excellence in Education

1998-2002

Co-Chair and Chair, Gordon Conference on Synaptic
Transmission

Research Interests:

Cellular neurophysiology–information processing and storage in single neurons and small neural networks; memory, epilepsy

Administrative Activities:

1988-Present
Director of Graduate Studies
Division of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine

1988-Present

Chairman, Graduate Program Committee
Division of Neuroscience, Baylor

1988-Present

Member, Graduate School Executive Council,
Promotions, and Curriculum and Policy Committees

1987-1992

Chairman, Information Technology Committee
Baylor College of Medicine

Teaching Activities:

2001-Present

Lecturer, Integrative Neuroscience I, Baylor and Rice University

1978-2001

Director, Cellular Neurophysiology, Baylor

1997-Present

Lecturer, Concepts of Learning and Memory, Baylor

1996-Present

Lecturer, Methods in Computational Neuroscience Marine Biological
Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

1992-Present

Visiting Lecturer, American Psychological Association Minority Fellowship
Program in Neuroscience, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA

1978-1994

Lectures in Medical Neuroscience (Medical School)

1977-Present

Cellular Neurophysiology Journal Club

1974-1988

Neurophysiology (Neurology Residents)

1970-1974

Teaching Assistant in Medical Physiology