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Prof David Attwell
Jodrell Professor of Physiology
Neuro, Physiology & Pharmacology
Div of Biosciences
- Joined UCL
- 1st Oct 1981
Research summary
For details of my research, please visit my lab webpage :
Teaching summary
I organise the 4 year PhD in Neuroscience at UCL, and give undergraduate lectures. I was Vice-Head of the Graduate School, the body overseeing graduate education at UCL, was on UCL's Council and am now on the Governance Committee of Academic Board. I occasionally teach on international subject-specialist teaching programmes, e.g. on Ion Channels, the Astrocyte School, or teaching programmes related to brain energy supply and use.
Education
- University of Oxford
- Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy | 1979
- University of Oxford
- First Degree, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) | 1975
- University of Oxford
- First Degree, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) | 1974
Biography
David Attwell studied physics as an undergraduate in Oxford, and then did a PhD in neuroscience with Julian Jack. After a post-doc in Berkeley with Frank Werblin, he came to UCL.
Biography
DEGREES
Oxford 1974 B.A. Physics 1st
Oxford 1975 B.A. Physiological Sciences Upper 2nd
Oxford 1979 D.Phil. Electrical properties of membranes
POSITIONS HELD
1974 ‑ 77 Medical Research Council Scholar
University Laboratory of 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