Professor,

Neurobiology & Behavior

Other Affiliations:

Co-Director, Institute for Brain Aging and Dementia

Fellow, Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

Address:

1109 Gillespie Neuroscience Research Facility

Department of Neurobiology & Behavior

University of California, Irvine

Irvine, CA 92697-4545

Tel: (949) 824-1232

Lab: (949) 824-3471

FAX: (949) 824-7356

Email: laferla@uci.edu

Education

1985    B. S., Biology, St. Joseph's University (Philadelphia)

1990    Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Minnesota

Academic Appointments

2005 - present    Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior, UC Irvine

2003 - present    Director, Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program

2001 - 2005    Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior, UC Irvine

1995 - 2000    Assistant Professor, Dept. of Neurobiology & Behavior, UC Irvine

1990 - 1995     F. M. Firby/Postdoctoral Fellow, Dept. of Virology, American Red Cross (Rockville, MD)

Awards and Honors

2006    Met Life Award

2005       UCI Innovation Award

2005       Zenith Fellow Award, Alzheimer’s Association

2005 – 2008 Chancellor’s Fellow, UCI

2005       Distinguished Mid-career Faculty Award for Research (UCI)

2001    Ruth Salta Junior Investigator Achievement Award in Alzheimer's Disease Research

1999    Ratiometric Calcium Imaging Award (Intracellular Imaging, Inc.)

1998    UCI nominee for Pew Scholar

1995    American Red Cross ReCIP Award

1995    Young Scientist Travel Award (Calgary, Italy)

1990    F. M. Firby Research Fellow

Research Funding:

National Institutes of Health

American Health Assistance Foundation

American Federation of Aging Research

Alzheimer's Association

Professional Societies :

American Association for the Advancement of Science

International Society for Neurochemistry

Society for Neuroscience