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 |
