Rate Professor Richard Huganir

Academic Profile

Academic Background: Ph.D. in Biochemistry, Cornell University, 1982; B.A. in Biochemistry, Vassar College, 1975.

Research Interests: Synaptic plasticity, neural circuits, and molecular mechanisms underlying learning and memory. Focuses on glutamate receptors.

Appointments: Professor and Director, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Co-Director, Brain Science Institute.

Awards: National Academy of Sciences member; Society for Neuroscience’s Julius Axelrod Prize (2018).

Publications: Co-authored 'Regulation of AMPA Receptor Trafficking and Synaptic Plasticity' (Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 2012).

Additional Contributions: Leads initiatives to translate neuroscience research into treatments for brain disorders.