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Dr. George Perry is currently the dean of the College of Sciences and professor of biology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. After graduation in Zoology from University of California, Santa Barbara, he headed to Scripps Institution of Oceanography and also studied at Hopkins Marine Station of Stanford University and the Marine Biological Laboratory of Woods Hole and obtained his PhD in Marine Biology in 1979. Dr. Perry joined the faculty of Case Western Reserve University in 1995, where he currently holds an adjunct appointment. He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences, Microscopy Society of America, Royal Society of Medicine, Royal Society of Chemistry, Society of Biology and the Linnean Society and past-president of the American Association of Neuropathologists. He has been elected member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Sciences, Mexican Academy of Sciences and Academy of Sciences Lisbon; Iberoamerican Molecular Biology Organization, Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives and won the Distinguished Professional Mentor Award from the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science, Senior Investigator Award from the International College of Geriatric psychoneuropharmacology, Senior Fulbright Fellow and the National Honor Plaque of Panama for exceptional contributions to Neuroscience. Dr. Perry is on Board of the National Organization of Portuguese Americans and serves as Director of Education and Research.
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Dr. Zhao earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Engineering Mechanics from Tsinghua University. He earned his Ph.D. in Engineering Science and Mechanics from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Dr. Zhao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering at UT. He is senior personnel at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Institute. Dr. Zhao’s research interests are focused on Computational Systems Biology and Medical Informatics.
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Dr. Roberto Federico Villa is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology of the Department of Biology and Biotechnology at University of Pavia (Italy) for degree in Biological Sciences and Chemistry. He is Doctor in Biological Sciences (D.Sc.), Medicine and Surgery (M.D.) Dr. Villa’s research interest on Physiopathology and Pharmacology of Central Nervous System Diseases (Aging, Hypoxia, Ischemia, Hyperammoniemia, Hypoglycemia, Depression, Parkinson) and drug’s interference on cerebral Bioenergetics and Molecular Medicine, by Functional Proteomics and Metabolomics of enzyme systems and on Dementia patients. He has published scientific papers total 325: 122 (IF about 310 ISI); 65 Congress Proceedings; 138 communications, participating to 199 Congress (officially invited to 133 since 1993). International appointments ad hoc: (i) reviewer for grants - The Wellcome Trust Foundation, London, U. K.; (ii) listed in database experts for grants Commission - Research Directorate, Life Sciences Health Research, E.U.; (iii) Credits at San Diego Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center of University of California; (iv) reviewer for many Journals; (v) reviewer for grants of Italian Ministry of Research (MIUR).
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