Joseph H. Neale
Joseph H. Neale
Paduano Distinguished Professor
E-mail Address: nealej@georgetown.edu
Phone Number: 202-687-5574
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Joe hiking in Glacier National Park, Montana
The Neale-Oppenheimer Family: Joe, Brett, Marcy, Ethan
Personal Information
- Ph.D., Georgetown University, 1970, Biology, Biochemistry.
- Assistant Research Biochemist, Mental Health Research Institute, University of Michigan.
- Staff Fellow, Laboratory of Developmental Neurobiology, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda.
- Guest Scientist, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, NINCDS, NIH, Bethesda.
- Principal Investigator, Neurobiology Research Branch, AFRRI, DOD, Bethesda, MD, 1976-77.
- Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Georgetown University, Wash., DC, 1977-81.
- Associate Professor, Georgetown University, 1981-1988.
- Research Physiologist, Laboratory of Neurophysiology, NINCDS, NIH, 5/15-9/1/88.
- Professor, Georgetown University, 1988-present.
- Paduano Distinguished Professor, 2004-present
- Chair of Biology, Georgetown University, 1990-2000.
- Sony Teaching Scholar, 1994-1997
- Director, Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate Scholars Program at Georgetown University, 1992-present.
- Chair, Student Advisory Committee, Founding Member, Executive Committee Member, Georgetown Interdisciplinary (Graduate) Program in Neuroscience (IPN).
- Director, Undergraduate Studies in Biology, Georgetown College.
- Director, Undergraduate Major in Neurobiology, Department of Biology, Georgetown College.
Academic Honors and Professional Appointments
- NASA, Pre-doctoral Fellow, 1966.
- National Institutes of Health, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1975.
- 1979 Achievement Award in the Biological Sciences, Washington Academy of Sciences.
- Co-Editor, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 1981-89.
- Member, Developmental Neurobiology Review Committee, NSF, 1984-1987.
- Panel Member, Neurological Sciences Study Sections, NIH, 86, 88, 89, 90, 91.
- Panel Member, Pharm/Biochem Review Com., NIDA, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94.
- President, Potomac Chapter, Society for Neuroscience, 1989-90; President-elect, 1988-89.
- Sony Teaching Scholar, 1994-1997.
- Recipient of Inaugural Dean's Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Arts and Sciences, Georgetown University, 1996.
- Professor of the Year, Washington D.C., Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, 1998.
- Secretary and Treasurer Georgetown Chapter, Sigma Xi, 1980-1988.
- President, Georgetown Chapter, Sigma Xi, 1998-present.
- Paduano Distinguished Professorship, 2004-present.
- 2007 Career Research Achievement Award, The Graduate School, Georgetown University.
