Biographical Information, Ronald L. Schnaar:

Education

 

 

1968-1972 Bachelor of Science

University of Michigan, Cellular Biology

1972-1976

Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University
Department of Biology, "Immobilized Carbohydrates as Cell Surface Analogs"
1977 Postdoctoral I The Johns Hopkins University
Department of Biology and the McCollum Pratt Institute, "Cell Surface Interactions with Immobilized Macromolecules"
1978-1979 Postdoctoral II The National Institutes of Health
"Nerve and Muscle Cell Interactions In Vitro"

Appointments

 

 

1990-present Professor

Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences and Department of Neuroscience, at the The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

1999-2006

Director Pharmacology Graduate Program
1984-90 Associate Professor Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences and Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1980-84 Assistant Professor Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences and Department of Neuroscience, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1978-79 Postdoctoral Fellow of the Muscular Dystrophy Association, Laboratory of Biochemical Genetics, NHLBI, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland. Preceptor: Dr. Marshall Nirenberg.
1977

 

Postdoctoral Department of Biology and the McCollum-Pratt Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. Preceptor: Dr. Saul Roseman.
1972-76 Predoctoral Department of Biology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
Preceptors: Dr. Saul Roseman and Dr. Y.C. Lee.

Advisory Panels

 

2013-2017

Board of Directors, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology

2011-2017

Steering Committee,  NHLBI Program of Excellence in Glycosciences  [Chair 2014-2015]

2003-present

International Scientific Advisory Board, Croatian Institute for Brain Research

2001-2010

Editor-in-chief,  Glycobiology

2005

President,  Society for Glycobiology [Treasurer 1999-2004]

2005-2011

Advisory Board, Institute for Biological Sciences, National Research Council of Canada

2002-2011

Steering Committee,  Consortium for Functional Glycomics
1990-1994 Physiological Chemistry Study Section, DRG, NIH [Chair 1992 - 1994]

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