Richard Axel

Curriculum Vitae

Richard Axel, born July 2, 1946, New York, NY, USA
Address:	Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University, Hammer Health Sciences Center, 701 West 168th Street, Room 1014, New York, NY 10032, USA

Academic Education and Appointments
1967	A.B. Columbia University, New York, NY
1970	M.D. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
1978	Professor, Pathology and Biochemistry, Columbia University
1984-	Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Columbia University
1999-	University Professor, Columbia University

Selected Honours and Awards
1969	The Johns Hopkins Medical Society Research Award
1983	The Eli Lilly Award
1983	Member, the National Academy of Sciences
1983	Member, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
1984	The New York Academy of Sciences Award in Biological and Medical Sciences
1989	The Richard Lounsbery Award, National Academy of Sciences
1996	The Unilever Science Award, with Dr. Linda Buck
1997	New York City Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Science and Technology
1998	Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research
1999	The Alexander Hamilton Award, Columbia University
2001	NY Academy of Medicine Medal for Distinguished Contributions in Biomedical Sciences
2003	The Gairdner Foundation International Award for Achievement in Neuroscience
2003	The Perl/UNC Neuroscience Prize, with Dr. Linda Buck
2003	Member, the American Philosophical Society

The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet