John B. Simpson
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John B. Simpson is the current president of the University at Buffalo, part of the State University of New York system. He assumed this position on January 1, 2004, after leaving his position as executive vice chancellor and provost of the University of California, Santa Cruz. A research scientist specializing in neuroendocrinology, physiology, and behavior, he is appointed to the faculty of UB's Department of Physiology and Biophysics. He has guided the campus through significant curricular developments, overseeing the creation of new graduate programs in digital arts and new media, bioinformatics, electrical engineering, and politics.
A native of California, Dr. Simpson is the father of two children, and also has two grandchildren.
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[edit] Background
He received his master's and doctoral degrees in neurobiology and behavior from Northwestern University in 1972 and 1973, respectively. He received his bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
After, he spent two years at the University of Pennsylvania as a research associate of the Institute of Neurological Sciences in the Department of Biology. He has been a visiting professor of physiology at the UC San Francisco School of Medicine, and at the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine at the University of Melbourne in Australia.
Dr. Simpson's research is in neuroendocrinology, the study of brain and hormone interaction. He received research support for his laboratory from the National Institutes of Health, and has published widely on the subjects of brain controls of body fluid and cardiovascular regulation, the renin-angiotensin system, and the brain's circumventricular organs.
For twenty-three years, he was on the faculty of the University of Washington in Seattle. During this time, he served as director of the university's joint physiology-psychology program for 4 years, from 1984 to 1988, and as head of the physiological psychology area from 1986 to 1990, another 4 years, before his appointment as associate dean for computing, facilities and research in the UW College of Arts and Sciences in 1991 until 1994, when he was appointed dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at UW. In 1998, he assumed the post of executive vice chancellor at UC Santa Cruz and served for 5 years.
[edit] Current memberships
- Board of Directors of the SUNY Research Foundation
- Buffalo Niagara Partnership Board of Directors
- Buffalo Niagara Enterprise
- American Association for the Advancement of Science,
- Society for Neuroscience
- Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior
- Board of directors of the Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, the governing body of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery
- Pilchuck Glass School, trustee
- Council on Competitiveness
[edit] Former memberships
- Board member of Seattle's Intiman Theater Company and the Henry Art Gallery
[edit] References
- http://www.buffalo.edu/president/biography.html
- The Inauguration of the 14th President. University at Buffalo. Retrieved on 2005-04-08.
- A conversation with John Barclay Simpson. University at Buffalo Reporter (2003-10-23). Retrieved on 2007-01-09.
