The Morris Lab
CURRICULUM VITAE
DAVID ROBERT MORRIS
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
School of Medicine
University of Washington
1966 - present
EDUCATION:
B.A., June, 1961, University of California at Los Angeles (Zoology/Chemistry)
Ph.D., November, 1964, University of Illinois (Chemistry)
Postdoc, 1964-66, Princeton University (Biochemical Sciences)
EXPERIENCE:
1966-present Faculty member, Department of Biochemistry, University of Washington
1982-1985 Associate Dean for Scientific Affairs, School of Medicine, University of Washington
1989-1995 Director, Office for Graduate Studies in Molecular and Cellular Biology
- N.I.H. Cellular and Molecular Biology Training Grant, Director
- Molecular and Cellular Biology Ph.D. Program (founding Director)
2007-present Research Affiliate, Center on Human Development and Disabillity, University of Washington
VISITING POSITIONS:
1971-72 Visiting Scientist, University Institute of Microbiology, Copenhagen, Denmark (Guggenheim Fellow)
1979-80 Visiting Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas
1980 Visiting Scientist, Centre de Recherche Merrell International, Strasbourg, France
1988-89 Visiting Scholar, Department of Pharmacology, University of California, San Diego
SELECTED NATIONAL PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Associate Editor, BIOCHEMISTRY, American Chemical Society (1970-72)
Biochemistry Study Section (BIO-2), NIH
- Member, 1982-86
- Chair, 1985-86
Chairman, Gordon Conference on Polyamines (1985)
Co-Chairman, UCLA Conference on Polyamines in Cell Growth and Differentiation (1990)
Associate Editor, BIOCHEMISTRY, American Chemical Society (1989-92)
Scientific Advisory Committee, Symposium on Critical Role of Polyamines in Cancer: Basic Mechanisms and Clinical
Approaches, Houston, October, 1992
Scientific Advisory Board, RiboGene, Inc. (1992-99)
Invited participant, N.C.I. Meeting on Innovative Molecular Analysis Technologies (2001-02-03)
