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Curriculum Vita Mu-ming Poo BIRTHDATE: October 31, 1948 Born: Nanjing, China CITIZENSHIP: U.S. (naturalized) EDUCATION: B.S. (physics), Tsinghua University, Taiwan (1970) Ph.D. (biophysics), Johns Hopkins University (1974) POSITIONS: 1974 - 1976: Postdoctoral Fellow, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, and Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University. 1976 - 1979: Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Univ. Calif. at Irvine. 1979 - 1983: Associate Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Univ. Calif. at Irvine. 1983 - 1985: Professor, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, Univ. Calif. at Irvine. 1985 - 1988: Research Professor, Section of Molecular Neurobiology, Yale Univ. School of Medicine 1988 - 1995: Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, Columbia University. 1996 - 2000: Stephen W. Kuffler Professor in Neurobiology, Dept. of Biology, Univ. Calif. San Diego. 1999 - : Director, Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 2000 - 2005: Professor of Neurobiology, Class of 1933 Chair in Biological Sciences, U.C. Berkeley 2002 - : Head, Division of Neurobiology, Dept. of Molecular and Cell Biology, U.C. Berkeley 2005 - : Paul Licht Distinguished Professor in Biology, U. C. Berkeley PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES, HONORS, and Services: 1985 - 1988: Developmental Neuroscience Panel, National Science Foundation. 1989 - 1993: Cell Biology and Physiology Study Section, National Institutes of Health. 1989 - 1991: Preparatory Advisory Committee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology 1997 - 1999: Long-term Fellowship Review Board, Human Frontier Science Program. 1998 - 2005: Javitz Neuroscience Investigator Award. 2000 : Academician, Academia Sinica, Taiwan (2000) 2001 : Fellow, American Association for Advancement of Science 2001 : Amerit