King-Wai Yau 游景威 Election Year 2022 Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Room905A Preclinical Teaching Building, 725 North Wolfe. St., Baltimore, MD 21205, USA Tel: (410)955-1260 / Fax: (410)955-1948
Current Positions
Professor of Neuroscience
Johns Hopkins University Medical School
Education
AB in physics, Princeton University: University Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi 1971
PhD in neurobiology, Harvard University, 1975
Professional Experience
1976-1979 Research Fellow, Neurobiology, Stanford University School of Medicine
1979-1980 Research Fellow, Physiological Laboratory, Cambridge University, England, UK
1980-1982 Assistant Professor, Physiology & Biophysics, UTMB Galveston
1982-1985 Associate Professor, Physiology & Biophysics, UTMB Galveston
1985-1986 Professor, Physiology & Biophysics, UTMB Galveston
1986-2004 Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)
1986- Professor, Neuroscience and Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University Sch of Med
Specialties
Neuroscience, Ophthalmology(Vision Physiology)
Awards and Honors
AP Giannini Fellow, AP Giannini Foundation, 1975 – 76; Dean's Fellow, Stanford University School of Medicine, 1976 – 78; Alfred P Sloan Fellow, Alfred P Sloan Foundation, 1978 – 80; Visiting Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge University, England, UK, 1980 – 81; Rank Prize in Optoelectronics, Rank Prize Funds, England, UK, 1980; Research Career Development Award, NIH, 1981 – 86; Distinguished Faculty Research Award, UTMB Galveston, 1986; MERIT Award, National Eye Institute (NEI), NIH, 1992 – 02; Friedenwald Award, Assoc for Research in Vision & Ophthalmology (ARVO), 1993; Alcon Award in Vision Research, Alcon Research Institute (ARI), 1994; Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences Elected, 1995; Magnes Prize, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, ISRAEL, 1996; Teacher of the Year, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 2004; Ruth and Milton Steinbach Award, R & H Steinbach Foundation, 2004; Alcon Award in Vision Research, ARI (second time, and maximum number), 2005; Balazs Prize, International Society for Eye Research (ISER), 2006; António Champalimaud Vision Award, PORTUGAL (Inaugural Research Award, nicknamed “Nobel Prize in Vision”), 2008; Member, National Academy of Sciences, USA Elected, 2010; CNIB Chanchlani Global Vision Research Award, CANADA, 2012; Alexander Hollaender Award in Biophysics, National Academy of Sciences, USA, 2013; RRF Paul Kayser International Award for Retinal Research (ISER), 2016; Daniel Nathans Scientific Innovator Award, Johns Hopkins U School of Medicine 2017; Member, National Academy of Medicine, USA Elected, 2018; Helen Keller Prize for Vision Research, Helen Keller & BrightFocus Foundations, 2019; Beckman-Argyros Vision Award, Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation, 2019.