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Russell D. Fernald

Contact Information

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    Personal Information
    Email rfernald@stanford.edu

Honors and Awards

  • Rank Prize in Vision/Opto-electronics, Rank Foundation (February 2004)
  • Fellow-American Association for Advancement of Science, AAAS (2003)
  • Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (1999-2006)
  • NIH Fogarty Senior International Fellowship, NIH (1985-86)
  • Benjamin Scott Crocker Professor of Human Biology, Stanford University (1994-)
  • Dinkelspiel Prize for Outstanding Contributions to Undergraduate Education, Stanford University (2000)
  • Cox Medal for Excellence in Fostering Undergraduate Research, Stanford University (1998)
  • Bing Prize for Excellence & Innovation in Undergraduate Teaching, Stanford University (1996-99)

Professional Education

  • PhD, University of Pennsylvania Biophysics (1969)
  • B.S., Swarthmore College Electrical Engineering/Physics (1963)

Graduate & Fellowship Program Affiliations

Research Interests

How does social experience influence the brain?
Our research is focused on understanding the mechanisms through which social change is transduced into cellular and molecular change.

How is retinal progenitor cell division and differentiation controlled?
The eyes of teleost fish continue to grow throughout life, and new cells are continually added to the functional retina. We are using this model system to determine what extrinsic and intrinsic signals influence the fate of retinal progenitors, particularly rod progenitors.

Publications