Dr. Mark Nelson is known for his research on ion channels and calcium signaling in smooth muscle and endothelial cells, particularly for his work on electrical and local calcium signaling in the brain vasculature and urinary bladder. He was born in New York City, New York and grew up in New Jersey. After graduating from Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts with a degree in Mathematics and Biology, he went to Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri, where he obtained a Ph.D. in Neural Science with Professor Mordecai Blaustein in 1980. He did postdoctoral work at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, and Universität Konstanz, Germany, sponsored by Professor Peter Läuger. Dr. Nelson joined the faculty of the University of Vermont in 1986 and became Chair of the Department of Pharmacology in 1995. He has a part-time Professorship at the University of Manchester and is a Visiting Professor at the University of Oxford. Dr. Nelson is a member of the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vermont Academy of Sciences and Engineering, and the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Nelson Chairs the NIDDK Executive Steering Committee for the O'Brien Urology Cooperative Research Centers, and is a member of the NIDDK Advisory Council. His work has been recognized by the NIH with nearly thirty years of continuous funding, an NIH Merit Award, and NIH Outstanding Investigator Award, and with funding from Fondation Leducq and the European Union.
He serves on Editorial Boards for Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA, eLife, Journal of General Physiology, Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism, Journal of Smooth Muscle Research and as Co-Editor for the Annual Reviews of Physiology. Dr. Nelson has produced over 260 publications in high quality, peer reviewed journals, and mentored sixty postdocs and research faculty members.
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