Roberto Malinow

Robert Malinow
Born	Roberto Malinow (1956-02-16) February 16, 1956 (age 68) Buenos Aires, Argentina
Nationality	American
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	Reed College NYU UC Berkeley
Known for	AMPA receptor dynamics
Awards	Metlife Foundation Award for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease[1] (2003) National Academy of Sciences (2012) National Academy of Medicine (2015)
Scientific career
Fields	Neuroscience
Institutions	UC San Diego Cold Spring Harbor
Doctoral advisor	Richard W. Tsien
Notable students	Hailan Hu
Website	malinowlab.com

Roberto Malinow is an Argentine-born American neuroscientist at the University of California, San Diego.[2] He is currently a distinguished professor of neurobiology and neurosciences, and holds the Shiley Chair in Alzheimer's Disease Research at UCSD.[3] In 2012 Dr. Malinow was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (Cellular and molecular neuroscience) [4] and in 2015 was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.[5]

Malinow has a prolific scientific publication record, and his works have been cited over 25,000 times. For comparison, a scientist in the field of molecular biology & genetics has to receive approximately 1229 citations to be among the most cited 1% of life scientists in the world (see h-index by discipline). Further, he has contributed many 'high-impact' neuroscience articles, with an h-index of 72 [6](72 research publications with at least 72 citations each), regarded as "truly unique".[7]

References

1. "MetLife Foundation Awards for Medical Research in Alzheimer's Disease" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 13, 2018.
2. Robert Malinow Laboratory Homepage
3. "Roberto Malinow".
4. McDonald, Kim (May 2, 2012). "Roberto Malinow Elected to National Academy of Sciences". Retrieved May 13, 2016.
5. LaFee, Scott (October 19, 2015). "Three UC San Diego Researchers Elected to National Academy of Medicine". Retrieved May 13, 2016.
6. "Roberto Malinow". Google Scholar Profile. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
7. Meho, Lokman I. (2007). "The rise and rise of citation analysis". Physics World. 20: 32–36. doi:10.1088/2058-7058/20/1/33. hdl:10150/105963. S2CID 16532275.