Charles F. "Chuck" Stevens (September 1, 1934 – October 21, 2022)[2] was an American neurobiologist at the Salk Institute in La Jolla. He was the Vincent J. Coates Professor at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and adjunct professor of pharmacology and neuroscience at UCSD's School of Medicine. He was also an external professor and member of the science board at the Santa Fe Institute[3] and a general member of the Aspen Center for Physics.[4]
Charles F. "Chuck" Stevens | |
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| Born | September 2, 1934 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | October 21, 2022 (aged 88) San Diego, California, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, Yale University, Rockefeller University |
| Awards | W. Alden Spencer Award (1979) Karl Spencer Lashley Award (2000)[1] |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | Salk Institute, Santa Fe Institute |
| Doctoral advisor | Haldan Keffer Hartline |
| Notable students | Erwin Neher |
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Major contributions
editHe made several seminal discoveries regarding the molecular basis of synaptic transmission.[citation needed] In 2002, together with Dmitri Chklovskii, Stevens described the "3/5 Power Scaling law of neural circuits."
Stevens and Anderson used noise analysis to infer the conductance of single acetylcholine ion channels. This work paved the way for Nobel laureate Erwin Neher's patch clamping techniques. Neher was a postdoctoral associate with Stevens at the University of Washington and then Yale University.[5]
Education
editStevens has a B.A. in psychology from Harvard University, where he began his education hoping to be a physician.[6] He then received an M.D. degree at Yale University, and a Ph.D. in biophysics from Rockefeller University with Haldan Keffer Hartline. He was a member of the faculties at the University of Washington Medical School and at Yale Medical School before joining the Salk Institute.
Stevens was elected member to the National Academy of Sciences in 1982, and he was formerly an investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.[7] He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1984.[8] In 2000 he was awarded the NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing from the National Academy of Sciences.[9]
References
edit- ^ "Karl Spencer Lashley Award". American Philosophical Society. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ^ Famed Neuroscientist Charles Stevens Dies at 88
- ^ "Charles Stevens | Santa Fe Institute".
- ^ "ACP General Members". Archived from the original on 2010-04-28. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
- ^ "Nobel Prize - the foundation of Electro Acuscope and Myopulse". Archived from the original on 2008-07-24. Retrieved 2010-02-10.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-12. Retrieved 2014-01-07.
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- ^ "Book of Members, 1780-2010: Chapter S" (PDF). American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 7 April 2011.
- ^ "NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing". National Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 2011-03-18. Retrieved 27 February 2011.