IRVINE : Scientist to Receive Top UC Irvine Award
The honors just keep rolling in for UC Irvine scholar James L. McGaugh. This time, it’s his own university’s highest award: the UCI Medal.
McGaugh is a founding faculty member of UC Irvine who came to the campus in 1964 to become chairman of its psychobiology department at the age of 32.
He has also been dean of the School of Biological Sciences, vice chancellor and executive vice chancellor.
Now 60, McGaugh is director of the university’s Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory.
He is internationally renowned for his work on the effects of drugs, hormones and electrical stimulation on learning and memory.
In 1989, he was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, one of the highest honors for a scientist. In April, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The UCI Medal, which is reserved for individuals who have contributed significantly to the spirit and vision of the university, will be presented to McGaugh during convocation ceremonies Friday at the Bren Events Center on campus.
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