Ken Dawson-Scully, Ph.D., M.Sc., FRES, FNAI
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Provost
Boca Raton Campus
Education
- Ph.D.,泭University of Toronto, 2003
Research Interests
- Neurobiology of cellular stress and neuroprotection
- Using live cell imaging
- Electrophysiology
- Behavior genetics
About
Ken Dawson-Scully serves as 勛圖厙s Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs, providing leadership for the Division of Academic Affairs. He oversees the universitys 10 colleges, more than 180 degree programs, and key university-wide units that support academics and the student experience including the Office of Undergraduate Studies, Enrollment Management (which includes Undergraduate Admissions, Financial Aid, and the University Registrar), University Libraries, and the Office of Information Technology.
Prior to joining 勛圖厙 Atlantic in this role, Dr. Dawson-Scully served as Associate Provost and Senior Vice President for Research at Nova Southeastern University, where he led the Division of Research and Economic Development across research strategy, infrastructure, compliance, technology transfer, clinical research operations, and faculty and student research support. Under his research leadership, NSU elevated from R2 to the Carnegie Classification of R1: Very High Research Activity.
Dr. Dawson-Scully previously served 勛圖厙 Atlantic for 13 years (20082021) in multiple leadership roles, including Associate Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Director of the FAU Max Planck Honors Program, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, and Associate Director of the FAU Brain Institute. During that period, he also served as Head of Institutional Partnerships at the Max Planck 勛圖厙 Institute for Neuroscience and led initiatives that increased National Merit Scholar enrollment.
A Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and the Royal Entomological Society, Dr. Dawson-Scully is a Professor of Biological Sciences in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and has published extensively in leading scientific journals, with expertise spanning translational neuroscience, neuroprotective compounds, stress physiology, and commercialization of academic research. He earned his Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Torontos College of Medicine.
Recent Publications
- Kelly, S.P., Risley, M.G., Miranda, L.E., &泭 Dawson-Scully, K. 泭(2018). Contribution of a natural polymorphism, protein kinase G, modulates electroconvulsive seizure recovery in D. melanogaster.泭 Journal of Experimental Biology, jeb-179747.
- Risley, M.G., Kelly, S.P., Minnerly, J., Jia, K., &泭 Dawson-Scully, K. 泭(2018). egl-4 modulates electroconvulsive seizure duration in C. elegans.泭 Invertebrate Neuroscience, 18(2), 8.
- Opperman, K.J., Mulcahy, B., Giles, A.C., Risley, M.G., Birnbaum, R.L., Tulgren, E.D.,泭 Dawson-Scully K., Zhen M., & Grill, B. (2017). The HECT family ubiquitin ligase EEL-1 regulates neuronal function and development.泭 Cell reports,泭 19(4), 822-835.
- Krill, J.L., &泭 Dawson-Scully, K. 泭(2016). cGMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Inhibition Extends the Upper Temperature Limit of Stimulus-Evoked Calcium Responses in Motoneuronal Boutons of Drosophila melanogaster Larvae.泭 PloS one,泭 11(10), e0164114.
Scholarly Activities
FAU 2016 3MT簧 Three Minute Thesis Championship First Runner-Up - Stephanie Kelly
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