
Speaker BiographyGary Beauchamp, Monell Chemical Senses Center, USAGary Beauchamp received his B.A. degree in biology from Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota in 1965 and his Ph.D. in Biopsychology from the Pritzker School of Medicine of The University of Chicago in 1971. He then went to the newly established Monell Chemical Senses Center, a nonprofit, basic research institute loosely affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania, as a postdoctoral fellow. He has remained at Monell since that time and is currently Director of the Center. He is also Adjunct Professor of Anatomy in the School of Veterinary Medicine and Adjunct Professor of Psychology in the School of Arts and Sciences of the University of Pennsylvania. His research interests include genetics of chemosensation, development and aging of taste and smell, taste interactions and the role of smell and taste in food and beverage choice and acceptance. During his research career, he has authored or co-authored over 275 original research papers, book chapters and review articles. Among his awards are the Claude Pepper Award of Excellence from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Outstanding Achievement in the Chemical Senses Award from the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS). He has served as a Member of the National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders Advisory Council of the NIH, is an advisor to several corporations and academic organizations and is a Member of the Board of Directors of both The Ambrose Monell Foundation and The G. Unger Vetlesen Foundation.
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