
Eric Klann, Ph.D.
Professor and Director Center for Neural Science New York UniversityEric Klann is Professor and Director of the Center for Neural Science at New York University. Dr. Klann received his Ph.D. from Virginia Commonwealth Univeristy School of Medicine in 1989, did postdoctoral training at Baylor College of Medicine with Dr. David Sweatt, and previously held faculty positions at the University of Pittsburgh and Baylor College of Medicine. Dr. Klann’s research is focused on the molecular mechanisms of translational control and their role in activity-dependent changes in synaptic function and behavior, including cognition. He also studies how dysregulated translational control contributes to altered synaptic function and aberrant behaviors in developmental brain disorders and neurodegenerative disease. Dr. Klann has published over 160 original research articles, reviews, commentaries, and book chapters. Dr. Klann serves as a Reviewing Editor for the Journal of Neuroscience, a Section Editor for Brain Research, and serves on the editoral boards of several other journals. He is a former member and chair of the Neural Oxidative Metabolism & Death and Molecular & Cellular Substrates of Complex Disorders Study Sections of the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Klann serves on the Scientific Advisory Boards for the Pitt Hopkins Syndrome Foundation and the Foundation for Angelman Syndrome Therapeutics, where he is also the Chair. He also has served on the Fragile X Outcomes Measures and TSC Neurocognitive Working Groups for the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Klann has served as the Treasurer and the President of the Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society. He is the recipient of a NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award and the Jacob Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award from the National Instittutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Education and Training
- 1980-1984
B.S. Chemistry, Gannon University, Erie, PA
- 1984-1989
Ph.D. Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
Medical College of Vriginia/Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA - 1989-1994
Postdoctoral fellow
Department of Neuroscience
Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Positions
- 1994 – 2000
Assistant Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- 2000 – 2001
Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
- 2001 – 2005
Associate Professor & Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
- 2005 – 2006
Professor, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
- 2006 – 2016
Professor, Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY
- 2012 – 2013
Visiting Scientist, Shonan Research Center, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, Fujisawa, Japan
- 2016 – present
Professor and Director, Center for Neural Science, New York University, New York, NY
Honors and Awards
- 1989
National Institute of Mental Health Training Grant
- 1989-1991
American Society for Neurochemistry Young Investigator Travel Award
- 1991-1993
National Institutes of Health National Research Service Award
- 1993
American Society for Neurochemistry Young Investigator Travel Award
- 1993-1994
National Institutes of Health National Research Service Award
- 1995-2000
National Institutes of Health First Award
- 1998-1999
Co-President, Pittsburgh Chapter of Society for Neuroscience
- 1999
Austria Ministry of Science Young Investigator Travel Award
- 1997-2000
Review Panel Member, Protective Agents in Neural Cell Dysfunction, U.S. Army Medical Research and Materiel Command
- 2001
International Society for Neurochemistry Young Investigator Award
- 2003-2004
Cynthia and George Mitchell Dementia Research Award
- 2004
Basic Health Sciences Outstanding Alumnus Award, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University
- 2008-2009
Chair, Neural Oxidative Metabolism and Death Study Section (NOMD), National Institutes of Health
- 2009
Morosky College of Health Professions and Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award, Gannon University
- 2010 – 2012
College of CSR Reviewers, National Institutes of Health
- 2012 – 2015
President, Molecular and Cellular Cognition Society
- 2013
Brain & Behavior Foundation NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Award
- 2013
Fellow, American Association Fro the Advancement of Science
- 2014
Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- 2017
Butler High School (Pennsylvania) Distinguished Graduate Award