Peter Bruce L. McNaughton is a Canadian neuroscientist and Distinguished Professor at the
University of California, Irvine
The University of California, Irvine (UCI or UC Irvine) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Irvine, California, United States. One of the ten campuses of the University of California system, U ...
(UC Irvine), as well as a Professor of Neuroscience and director of the Polaris Brain Dynamics research group at The
Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience.
He joined the faculty of UC Irvine in 2014, after having taught at the
University of Lethbridge
The University of Lethbridge (also known as uLethbridge, uLeth, and U of L) is a public comprehensive and research university located in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada, with a second campus in Calgary, Alberta.
Founded in the liberal arts traditio ...
for six years. He had moved his lab from
the University of Arizona
The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a public land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it was the first university established in ...
to the University of Lethbridge in 2008 after winning the Polaris Award from the
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. He was elected as a
Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC) is an award granted to individuals that the Royal Society of Canada judges to have "made remarkable contributions in the arts, the humanities and the sciences, as well as in Canadian public life" ...
in 2016.
He is also a lifetime member of the
Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters (, DKNVS) is a Norway, Norwegian learned society based in Trondheim. It was founded in 1760 and is Norway's oldest scientific and scholarly institution. The society's Protector is King Harald V of ...
.
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External links
Faculty page*
Canadian neuroscientists
Living people
Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Carleton University alumni
Dalhousie University alumni
University of Arizona faculty
Academic staff of the University of Lethbridge
University of California, Irvine faculty
Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters
Year of birth missing (living people)
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