Roberto Malinow. M.D., Ph.D. is an Argentinian-born American neuroscientist at the

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. He is currently a distinguished professor of neurobiology and neurosciences, and holds the Shiley Chair in Alzheimer's Disease Research at UCSD. In 2012 Dr. Malinow was elected to the

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(Cellular and molecular neuroscience) and in 2015 was elected to the

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. Malinow has a prolific scientific publication record, and his works have been cited over 25,000 times. For comparison, a scientist in the field of molecular biology & genetics has to receive approximately 1229 citations to be among the most cited 1% of life scientists in the world (see h-index by discipline). Further, he has contributed many ' high-impact' neuroscience articles, with an

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of 72 (72 research publications with at least 72 citations each), regarded as "truly unique".

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1956 births Living people American neuroscientists University of California, San Diego faculty Members of the National Academy of Medicine Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences {{US-scientist-stub