Background
Harris, Eric William was born on September 5, 1951 in Maietta, Georgia, United States. Son of Lloyd Webb and Harriet (Hanson) Harris.
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Eric William Harris
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Eric William Harris, American neuroscientist, pharmaceutical executive. Achievements include first to propose that the drug Remacemide was a pro drug for an NMDA antagonist; did seminal work in the involvement of NMDA receptors in the process of neuronal long term potentiation. Grantee: pre and post doctoral awards National Institutes of Health, 1976-1982.
Education
Bachelor, University of Virginia, 1973; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1979.
Career
Research assistant, department neurosurgery University of Virginia School Medicine, Charlottesville, 1976-1979; postdoctoral fellow, department psychobiology University of California, Irvine, 1979-1982; senior research associate, department psychobiology University of California, Irvine, 1982-1986; senior research scientist, Pennwalt Pharmaceutical, Rochester, New York, 1986-1988; principal investigator, Fisons Pharmaceuticals, Rochester, since 1988. Adjunct Professor pharmacology U. Rochester. Reviewer, referee European Journal Pharmacology, Brain Research, Journal of Neurochemistry, Pharmcology, Biochemistry and Behavior, since 1986.
Achievements
Membership
Member steering committee Rochester Alliance Promoting Science (Education), since 1990, Fathers Rights Association of New York, since 1991. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, Society for Neurosci., New York Academy of Sciences, International Brain Research Organization.
Connections
Married Laurie Elizabeth Braman, June 18, 1988 (divorced March, 1992). 1 child, Cooper William.
