Gary W. Perry, Ph.D.
Professor of Neuroscience
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Florida Atlantic University
Biosketch: (full cv)
Dr. Perry is Professor of
Neuroscience in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science, and currently serves
as Acting Director of the Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences. He
joined the Center for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences and the Department of
Psychology at Florida Atlantic University in 1989. He has taught extensively in
the graduate and undergraduate programs at FAU and he has been involved in the
development of several interdisciplinary graduate programs, initially the PhD
program in Complex Systems and Brain Sciences, as well as the joint graduate
PhD program in Integrative Biology and Neuroscience with the
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience. His research interests have
included molecular and cellular
mechanisms regulating neural development, neural regeneration, and
neuroplasticity; and more recently the evolving field of Educational
Neuroscience.
From May 1,
2014 through June 30, 2018 Dr. Perry served as Provost and Vice President for
Academic Affairs at FAU following nine months as Interim Provost (2013-2014).
As Provost, Dr. Perry served
as the Chief Academic Officer for the University and led the Division of
Academic Affairs, directing the development and delivery of all academic
programs at FAU while overseeing the division’s budget and personnel. The
Division of Academic Affairs comprises FAU’s 10 colleges that deliver
more than 180 degree programs at the Bachelor’s, Master’s and
Doctoral levels. Related areas, such as the University Registrar, the
University Libraries, the Lifelong Learning Society, Enrollment Management,
Financial Aid, Institutional Effectiveness and Analysis, and the Office of
Information Technology also came under the division’s umbrella.
Prior to his
appointment as Interim Provost, Dr. Perry served for seven years as Dean of the
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science (2006-2013). As dean, he was the chief
executive and administrative officer of the College and provided leadership and
vision for the College, administered the affairs of the College, and served as
liaison between the college faculty and the Division of Academic Affairs. Previous to this, Dr. Perry had served as Dean for Graduate
Studies (Interim) at FAU (2005-2006). In this role, he provided leadership in
establishing the appropriate organizational structure and operational
procedures necessary to enhance graduate education at FAU. This included
graduate admissions, enrollment and progression, financial support, and
graduate programs and policies, while formalizing a University Graduate Council
and a University Graduate Faculty at FAU.
Dr. Perry has
also served in additional administrative roles in the Charles E. Schmidt College
of Science as Senior Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies
(1999-2005), as Acting Director of the Center for Complex Systems and Brain
Sciences (1997-1998) and Acting Associate Dean and Chair for the Biomedical
Science program (1998-1999). In this latter role, Dr. Perry was involved in the
initial development of the Program for Quality Medical Education, a partnership
between FAU and the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine in Miami,
Florida. This program began as a “2+2 program” between FAU and
UMMSM to train additional physicians in Southeast Florida, and in 2010 became
the independent Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at FAU.
Dr. Perry has
made significant contributions to help establish Southeast Florida as a new
Life Science Hub in the US, including work on cooperative agreements between
FAU and The Scripps Research Institute - Scripps Florida and the Max Planck
Florida Institute for Neuroscience, both located in Jupiter, FL; and the Torrey
Pines Institute for Molecular Studies located in Port St. Lucie, FL. He was a
founding member of the South Florida Bioscience Consortium, now incorporated as
part of BioFlorida.
Dr. Perry received his primary and
secondary education respectively at Purford Green and Brays Grove Schools in
Harlow, Essex, England, and at the latter served as Deputy then Head Boy
(1969-1970). Dr. Perry is a graduate of University of London (B.Sc., Honours, 1973) and the University of Manchester (M.Sc.,
1975 & Ph.D., 1977) in the UK. Following postdoctoral research at
Manchester’s Institute of Science and Technology (1977-1978), he held
research faculty appointments at the Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell
University in New York, NY (1981-1984) and the Leonard M. Miller School of
Medicine at the University of Miami in Miami, FL (1978-1981 & 1984-1989)
before joining FAU in 1989.
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Contact Information:
Center
for Complex Systems and Brain Sciences
Charles E. Schmidt College of Science
Florida
Atlantic University
Behavioral
Sciences Building (BS-12), Room 309
777
Glades Road
Boca
Raton, FL 33431, USA
email: perryg@fau.edu