Faculty
Biological Sciences has more than 60 full-time faculty members, as well as more than 20 faculty with joint appointments and 15 visiting or adjunct professors. Among its many distinctions and honors, the Ph.D. program faculty includes two members of the National Academy of Sciences, four members of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and 18 holders of endowed chairs and professorships.
Kelvin DaviesJames E. Birren Chair in Gerontology and Professor of Gerontology and Biological Sciences Contact Information Office: GER 306 Phone: (213) 740-8959 E-mail: kelvin@usc.edu |
Education
- post doc. Biochemistry and Cell & Molecular Biology, Harvard Medical School
- post doc. Biochemistry & Molecular Toxicology, University of Southern California
- B.A. General Science, Liverpool & Lancaster Universities, 1/1974
- B.S. Physiology & Biophysics, University of Wisconsin, 1/1977
- M.S. Physiology & Biophysics, University of Wisconsin, 1/1977
- C.Phil. Biochemistry & Physiology, University of California, Berkeley, 1/1979
- Ph.D. Biochemistry & Physiology, University of California, Berkeley, 1/1981
Description of Research
Summary Statement of Research Interests
Professor Davies' research centers on the role of free radicals and oxidative stress in biology. In particular he is interested in genes that repair oxidatively damaged proteins, lipids, RNA, and DNA, and his laboratory has made major contributions to our understanding of this subject over the past twenty years. At the Andrus Gerontology Center, Professor Davies is focusing his research on the regulation of oxidative stress repair genes during aging. His laboratory is involved in biochemical, molecular biology, and genetic studies of both normal aging processes, and aging pathologies such as Parkinson and Alzheimer's diseases.
Research Specialties
Aging and Development Biology, Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, Signal Transduction and Gene Regulation
Honors and Awards
- Doctorate honoris causa, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, Fall 2008
- Doctor of the University (honoris causae) University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1998
- CNR International Fellow, University of Ancona and University of Camerino, Italy, 1997
- Distinguished Achievement Award of The Oxygen Society, 1997
- Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (F.A.A.A.S.), 1996
- Fellow of the Gerontological Society of America (F.G.S.A.), 1996
- National Parkinsons Foundation Fellow, 1996
Service to the Profession
Editorships and Editorial Boards
- Editor-in-Chief, Free Radical Biology & Medicine, 1997