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Bennett, Maxwell Richard (Max) (1939 - )

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Neurobiologist
Born: 19 February 1939  Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Maxwell Richard (Max) Bennett has been a physiology professor at the University of Sydney since 1983. He is interested in synaptic transmission mechanisms and neuronal survival.

Career Highlights
Educated University of Melbourne (BEng, MSc, PhD, DSc).

Chronology
1964 - 1966John and Alan Gilmour Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne
1969 - 1973Lecturer and then Senior Lecturer in Physiology at the University of Sydney
1974Reader in Physiology at the University of Sydney
1981Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1982 - 1991Director of the Research Centre for Neurobiology at the University of Sydney
1983Personal Chair in Physiology at the University of Sydney
1985Chairman of the Executive of the Australian Societies for Experimental Biology
1989Chairman of the Australian Neural Networks Society
1990 - 1992President of the Australian Neuroscience Society
1991Professor of Physiology at the University of Sydney
1996Charles Goddard Medal received from the National Heart Foundation, Australia
1999Macfarlane Burnet Medal recipient and Lecture of the Australian Academy of Science

 
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