Prof. Alan Spector Florida State University, USA

Dr. Alan C. Spector received his Ph.D. in Psychology at Florida State University in 1984 under the tutelage of Dr. James C. Smith. He did his postdoctoral training with Dr. Harvey Grill at the University of Pennsylvania while also working closely with Dr. Ralph Norgren. His research program, which has... read morereceived funding from the NIH since 1988, focuses on the use of psychophysical and behavioral techniques coupled with manipulations of the nervous system in rodent models to help understand the neural basis of taste and the controls of ingestive behavior. In 1990 he accepted a faculty position at the University of Florida where he eventually attained the rank of Professor. While there, along with Dr. Barry Ache, he helped establish the University of Florida Center for Smell and Taste for which he served as Assistant Director. In 2007, he moved to the Florida State University where he holds the rank of Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience. He is a prior recipient of the Ajinomoto Award from the Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS), the Hoebel Creativity Award from the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior, a Research Career Development Award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, and was the 2023 recipient of the Max Mozell Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Chemical Senses from AChemS. Dr. Spector has served as President of SSIB and AChemS.