William Ja, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Neuroscience
UF Scripps Biomedical research
Scripps Research Joint Appointments
Faculty, Graduate Program
Education
Ph.D. (Chemistry), California Institute of Technology, 2004 (Advisor: Dr. Richard Roberts)
B.S. (Chemistry), University of California, Berkeley, 1998
Professional Experience
2015-2017 Associate Professor, Metabolism and Aging, Scripps Research
2010-2015 Assistant Professor, Metabolism and Aging, Scripps Research
2005-2009 Postdoctoral Scholar in Biology with Dr. Seymour Benzer, California Institute of Technology
Awards & Professional Activities
2011-2015 Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar in Aging Award
2010 Glenn Award for Research in Biological Mechanisms of Aging
2008-2013 NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)
2007 DeLill Nasser Award for Professional Development in Genetics
2005-2006 John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship
2004 Glenn Foundation/American Federation for Aging Research Scholarship
1998-2001 DOD National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship
1998 Erich O. and Elly M. Saegebarth Prize in Chemistry
1998 Waldo Semon Undergraduate Research Award
1997-1998 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship