Baylor College of Medicine Lands a Major Neuroscientist

Dora E. Angelaki was appointed chair of the department of neuroscience at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas. She will also teach at Rice University.

She was an alumni endowed professor in the department of anatomy and neurobiology at Washington University in St. Louis. There, she held a joint appointment as a professor of biomedical engineering.

In a statement accompanying her appointment, Dr. Angelaki said, “”As the new chair of the department I plan to develop and provide the best environment possible for neuroscientists to thrive and succeed through discovery, application, scholarship and education.”

Dr. Angelaki is a graduate of the National Technical University in Athens, Greece. She holds master’s and Ph.D. degrees in biomedical engineering from the University of Minnesota. She did postdoctoral research at the University of Texas Medical Branch and the University of Zurich.