David Attwell studied physics as an undergraduate in Oxford, and then did a PhD in neuroscience with Julian Jack. After a post-doc in Berkeley with Frank Werblin, he came to UCL.

Biography 

DEGREES 

 Oxford 1974    B.A. Physics   1st

 Oxford 1975    B.A. Physiological Sciences   Upper 2nd

 Oxford 1979    D.Phil.   Electrical properties of membranes

POSITIONS HELD

1974 ‑ 77           Medical Research Council Scholar 

                          University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford

1977 ‑ 79           Fellow by Examination, Magdalen College, Oxford

1979 ‑ 80           Science Research Council Post‑Doctoral Fellow,

                          University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.

1980 ‑ 81           Fellow by Examination, Magdalen College, Oxford

1981 ‑ 88           Lecturer, Department of Physiology, University College London

1984 ‑ 89           Henry Head Research Fellow of the Royal Society

1988                  Reader, Department of Physiology, University College London

1991                  Professor, Department of Physiology, University College London

1995                  Jodrell Professor of Physiology, University College London