Neuroscientist Adriana Galván Named Dean of Undergraduate Education
UCLA Newsroom June 26, 2020
Center board member Adriana Galván has been named UCLA’s dean of undergraduate education. In addition to serving on the Center’s Leadership Team and National Scientific Council, Professor Galván is a professor of psychology, holds the Wendell Jeffrey and Bernice Wenzel Term Chair in Behavioral Neuroscience, and is director of the Developmental Neuroscience Lab at UCLA. Congratulations, Adriana!
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