Ben Bahr, Ph.D.
William C. Friday Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry
About
- Website: William C. Friday Distinguished Chair and Professor
- Alzheimer's Disease Research Lab
- Alzheimer's Disease Brochure (PDF)
- Ben Bahr Honored with Oliver Max Gardner Award for Neurological Research
- Ben Bahr Earns Top Mentoring Award
Dr. Bahr is the William C. Friday Chair and Professor at UNCP. His Ph.D. in chemistry from University of California–Santa Barbara identified a target for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, the most common form of dementia. His postdoctoral training was at the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, University of California–Irvine. He has presented his team’s research in 18 countries, has over 150 publications and patents, and leads UNCP as a partner institution of the Duke-UNC Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. His honors include several mentoring awards for his work with postdocs, graduate students, and invaluable undergraduate researchers who received NSF, Glaxo Women in Science, NCBiotech, and NC Space/NASA Grant Scholarships, NIH RISE Fellowships, NCBiotech Internships, and the Timothy Ritter and Marie Amero Endowed Research Scholarship.