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Robert G. Merrick Jr. Research Chair

Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Brain Science, Cognitive Neuroscience

Established in 1991 by the Jacob and Annita France Foundation and the Robert G. and Anne M. Merrick Foundation, Inc., in memory of Robert G. Merrick Jr.

MerrickRobertROBERT G. MERRICK JR. (pictured), who died in 1990 at the age of 58, came from a family with strong ties to the university through their history of generous giving and the service of several as trustees. His father, Robert G. Merrick, A&S 1917; his sister, Anne Pinkard; and his nephew, Walter Pinkard Jr., have all been Hopkins trustees. The professorship was created to support an early- to mid-career investigator in the field of cognitive neuroscience or brain science at the Zanvyl Krieger Mind/Brain Institute. The institute is an interdisciplinary research center at Hopkins devoted to the study of the neural mechanisms of higher mental function, particularly perception.

Held by Veit Stuphorn

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