Lab Head
Robert O. Messing, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Neuroscience
Professor of Neurology
- 1979: M.D., Stanford University
- 1979-81: Internal Medicine Residency i, University of Virginia
- 1981-84: Neurology Residency, UCSF
- 1984-86: Neuroscience Postdoctoral Fellowship, UCSF, mentor David A. Greenberg MD, PhD
- 1986-2013: Principal Investigator, Ernest Gallo Clinic & Research Center at UCSF
- 1986-1994: Assistant Professor of Neurology, UCSF
- 1994-2000: Associate Professor of Neurology, UCSF
- 2000-2013: Professor of Neurology, UCSF
- 2013-2015: Vice Provost for Biomedical Sciences, UT Austin
- 2015-2017: Associate Dean for Research Development, Dell Medical School, UT Austin
- 2017-present: Director Waggoner Center for Alcohol and Addiction Research, UT Austin
- 2020-present: Chair, Department of Neuroscience, UT Austin
- 2022-present: Consortium Director, Integrative Neuroscience Initiative on Alcoholism-Neuroimmune
Lab Members
![Laura Ferguson](https://sites.utexas.edu/messing-lab/files/2019/01/IMG_1965-e1547156882722.jpg)
Postdoctoral Fellow
![](https://sites.utexas.edu/messing-lab/files/2022/01/Luba.jpg)
Postdoctoral Fellow
![](https://sites.utexas.edu/messing-lab/files/2019/09/Mike-cropped.jpg)
Postdoctoral Fellow
![](https://sites.utexas.edu/messing-lab/files/2018/05/Geoffrey_Dilly-e1526432644295.jpg)
Postdoctoral Fellow
![](https://sites.utexas.edu/messing-lab/files/2023/10/sabine.png)
Research Associate
![](https://sites.utexas.edu/messing-lab/files/2018/07/Caleb-cropped.jpg)
Lab Manager