New faculty spotlight: David Warren, Ph.D.

David Warren, Ph.D.

David E. Warren, Ph.D., is a new faculty member in the UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences.

  • Name: David E. Warren, Ph.D.
  • Hometown: Chicago
  • New title and department at UNMC: Assistant professor/translational neuroscientist, UNMC Department of Neurological Sciences

Research/professional interests:

  • Cognitive neuroscience;
  • memory;
  • cognition;
  • dementia; and
  • aging.

How I fell in love with cognitive neuroscience:
I’ve always been fascinated by memory and cognition, and a series of great instructors and mentors during my undergraduate education convinced me that studying the brain bases of cognition would make for an exciting, challenging career in science.

Degrees:

  • Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • B.A., University of California, Berkeley

Memberships:

  • Society for Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuroscience Society
  • International Neuropsychological Society
  • Society for the Neurobiology of Language
  • Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology

Three things people may not know about me:

  • During undergrad, I played clarinet in the University of California marching band — go, Bears!
  • I love tinkering with computers, from building to networking to programming.
  • I’m a native New Yorker, born on Manhattan Island.