Clemens receives 2009 Lehrman Lifetime Achievement Award
07/09/09
Professor Lynwood Clemens has been awarded the 2009 Daniel S. Lehrman Lifetime Achievement Award in Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.
Professor Clemens was honored this past June during the conference for the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, in East Lansing. The lifetime achievement award is named after Daniel S. Lehrman, one of the founders of behavioral neuroendocrinology who influenced a generation of scientists studying the relationship between hormones and behavior.
Dr. Clemens, a leading figure in the field of behavioral endocrinology for the past forty years, has made outstanding contributions to the field as a scientist, teacher, mentor, and advocate. His ground-breaking research includes the developmental hormonal effects on the sexual differentiation of behavior. Professor Clemens was also the first scientist to implicate brain cholinergic systems in the regulation of female reproductive behavior. He was one of the organizers of the first "sex conference" east of the Rockies, that gave birth to the Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology. (Dr. Clemens received his PhD from UC Berkeley where he studied with Frank Beach, another founder of behavioral neuroendocrinology.) Known for his highly creative mind and willingness to take risks, Professor Clemens inspires his students to enjoy science and be open to all forms of ideas and interpretations.
Please see Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology for the full announcement.
We warmly congratulate Lynwood Clemens, for this tremendous and well-deserved honor!