Curriculum Vitæ
Brian Michael McDermott, Jr., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Case Western Reserve University
School of Medicine
Departments of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Neurosciences, and Genetics
11100 Euclid Ave., Mail Stop 5045
Wearn Bldg., Room 452
Cleveland, OH 44106
Phone: 216-844-6036
Bmm30@case.edu
Personal Data
- Born: September 28, 1969 in Queens, New York
- Nationality: United States of America
Education
- 1984-1988
Forest Hills High School
Queens, NY
- B.S., 1988-1992
Queens College, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Queens, NY
- M.A., 1992-1994
Queens College, Chemistry & Biochemistry
Queens, NY
- Ph.D., 1994-2001
Columbia University, Microbiology
New York, NY
- Protein Purification and Characterization Course, 1998
Cold Spring Harbor Research Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor, NY
- Postdoctoral Fellow (Hudspeth Laboratory), 2001-2006
The Rockefeller University, Neuroscience
New York, NY
- Neural Development & Genetics of Zebrafish Course, 2001
Marine Biological Laboratory
Woods Hole, MA
- Advanced Techniques in Molecular Neuroscience Course, 2004
Cold Spring Harbor Research Laboratory
Cold Spring Harbor, NY
Research Experience
· Rotation student, 1994
Columbia University
Rotation advisor: Dr. Gerald Siu
Project: Analysis of the CD4 gene silencer using electrophoretic mobility-shift analysis.
· Doctoral candidate, 1995-2001
Columbia University
Ph.D. thesis mentor: Dr. Vincent R. Racaniello
Project: Physical characterization of the poliovirus-receptor interaction.
· Postdoctoral fellow, 2001-2006
The Rockefeller University
Mentor: Dr. A. James Hudspeth
Project: A functional genomics approach to understanding molecular mechanisms of hair cell development and operation using zebrafish.
Positions
· Assistant Professor in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery,
Case Western Reserve University, 2006-present
· Assistant Professor in the Department of Genetics (secondary appointment)
Case Western Reserve University, 2007-present
· Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurosciences (secondary appointment)
Case Western Reserve University, 2007-present
· Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology (secondary appointment)
Case Western Reserve University, 2008-present
Honors
· 2001-2004 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Postdoctoral Associate
· 2004-2006 Ruth Kirschstein National Research Service Award for Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (F32 DC006539-01)
· 2005 Invited lecturer to the 5th Gordon Conference on Mechanotransduction & Gravity Signaling in Biological Systems
· 2006 Annenberg Foundation Grant in Auditory Science from the National Organization for Hearing Research Foundation
· 2007 Invited lecturer to the 6th Molecular Biology of Hearing and Deafness Conference
· 2007 Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award from the March of Dimes Foundation
· 2008 Visiting Scholar, Northwestern University, Knowles Center for Hearing Science
Other Experience and Professional Membership
· 2002-present, Member, Association for Research in Otolaryngology
· 2007-present, Member, Society for Neuroscience
· 2007, Director of the Confocal Imaging Facility, Department of Biology, Case Western Reserve University
· 2007, Slide Session Chair, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting
· 2007-2010, Education Committee Member, The Association for Research in Otolaryngology
· 2010 - present, Deafness Research Foundation, Scientific Review Committee Member
· 2010, Genetics Department Imaging Steering Committee, Case Western Reserve University
Graduate-level and Undergraduate-level Teaching Experience
- Teaching Assistant, Queens College
Undergraduate-level General Biology, 1993-94
- Teaching Assistant, Columbia University
Graduate-level Microbial Molecular Genetics, 1995
- Instructor, Case Western Reserve University
Genetics 500/504, 2007-present