MSACL Presenter Biography

Edward A. Dennis
University of California, San Diego

Edward A. Dennis is Distinguished Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and of Pharmacology in the School of Medicine at the University of California at San Diego (UCSD). He received his BA from Yale and a Ph.D. from Harvard, a Doctorate in Medicine (honorary) from Goethe University in Frankfurt Germany, a Doctorate (honorary) from the University of Lyon INSA, in Lyon France, and he served as a research fellow at Harvard Medical School. At UCSD he has served as Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, as Chair of the Faculty Academic Senate, and on the Board of Overseers. He has served as Visiting Professor at Harvard Medical School, Visiting Scientist at Brandeis University, Adjunct Professor at The Scripps Research Institute, Visiting Professor at the Collège de France, and Visiting Research Professor at Université Pierre et Marie Curie. Dr. Dennis’ career research focus has been on inflammation, lipid metabolism, phospholipases, eicosanoids and lipidomics. He has authored over 375 publications and patented numerous inventions. He is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Lipid Research and Director of the LIPID MAPS Consortium, a NIH supported initiative started in 2003 to develop the lipidomics field. Dr. Dennis was named an inaugural Fellow of the AAAS in 1984 and was the recipient of the American Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology’s Avanti Award in Lipid Enzymology, the European Federation for Lipid Science and Technology’s European Lipid Science Award, and Yale Universities Yale Medal. Dr. Dennis served as Chair and President of the Keystone Symposia Board of Directors from 1996-2004 where he is currently an Emeritus Trustee, and on the Yale University Council. He is currently Chair of the Board of Directors of the Gordon Research Conferences, Chair of the Board of the ResMed Foundation, and on the Boards of the Eicsoanoid Research Foundation and the La Jolla Playhouse.