Walter F Boron was born on November 18,1949 and is an American scientist and the 72nd president of the American Physiological Society.
11 Facts About Walter Boron
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Walter Boron was Secretary-General of the International Union of Physiological Sciences.
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Additionally, Boron is co-editor, along with Emile L Boulpaep, of the textbook Medical Physiology and Concise Medical Physiology.
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Walter Boron is a former editor-in-chief of two leading physiology journals, Physiological Reviews and Physiology.
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Walter Boron is Professor of Medicine and Professor of Biochemistry.
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Walter Boron briefly served as Interim Chair of the Department of Biochemistry.
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Walter Boron's laboratory has elucidated the mechanisms and control of acid-base transport in kidney tubules, and pH regulation in neurons and glial cells from the central nervous system.
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Walter Boron's group has extended its interest to understanding mechanisms of gas movement through aquaporins, Rh proteins, and other membrane proteins, and the physiological significance of these movements.
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Walter Boron received the Homer Smith Award from the American Society of Nephrology in 2005, the Sharpey-Schafer Award from The Physiological Society in 2008, and the Palade Gold Medal from Wayne State University in 2010.
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In 2014, Walter Boron received an honorary doctorate from Aarhus University in Denmark, and was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
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Walter Boron was appointed Distinguished University Professor at Western Reserve University in 2020.