Kerry R. Delaney

Kerry R. Delaney received the B.Sc. degree in zoology from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada, and the Ph.D. degree in neuroscience from Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA, in 1987. He undertook post-doctoral work in neuroscience with the University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA, New York University, New York, NY, USA, and AT&T Bell laboratories, Murray Hill, NJ, USA, before being appointed to the faculty of Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, USA, in 1992. He joined the faculty of the University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada, in 2004, where he is currently a Professor of Biology and the Chair of the Department. His research program focuses on synaptic and cellular neurophysiology of olfactory sensory processing, neuromuscular transmission, and the role of synaptic dysfunction in neurodevelopmental disorders, such as Rett syndrome, using a variety of optical and electrophysiological techniques.