Richard Lewis[1] Huganir (born March 25, 1953) is a Bloomberg Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Neuroscience[2] and Psychological and Brain Sciences,[3] Director of the Solomon H. Snyder Department of Neuroscience,[4] and co-director of the Johns Hopkins Medicine Brain Science Institute[5] at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.
He received his Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology from Cornell University[10] in 1982 where he performed his thesis research in the laboratory of Efraim Racker.
He was a postdoctoral fellow with the Nobel Laureate, Paul Greengard, at Yale University School of Medicine from 1982-1984.
Huganir is currently the Chair of the Stanley Center for Psychiatric Research Scientific Advisory Committee and a recent member of the NIMH Council and the NIH BRAIN Multi-Council Working Group.
Huganir's general approach has been to study molecular and cellular mechanisms that regulate neurotransmitter receptors.