Boron is the David N. and Inez Myers/Antonio Scarpa Professor and Chair of the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Case Western Reserve University.
Previously, he was a member of the faculty of Yale University (from 1989-2007), serving three 3-year terms as Chair of the Department of Cellular and Moleculary Physiology from 1989 through 1998.
His 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.
[11][2] While studying pH regulation in cells from the stomach, Boron and his colleagues became the first to describe a membrane that does not permit the penetration of carbon dioxide.
In addition, Boron, George Farr, and Paul Schlather founded Remsenwood Associates, an umbrella company that has created JanusQ, LLC.