IETI President and Distinguished Fellow
Dean and Professor of Biology and Chemistry
Semmes Foundation Distinguished Chair in Neurobiology,
College of Sciences, University of Texas at San Antonio, Professor
Past-president and interim executive director of the Southwestern and Rocky Mountain Division of American Association for the Advancement of Sciences
Chair of the Board of the National Organization of Portuguese Americans
past-president of the American Association of Neuropathologists
California Scholarship Federation: Life Member, 1971; One Hundred Percent Member, 1971
Bausch and Lomb Medal, 1971
Alexander—Bee Trust Scholarship, 1974
Kennecott Copper Fellowship, 1974-1975
National Science Foundation, Research Assistantship, 1974-1979
Muscular Dystrophy Association, Postdoctoral Fellow, 1980-1982
Canadian Association of Neuropathologists meeting, Mary Tom Award, Best Paper Clinicopathological Correlation, 1987
National Institutes of Health, Research Career Development Award, 1988-1993
American Society for Cell Biology Travel Fellowship, Madrid, Spain, 1992
Spectrum of Research on Aging and the Aged, Cleveland, Ohio, First Prize, Biological Sciences, 1995.
American Association for the Advancement of Science, Fellow, 1998.
Signa XI, 1998
Temple Award, Alzheimer’s Association, 1999.
Distinguished American of Portuguese Ancestry, Portuguese-American Historical and Research Foundation, Incorporated, 2001.
Mensch Award, Alzheimer Research Forum, 2003.
Top 20 Most-Cited Authors in Alzheimer’s Disease, Essential Science Indicators, 2003.
100 Most-Cited Scientists in Neuroscience and Behavior of the decade, In-cites, 2004,2005,2006,2007
Community Service Award, Cleveland Area Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association, 2004.
Faculty of 1000 Biology, Member, Neurobiology of Disease and Regeneration section, 2004.
Top 25 Lab Heads in free radical research, Free Radical Lab Registry, 2007.
Zenith Fellow, Alzheimer’s Association, 2007.
Doctorado Honoris Causa (Hon. D.), Universidad Arturo Prat, Iquique, Chile, 2007
ISI Highly Cited.com, 2008, Neuroscience, H=102; 42,417 citations http://highlycited.com/categories/neuroscience/
Google Scholar citation numbers :over 62,000 citations and H=125
Denham Harman Research Award, American Aging Association, 2008
Iberoamerican Molecular Biology Organization (IMBO), 2008
Real Academia de Ciencas, Naturales (RAC), Correspondient es extranjeros, (Royal Spanish Academy of Sciences, Natural Sciences, Foreign corresponding member), Elected 2009, Inducted 2013
Top 100 Alzheimer’s Disease Investigators, 2009 http://j-alz.com/top100/introduction.html
Alzheimer Award / Alzheimer Medal, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2010
(Rudy J. Castellani, primary awardee http://www.j-alz.com/award/award_2010.html )
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native American Scientists (SACNAS), Distinguished Professional Mentor Award, 2010
Royal Society of Medicine, Overseas Fellow, 2010
Academia Mexicana de Ciencias (AMC), Miembro correspondiente (Mexican Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member), Elected 2010, Inducted 2012
Dana Alliance for Brain Initiatives, 2010
Linnean Society of London, Fellow (FLS), Elected 2011
Top 20 Alzheimer’s Disease Authors, 2011 http://sciencewatch.com/ana/st/alz2/authors
Royal Society of Chemistry, Fellow (FRSC), Elected 2011
Microscopy Society of America, Fellow (FMSA), Elected 2011
Alzheimer Award / Alzheimer Medal, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, 2011 (Mark A. Smith, primary awardee http://www.j-alz.com/award/award_2011.html )
National Honor Plaque of Panama for exceptional contribution to “Neuroscience”, Secretar?a nacional de Ciencia, Technolog?a e Innovación (SENACYT), (National Secretariat for Science, Technology and Innovation), Panama, 2011
Society of Biology, Fellow (FSB), Elected 2011
International College of Geriatric Psychoneuropharmacology (ICGP)
Senior Investigator Award, 2011
Royal College of Pathologists, Fellow (RCPath), Elected 2011
Academia de Ciêncas de Lisboa (ACL), Sócio Correspondente Estrangeiro, (Academy of Sciences of Lisbon, Foreign Corresponding Member), Elected 2011
Society of Biology, Chartered Biologist (CBiol), Elected 2011
Fulbright Senior Scholar Specialist Program, 2012
Phi Kappa Phi, Charter and Life Member, 2012
Society of Biology, Chartered Scientist (CSci), Elected 2012
Royal Society of Chemistry, Chartered Chemist (CChem), Elected 2012
International Conference on Research in Applied Computation Symposium, Association of Computing Machinery, Outstanding Service Award, 2012
Portuguese Tribune Scientist of the Year, 2012
Governo dos A?ores, Notaveis dos A?ores (Notable Azoreans), 2012 http://notaveisazores.com/index.php?static=personalidades&action=verPersonalidade&personalidade_id=208
Azorean Spirit, SATA Inflight Magazine, Gente Notável (Notable People), 2012
Semmes Foundation Endowed Chair in Neurobiology, 2013
Martin Goland Award, Sigma Xi, Alamo Chapter, 2013
Leading Expert – Alzheimer Disease, Expertscape, 2013 http://www.expertscape.com/au/alzheimer%20disease/Perry%2C+George
Royal Society of the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce, Fellow (FRSA), Elected 2014
UDAAN – Lifetime Achievement Award, International Research Journal of Humanities, Engineering and Pharmaceutical Sciences and Association for Innovation, India, 2014
Semmes Foundation Distinguished Chair in Neurobiology, 2014
Royal Microscopical Society, Fellow (FRMS), Elected 2014
2016: Lifetime Achievement, World Automation Congress
2016 Fellow, Texas Academy of Sciences
2015,Fellow, Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy (India), FABAP
2014, Royal Microscopical Society, Fellow (FRMS)
2015 Semmes Foundation Distinguished University Chair in Neurobiology
Top 100, Latino Business Leaders, LatinoAmerican Who’s Who, 2014-2015