Dan Llano was recently appointed the Benjamin R. and Elinor W. Bullock and Edwin E. and Jeanne Bullock Goldberg Professorial Scholar in the Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology. Llano is an associate professor in MIP and a member of the Beckman Institute's Neurotechnology of Memory and Cognition Group.

A selection committee composed of endowed professors has unanimously recommended that Llano, who has established an outstanding neuroscience research program marked by creativity, high productivity, and strong clinical significance, be the recipient of this recognition and honor.