Professor Kenneth Adler

Department of Molecular Biomedical Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA

Dr. Kenneth Adler is the Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor of Cell Biology at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC. Dr. Adler received his PhD in Pathology/Cell Biology from the University of Vermont College of Medicine, remained at UVM as an Assistant professor and moved to NC State University in 1987 as an Associate and then Full Professor (since 1990). Dr. Adler has published over 150 papers in medical journals, and has received continual long-term funding from NIH, including a MERIT award from NHLBI that provided 10 years of R01 level funding for his lab. He has served as Chair of numerous NIH study sections, including Lung Biology and Pathology and Lung Cellular Molecular Immunology, and continues to chair and/or participate in ~ 5-8 NIH study sections per year. He currently is chair of the state of Nebraska Dept. of Health Cancer & Smoking Disease research review panel, and also the State of California Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program study section. He served as Chair of the Board of Scientific Counselors for NIEHS for 6 years, and Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology for 8 years. He has reviewed manuscripts for over 120 medical journals and received numerous awards, including the American Heart Association Established Investigator award, The American Thoracic Society Recognition Award for Scientific Accomplishments, The Alexander Quarles Holladay Medal for Excellence from North Carolina State University, The O. Max Gardner Award for Service to Humanity from the University of North Carolina system, and the NCSU Risley Entrepreneur of the Year and Research Leadership Academy. He was recently elected as a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors.

Updated 11 July 2024