Gary L. Dunbar received a B.A. in Philosophy and a B.S. in Biopsychology from Eckerd College, an M.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Biology from Central Michigan University (CMU), and his Ph.D. in Psychobiology from Clark University. He is the John G. Kulhavi Endowed Professor and E. Malcolm Field Endowed Chair of Neuroscience at CMU. He is a former President of the Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience, the Michigan Chapter of the Society for Neuroscience, and the American Society for Neural Therapy and Repair. He was selected as Michigan Professor of the Year from the Carnegie Foundation in 1997 and received the Distinguished Faculty Member award from the Michigan Association of Governing Boards in 1998 and in 2015. He has over 120 publications on recovery of function after brain injury or disease, and his research has been funded by NIH, NSF, and foundation grants and contracts.