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Richard Daniel Mooney

Richard Daniel Mooney

George Barth Geller Distinguished Professor for Research in Neurobiology
Neurobiology
mooney@neuro.duke.edu
Box 3209, Durham, NC 27710
Bryan Research Building, 311 Research Drivebox 3209, Durham, NC 27710

Awards & Honors

NAS Member

National National Academy of Sciences · 2024

Member

Scholarly Society American Academy of Arts & Sciences · 2020 Area: Biological Sciences; Specialty: Neurosciences More about this award

Sloan Research Fellowship-Neuroscience

National Alfred P. Sloan Foundation · 1997

In the News

Published March 25, 2025
A Hit of Dopamine Tells Baby Birds When Their Song Practice Is Paying Off
Published May 3, 2024
Five Duke Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences
Published May 9, 2023
Class of 2023: Alyssa Guthrie, a ‘Literally So Perfect’ Neuroscience Internship
Published October 21, 2021
Neuroscientists See How Practice Really Does Make Perfect
Published April 23, 2020
Price, Kornbluth and Six Senior Faculty Join American Academy of Arts & Sciences
Published June 14, 2019
Small Cluster of Neurons is Off-On Switch for Mouse Songs
Published October 18, 2018
Pupil's Brain Recognizes the Perfect Teacher
Published September 12, 2018
Brain Has Natural Noise-Cancelling Circuit
Published July 6, 2016
Neurobiology post-doc wins 5-year BWF award
Published June 2, 2016
Zebrafinches help with neurodegeneration research
Published March 7, 2016
Songbirds Help Pinpoint Effects of Huntington's Disease
Published November 19, 2014
Advanced Mini-Microscope Awarded to Mooney
Published August 27, 2014
Stop and Listen: Study Shows How Movement Affects Hearing
Published March 11, 2014
Music, the Brain and Jimi Hendrix
Published November 21, 2013
Genetic Defect Keeps Verbal Cues From Hitting the Mark
Published June 20, 2013
Nanotube probe gives a single neuron’s view of brain activity