Biography
Prof. Dr. Trevor Archer is Born: 25thOctober1949(St.Crispin’s &St.Crispinian’s day). At 7 years-of-age, I was sent to St. Joseph’s College (school), North Point, Darjeeling, and from 15-17 years I attended Wallington Grammar School, Wallington, Surrey, UK. During this latter period, I was part-time (2 days/week) stable lad, Epsom, Surrey(PaulSmythe, racehorse trainer).Withsix ‘O’-levels, I was offered a position at the Institute of Animal Physiology, Babraham, UK (1967), and took my OND and HND qualifications at Cambridgeshire Polytechnical College, Cambridge, UK (1971). Thereafter, I obtained an Honour’s degree (BSc, Psychology and Physiology) at Newcastle-upon-Tyne University (1974), and a PhD, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden (1979). From 1978 (Aug) to 1988 (Dec), I was employed by Astra Läkemedel AB with the position of Head of Neuropharmacology Section and CNS Drugs when I left (1988) to take up my appointment as Professor and Chair of Biological Psychology, University of Gothenburg. I have held the position of Guest or Visiting Professor at: University of Hawaii at Manoa(1994), Örebro University(1996-2006), Karlstad University (2000-2004), Kalmar University (2003-2013), Madrid University(1991-2009), Sapienza University,Rome(2013-2019) and received an Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award from St. Joseph’s College, North Point (October, 2010); Honorary Doctorship, Professorship and Membership Awards from the Polish Academy of Science Pharmacological Society (May, 2013); and the Sansone Award (April, 2014): School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Dr. Waymans Mullin Award (Best Journal Article, withAC Andersson et al.), Society for Police and Criminal Psychology (2018), H-index is currently 49, with over 7880 citations, Senior professor at Gothenburg university since 30th October 2016 until 30th March 2020.