George Koob

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George Koob
Born	1947 (age 76–77)
Education	Pennsylvania State University (BS) Johns Hopkins University (MS, PhD)
Occupation	Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Awards	Legion of Honour
Scientific career
Fields	Neurobiology of drug addiction
Institutions	National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism The Scripps Research Institute

George F. Koob (born 1947) is a Professor and former Chair of the Committee on the Neurobiology of Addictive Disorders at the Scripps Research Institute^[1] and Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of California, San Diego. In 2014 he became the director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism.^[2]