Born in upstate New York, Jim Fallon received his biology and chemistry undergraduate training at St. Michael’s College in Vermont and his psychology and psychophysics degree at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. He carried out his doctoral training in neuroanatomy and neurophysiology at the University of Illinois and his postdoctoral training at the University of California, San Diego. He is presently Professor of Anatomy and Neurobiology at the University of California, Irvine. He is a Sloan and NIH RCDA Research Scholar and holds Doctoris Honoris and Research Excellence and Teaching Awards from multiple institutions, and is a Senior Research Fulbright Fellow (Africa). He has been elected President of the UC Irvine Faculty and Chair of the Medical School faculty and is the developer of numerous novel medical and research training models. He is one of the three Founders of the international Cure Parkinson's Project, and sits on numerous scientific and corporate Boards. His outside interests include fishing, cooking, wine tasting, travel, writing screenplays, Scrabble and Bridge, and throwing barbecues for family, friends, colleagues, and lab members.

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