 He is currently a distinguished professor of neurobiology and neurosciences, and holds the Shiley Chair in Alzheimer's Disease Research at UCSD.In 2012 Dr. Malinow was elected to the National Academy of Sciences (Cellular and molecular neuroscience)  and in 2015 was elected to the National Academy of Medicine.Robert has a prolific scientific publication record, and his works have been cited over 25,000 times.