Larry Denner , Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Division of Endocrinology
Associate Director of Research, Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Diabetes Center
Director, Miriam and Emmett McCoy Diabetes Mass Spectrometry Laboratory

Email: ladenner@utmb.edu

Education

• B.S. University of California, Irvine
• Ph.D. Baylor College of Medicine

Biographical Information

Dr. Denner is a graduate of the University of California, Irvine where he earned a B.S. in Biology. He completed a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine where he subsequently trained in Molecular Endocrinology in the Department of Cell Biology. He then joined a start-up drug discovery company in Houston, Texas Biotechnology Corporation as a Senior Scientist, eventually being promoted to Director of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. In addition to the many diverse adventures associated with building a start-up company, he was a founder and Chief Scientific Officer of a subsidiary in Berlin, Germany. Dr. Denner joined UTMB as an Associate Professor in 2003 where he is currently the Associate Director of Research of the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Diabetes Center and the Director of the Miriam and Emmett McCoy Diabetes Mass Spectrometry Laboratory. In these capacities, Dr. Denner is committed to bringing cutting-edge technologies such as proteomics to drug discovery and development in the UTMB community, as well as translating discoveries to improvements in patient care through community outreach.