Since 2000, he is a scientist at Scripps Research, La Jolla, California where he is now Professor. Since 2014, he is an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.[9][10] He was a recipient of the 2017 W. Alden Spencer Award, the 2019 Rosenstiel Award, 2020 Kavli Prize for Neuroscience,[3] and the 2020 the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biology / Biomedicine.[4]