- +40 years conducting research on gustation and ingestive behavior in preclinical models
- Former President of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior and the Association of Chemoreception Science
- Fellow of the: American Psychological Association, Association for Psychological Science, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science
- Continuously funded from the NIH for 35 years
- >165 publications
- Advisor: Gila Therapeutics

Alan C. Spector, PhD