William Maixner - January 2012 Tuesday, January 03, 2012 0 1998 William Maixner, Ph.D., D.D.S., is a Mary Lily Kenan Flagler Bingham distinguished professor in the departments of pharmacology and endodontics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is also the director for the Center for Neurosensory Disorders at the university. Maixner completed his studies at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and earned a B.A. in zoology/biochemistry, a Ph.D. in pharmacology and a D.D.S. He was also a PRAT Fellow (pharmacology research associate) at the then National Institute of Dental Research and National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Read more