Juan Lerma Gomez#
| Membership Number: | 2773 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2010 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2014 - present Secretary General-elect of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
- 2013 - present Chairman of the PanEuropean Regional Committee of the International Brain Research organization (IBRO)
- 2007 - present Director, Instituto Neurociencias de Alicante (CSIC-UMH)
- 2005 - 2007 Vicedirector, Instituto Neurociencias de Alicante (CSIC-UMH)
- 2000 - 2003 Head of Department of Neural Plasticity. Instituto Cajal, CSIC
- 2000 Profesor de Investigación CSIC
- 1995 Acting Director. Instituto Cajal, CSIC
- 1993 - 1996 Vicedirector. Instituto Cajal, CSIC
Fields of Scholarship
- Neuroscience
- Synaptic Transmission and Plasticity
- Glutamate receptors
Honours and Awards
- 2013- Distinction to the Scientific Merit. Government of Valencia Community
- 2011 - 2013 President of Spanish Neuroscience Society (SENC)
- 2010 - 2013 Chairman of the Western European Regional Committee of IBRO
- 2010 "Highest distinction to the investigative career". Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos. Peru
- 2005 Member of European Dana Alliance for the Brain (EDAB)
- 2000 Member of European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
- 2005 XI Award “Alberto Sols” to the Best Research Activity
- 2004 CEOE Foundation Award to the Sciences
- 2002 Award to the Scientific Excellence “Alonso Gabriel de Herrera”
- 2002 Santiago Grisolía Chair Award
- 1998 Distinction Award by the Health Science Foundation
