Krešimir Krnjević#
Sadly, this member passed away. | |
Membership Number: | 4050 |
Membership type: | FOREIGN |
Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
Elected: | 2015 |
Main Country of Residence: | CANADA |
Homepage(s): | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kre%C5%A1imir_Krnjevi%C4%87 |
Krešimir Krnjević passed away April 16, 2021.
Positions Held
- 2001 Emeritus Professor of Physiology, McGill University, Canada
- 1978 - 2001 Joseph Morley Drake Professor of Physiology, McGill University
- 1978 - 1987 Chairman, Department of Physiology, McGill University
- 1965 - 1999 Director, Anaesthesia Research Department, McGill University
- 1964 - 1965 Visiting Prof., Physiology Department, McGill University, Montréal
- 1959 - 1964 Principal, then Senior Principal Scientific Officer, Babraham Institute, Cambridge, UK
- 1956 - 1958 Postdoctoral fellow Australian National University, Australia
- 1954 - 1956 Postdoctoral fellow University of Washington, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Identification of main neurotransmitters in the mammalian brain
- Identification of transmitter functions of some amino acids – especially glutamate for excitation and GABA for inhibition
- Demonstration that muscarinic excitation exerted by acetylcholine, liberated in the cortex by ascending cholinergic fibres from the basal forebrain
Honours and Awards
- 2012 Diamond Jubilee Medal
- 2001 Spiridion Brusina Prize, Croatian Natural Science Association
- 1998 Kershman Lecturer, Eastern EEG Association
- 1997 Wilder Penfield Prize, Government of Québec
- 1992 Corresponding Member Croatian Academy of Arts & Sciences
- 1990 Hon. President Almae Matris Croaticae Alumni, Québec
- 1989 Jasper Lecturer Canadian Association for Neuroscience
- 1987 Officer of the Order of Canada
- 1984 Gairdner International Award
- 1983 Honorar Member Croatian Pharmacological Association
- 1983 - 1993 Council Member International Union Physiol. Sciences (IUPS)
- 1978 Alexander Forbes Lecturer Marine Biology Labs, Woods Hole, Mass.
- 1975 Fellow Royal Society of Canada
- 1952 - 1954 Beit Memorial Fellow