Federico Mayor#
Membership Number: | 1323 |
Membership type: | ORDINARY |
Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
Elected: | 1993 |
Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
Homepage(s): | http://www.icomdp.org/federico-mayor-zaragoza http://federicomayor-eng.blogspot.com |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2008 Chairman of the Agency of News "Inter Press Service (IPS)
- 2005 Co-chair of the High-Level Group for the "Alliance of Civilizations"
- 2002 Chair the European Research Council Expert Group (ERCEG)
- 2000 Founder and President of the Foundation for a Culture of Peace
- 1987-1999 Director-General of UNESCO
- 1981-1982 Minister of Education and Science
- 1977-1978 Adviser to the Prime Minister
- 1974-1975 Undersecretary of Education and Science for the Spanish Government
- 1974 Co-founder of the Severo Ochoa Molecular Biology Centre at the Autonomous University of Madrid and the Spanish High Council for Scientific Research
- 1973 Professor in biochemistry at the Autonomous University of Madrid
- 1968-1972 Rector of the University of Granada
- 1963 Professor of biochemistry at the School of Pharmacy of the University of Granada
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular brain disease
Honours and Awards
- Member of the Club of Rome
- Member of the Club of Budapest
- Founder member of the Issyk-Kul Forum
- 2005 Prize Creu de Sant Jordi from the Generalitat de Catalunya
- Honorary Member of several scientific societies and a Member of several academies, among them, the World Academy of Art and Science
- Honorary President of the University of Granada.