Zoltan Nusser - Curriculum vitae#
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS- 2011 Member of the Academia Europaea
- 2007 Fellow of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 2002 Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) degree of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- 1992-95 Oxford University, Hertford College. Faculty: Physiological science. Degree: Doctor of Philosophy (D.Phil.)
- 1987-92 University of Veterinary Science, Budapest. Degree: Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M.)
- 1983-87 Secondary school: Sándor Petőfi High School, Bonyhád
- 1975-83 Primary school
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- 2000- Head of the Laboratory of Cellular Neurophysiology at the Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary
- 1998-2000 Wellcome Travelling Research Fellow in the lab. of Prof. I. Mody at the University of California, Los Angeles
- 1996 Visiting scientist at the Department of Pharmacology, University College London. Collaborators: Prof. S. G. Cull-Candy and Dr. M. Farrant
- 1995-98 Postdoctoral scientist at the MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit, Oxford Supervisor: Prof. P. Somogyi
EDITORIAL BOARD MEMBER
- The Journal of Neuroscience (reviewing editor from 2005-2010)
- The European Journal of Neuroscience (contributing editor)
- Hippocampus
- Frontiers in Cellular Neuroscience
REGULAR REVIEWER
- Nature
- Science
- Nature Neuroscience
- Neuron
- J Neurosci
- Eur J Neurosci
- EU FP6
- European Research Council (panel member)
- Medical Research Council, UK
- The Wellcome Trust, UK
ACHIEVEMENTS
Prizes:
- Winner of the Debiopharm Life Sciences Award from the Swiss Federal Inst. of Technology in Lausanne in 2007
- Winner of the FENS/Boehringer Award from the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies in 2006
- The winner of an ‘Akadémiai Prize’ from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2006
- Winner of a European Young Investigator Award from the European Science Foundation in 2005
- The winner of the Ignaz L. Lieben Prize of the Austrian Academy of Sciences in 2004
- ‘Talentum Prize’ from the Central European Talent Support Foundation in 2002
- Krieg Cortical Kudos Cortical Explorer Award of the Cajal Club, USA, in 2001
- Boehringer Ingelheim Fond’s Research Award for Postdoctoral Fellows in 2000
- The Chancellors Award for Postdoctoral Research in 2000. An award for the best postdoctoral researcher at UCLA.
- Wellcome Prize Travelling Research Fellowship from 1998 to 2000
- Glaxo-Wellcome Prize Award in 1996. A prize for the best Ph.D. thesis in the UK provided by the Brain Research Association of Britain
- University of Oxford: Overseas Research Students Awards in 1993/94 and 1994/95
Fellowships and grants:
- 2012-2016 European Research Council Advanced Grant. (2.5 million EUR)
- 2012-2014 Wellcome Trust Project Grant. A collaborative grant with Drs László Acsády (337 K EUR)
- 2010-2012 Wellcome Trust Project Grant (326 K EUR)
- 2010-2013 NKTH-ANR Hungarian-French collaborative grant with Drs László Acsády, István Ulbert, Marco Diana and Pierre Paoletti (my lab receives 140 K EUR).
- 2008-2011 Wellcome Trust Equipment Grant with Drs László Acsády and Norbert Hájos (399 K EUR)
- 2006-2011 European Young Investigator Award from the European Science Foundation (982 K EUR)
- 2005-2009 European Commission Integrated FP 6 project grant (my lab receives 230 K EUR)
- 2006-2008 Wellcome Trust Project grant
- 2003-2006 International Senior Research Fellowship from the Wellcome Trust ($1180K)
- 2001-2005 International Research Scholarship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute ($375K)
- 2000-2006 Boehringer Ingelheim Fond’s Research Award for Postdoctoral Fellows ($245K)
- 2000-2003 Wellcome Trust: Collaborative Research Initiative Grant: a collaborative grant between Drs Mark Farrant and Zoltan Nusser (my lab receives $160K)
- 2000-2003 Human Frontier Science Program Research Grant: a collaborative grant between Drs Craig Jahr, Michael Hausser, Shigeo Okabe and Zoltan Nusser (my lab receives $190K)
- 2000-2003 James McDonnell Foundation: a collaborative grant between Drs Istvan Mody and Zoltan Nusser (my lab receives $102K)
- 2000-2003 Japanese Science & Technology Co-operation: a collaborative grant between Drs Shigemoto, Kubo, Okabe, Fujimoto and Nusser (my lab receives $175K)
- 2000-2003 Hungarian Science Foundation Research Grant for Zoltan Nusser ($