!!!Nektarios Tavernarakis \\ %%(float:left;margin-left:20px;margin-right:30px;) [{Image src='tavernarakis_nektarios.jpg' alt='Nektarios Tavernarakis' height='200'}] %% [{AcadMemberDataPlugin}] \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ \\ __Present and Previous Positions__ * 2013-present Director General of IMBB-FORTH, Greece * 2010-present Professor, University of Crete Medical School * 2008-present Research Director (Professor), IMBB-FORTH, Greece * 2004-2008 Chief Researcher (Associate Professor), IMBB-FORTH, Greece * 2001-2004 Executive Researcher (Assistant Professor), IMBB-FORTH, Greece * 1999-2001 Research Associate, Rutgers University, USA * 1995-1996 Postdoctoral Fellow, Rutgers University, USA \\ __Fields of Scholarship__ [{AcadMemberFOScholarshipPlugin}] \\ __Honours and Awards__ * 2012: Academic Excellence Prize, Empeirikeion Foundation, Greece * 2012: Science Excellence award, General Secretariat for Research and Technology, Ministry of Education, Greece * 2010: Elected Excellence Professor, Medical School, University of Crete * 2009: Elected EMBO Member (European Molecular Biology Organization) * 2009: ERC Advanced Investigator Grant award (European Research Council) * 2008: Appointed External Senior Research Fellow, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, Freiburg University, Germany * 2007: Research Excellence award, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Greece * 2007: Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel research award, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Germany * 2006: Appointed Member, Faculty of 1000 (Biology/Medicine; section on Cellular Death & Stress Responses) * 2005: Academic Prize in Medicine and Biology, Bodossaki Foundation, Greece * 2002: EMBO Young Investigator award (European Molecular Biology Organization) * 1996-2000: Long term postdoctoral fellowship, International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) * 1996: Long term postdoctoral fellowship, State of New Jersey, Commission on Cancer Research fellow, USA * 1996: Academic achievement award, Post-Graduate Research Grand Program, Hellenic University Club of New York, USA * 1995: Ph.D. Excellence award, University of Crete, Greece * 1989: Dean's List and First Rank University Graduation Honours award, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece * 1987-1989: Dean's List and Outstanding Annual Performance award, Aristotelian University, Thessaloniki, Greece * 1985: Excellence Prize, National Mathematics contest, Greek Mathematical Society \\ %%columns-900 %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/paper_content_pencil_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Curriculum Vitae |User/Tavernarakis_Nektarios/CV] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/book_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Publication list|User/Tavernarakis_Nektarios/Publications] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/camera_noflash_48.png' width='48px' class='image_left'}] [Highlights of my work and anecdotes|User/Tavernarakis_Nektarios/Highlight] %% ---- %%coolborders-140-70 [{Image src='User/database_48.png' class='image_left'}] [Other information|User/Tavernarakis_Nektarios/OtherInformation] %% %% [{ALLOW view All}] [{ALLOW edit ntavernarakis}] [{ALLOW upload ntavernarakis}] [{ALLOW comment All}]