Peter Csermely#
| Membership Number: | 3202 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | BIOCHEMISTRY & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | HUNGARY |
| Homepage(s): | http://linkgroup.hu/petercsermely.php |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2012 Residency at the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center
- 2000-2003 Chief Scientist, Biorex Co., Hungary
- since 1999 Professor, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
- 1995-1999 Associate Professor, Semmelweis Univ. Sch. Med., Budapest, Hungary
- 1989-1995 Assistant Professor, Semmelweis Univ. Sch. Med., Budapest, Hungary
- 1986-1988 Lecturer, Semmelweis University, Sch. Med., Budapest, Hung.
- 1984-1985 Visiting Scientist, State Univ. of New York, Syracuse, NY, USA
- 1983-1986 Postdoctoral Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Science
Fields of Scholarship
- Aging
- Critical transitions (crisis) and their prediction
- Drug design: multi-target and network drugs
- Evolution of cooperation using spatial games
- Molecular chaperones
- Networks
- Protein structure and folding
- Signaling
- Stress response, adaptation and learning of complex systems
- Talent support
Honours and Awards
- 1989-1991 Fogarty International Research Fellowship Award
- 1995 Howard Hughes International Research Scholar's Award
- 1996 Tivadar Huzella Award
- 1997 Széchenyi Award
- 2001 Ashoka Fellow
- 2002 Peter Pazmany Award
- 2002 Anyos Jedlik Award
- 2003 European Molecular Biology Organization Science Communication Award
- 2004 Best Hungarian science communicator of the year
- 2004 EU Descartes Prize
- 2005 The Order of the Republic of Hungary, Knight’s Cross
- 2006 “Példakép” Award
- 2009 Master-teacher, a national award for being an outstanding Hungarian mentor of undergraduates
- 2011 Márai Award
- 2011 Prima Award
- 2012 Merit Award of the Semmelweis University
- 2012 In memoriam Denes Gabor Award
- 2013 International Award for Creativity of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children
