Zoltan Molnar - Curriculum Vitae#
EDUCATION AND DEGREES
- 1989-1994 D.Phil. Degree in Physiology, Hertford College, University of Oxford
- 1988-1989 Soros - Hungarian Academy of Sciences Visiting Scholar, Hertford College and University Laboratory of Physiology, University of Oxford
- 1982-1988 Doctor of Medicine (summa cum laude), A. Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary
- 1988 American Foreign Medical Graduate Examination in Medical Sciences
- 1978-1982 Baccalauréat, Nagykörösi Arany János Gimnázium, Nagykörös, Hungary (Average mark: 5.00)
APPOINTMENTS
- 2007-present Professor of Developmental Neuroscience, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
- 2000-present Official Fellow and Tutor in Human Anatomy, St John's College, Oxford
- 2000-2007 University Lecturer, Department of Human Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford (Appointed until the age of retirement in 2005)
- 1998-1999 Premier assistant, Médecine, Institut de Biologie Cellulaire et de Morphologie, Université de Lausanne, Rue du Bugnon 9, 1005 Lausanne, Switzerland
- 1997-1998 MRC Postdoctoral Fellow, University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford
- 1994-1997 MRC Research Training Fellow, University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford
- 1992-1995 Junior Research Fellow, Merton College, Oxford
- 1990-1992 Baring Senior Scholar, Hertford College, Oxford
- 1990-1993 Wellcome Trust Research Assistant, University Laboratory of Physiology, Oxford
- 1989-1990 Soros - Hungarian Academy of Sciences Scholar, Hertford College, Oxford
- 1988-1989 Resident in Neurological Surgery, Albert Szent-Györgyi Medical University, Szeged, Hungary
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
- 2024-present Member of Scientific and Social Advisory Board (TTTT) for the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Count István Tisza Foundation for the University of Debrecen (GTIDEA)
- 2021-2022 Board of Governors for The European University of Brain and Technology (NeurotechEU) representing Oxford; Lead for WP6 for NeurotechEU http://www.theneurotech.eu
- 2016-2023 ‘Visitor’ of History of Science Museum, University of Oxford
- 2015-2019 Member of Neurosciences and Mental Health Board, Medical Research Council (MRC)
- 2015-2018 Elected Councillor, Anatomical Society
- 2013-2014 Deputy Head of Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford
- 2010-2013 Member of Oxford McGill Neuroscience Collaboration Committee
- 2014-present Member of the Neuroscience Strategic Oversight Committee, University of Oxford
- 2011-2014 Member of the Neuroscience Management Board, University of Oxford
- 2010-present Member of the MSc in Neurosciences Management Board, University of Oxford
- 2011-2014 Management Committee, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford
- 2002-2004 Director of Graduate Studies, Department of Human Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford
COLLEGE OFFICES HELD
- 2013-2014 Vice President of St John’s College, Oxford
- 2006-14 & Sport Officer, St John’s College (led the establishment and development of Kendrew Quad 2015-present Gymnasium, online induction and membership system)
- 2001-2006 Dean for Degrees, St John’s College, Oxford
- 2000-present Member of Governing Body of St John’s College, Oxford, Member of Alumni Relation Committee, Development Committee and Research Centre Management Committee of St John’s College, Oxford
- 1994-1995 Junior Dean, Merton College, Oxford
SHORT-TERM ACADEMIC VISITS, FELLOWSHIPS AND COLLABORATIONS
- 2020/2026 Einstein Visiting Fellowship to Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, funded by the Einstein Foundation and hosted by Prof Britta Eickholt
- 2015/6 Allan & Maria Myers International Visiting Fellowship, The Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- 2014 Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Bauer Laboratory, Harvard University, Boston, USA
- 2013 Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- 2007 UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience, Neuroscience Research Building, Los Angeles
- 2006 Howard Florey Institute of Experimental medicine, Univ. of Melbourne, Australia
- 2004 Université de Paris, Paris, France
- 2001 Equipe Régionalisation Nerveuse (CNRS UMR 8542), Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris
- 2001 IST c/o CBA Advanced Biotechnology Center, Genova, Italy
- 2001 Dept of Neuroscience, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico USA
- 1998 McDonnell-Pew Centre for Neuroscience Fellow, Center for Neuroscience, University California, Davis
- 1996 CIBA/NOVARTIS Foundation Fellowship, University of California, Davis, USA
- 1995 Royal Society Fellowship, Department of Physiology, Kyoto Prefectural Medical University, Japan
- 1995 CIBA/NOVARTIS Foundation Fellowship, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- 1993 British Council & Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Fellow, Kyoto Prefectural Medical University, Japan
- 1992 Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science Fellowship, Department of Physiology, Kyoto Prefectural Medical University, Japan
MEMBERSHIP OF EDITORIAL BOARD
- 2001-2008 Section editor of The European Journal of Neuroscience (Developmental Neurobiology)
- Board member: Cerebral Cortex, Progress in Neurobiology, Journal of Comparative Neurology, Journal of Anatomy, Brain Structure and Function, Faculty of 1000, Journal Anatomy and Embryology, Frontiers of Neurogenesis, Frontiers of Neuroanatomy, Frontiers of Cellular Neuroscience
- Ad hoc reviewer for over 30 Journals; Ad hoc reviewer for over 15 granting agencies
Publishing
Reviewer for Commissioning by Oxford University Press, Springer, NY,
Garland Science, Taylor and Francis Group
PANEL MEMBER OF GRANTING AGENCIES
- 2015-2019 Board Member of MRC Neuroscience and Mental Health Board
- 2016 Member of MRC ZIKA Rapid Response Panel
- 2004-2009 Research Frontiers Programme Science Foundation Ireland (panel 2004, 2006; 2008, 2009)
- 2006-2007 Inserm and ANR: Neurosciences, neurology and psychiatry (on panel 2006 and 2007)
