Vladimir Parpura#
| Membership Number: | 3231 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | CROATIA |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2023 Distinguished Professor & Director, International Translational Neuroscience Research Institute, Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China
- 2015 - 2022 Professor (with tenure), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
- 2012 - 2015 Professor, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
- 2011 - 2013 Visiting Professor, School of Medicine, University of Split, Split, Croatia
- 2008 - present Visiting Graduate Faculty, Biophysics PhD Programme, Faculty of Science (PMFST), University of Split, Croatia
- 2007 - 2015 Associate Professor (with tenure), University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA
- 2005 - 2007 Associate Professor (with tenure); University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
- 2000 - 2005 Assistant Professor; University of California, Riverside, CA, USA
- 1996 - 2000 Affiliate Assistant Professor, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
Fields of Scholarship
- Modulation of calcium-dependent exocytotic glutamate release from astrocytes in health and disease
- Visualization of vesicular/receptor trafficking
- Examination of the nature and energetics of interactions between exocytotic proteins using single molecule detection
- Development of scaffolds and dispersible carbon nanotubes, which can be used in repair after brain injury
- Bio-mimetic micro-robotics using synthetic biology
Honours and Awards
- 2012-15 Mentor, The Beckman Scholars Program at University of Alabama at Birmingham
- 2011 IKERBASQUE (The Basque Country Science Foundation) Visiting Professor
- 2006 - 2007 Faculty mentor of the year, University Honors program, University of California, Riverside, CA
- 2007 Chair, Gordon Research Conference on “Glial biology: functional interactions among glia and neurons”, Ventura, CA.
- 2005, Vice Chair, Gordon Research Conference on “Glial biology: functional interactions among glia and neurons”, Ventura, CA.
- 2004 Institute for Complex Adaptive Matter Senior Fellow
- 2003 Winter Brain Research Conference (WBRC) Travel Fellow, Snowbird, UT
- 1995 - 1996 Research Fellow, Mayo Foundation
- 1993 Research Excellence Award, Iowa State University
- 1990 - 1992 Premium for Academic Excellence (PACE) Award, Iowa State University
- 1988 Nikola Tesla's Award, Yugoslav Academy of Sciences and Arts
- 1988 Rector's Award, University of Zagreb, Croatia
