Balázs Gulyás - Curriculum vitae#

Main affiliation (100%):

Professor of Translational Neuroscience
Scientific Director, Neuroscience and Mental Health Theme (i.e. head of department)
Director, Centre for NeuroImaging Research at NTU (CeNReN)
Director, Medical Thrust, Ageing Research Institute for Society and Education, NTU
Director, NTU-RIKEN Joint Centre at NTU
Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine, Nanyang Technological University
Experimental Medicine Building, Room 7-20
59 Nanyang Drive, 636921 Singapore
Web: http://www.lkcmedicine.ntu.edu.sg
http://www.lkcmedicine.ntu.edu.sg/Research/researchfaculty/Pages/Prof-Gulyás.aspx

Secondary affiliation (lifetime tenure):

Professor, Section for Psychiatry, Department of Clinical Neuroscience,
Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, S-171 76 Stockholm, Sweden
Web: https://kiedit.ki.se/en/people/balgul

Tertiary affiliation (honorary):

Visiting Professor, Division of Brain Sciences, Department of Medicine
Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ
Web: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/collegedirectory/index.asp

Education:

• Primary school education:
  • Budapest, 1962-1970
• Secondary school education:
  • Pannonhalma, Gymnasium of the St. Benedict Order, 1970-1974
• University education:
• University, graduate:
  • Semmelweis University Medical School, Faculty of Medicine, Budapest, 1975-1981 - (medicine)
  • Loránd Eötvös University (ELTE), Faculty of Sciences, Budapest, 1976-1981 - (physics)
  • Catholic University of Leuven, Higher Institute of Philosophy, Leuven, 1981-1984 - (philosophy)
• University, postgraduate:
  • Catholic University of Leuven, Faculty of Medicine, Leuven, Laboratory for Neuro- and Psychophysiology, 1983-1988 - (neurobiology of vision)
• Post-doctoral experience:
  • Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Karolinska Institutet, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden (1988-1990)
  • Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford (1990-1991)

Degrees:

• Graduate:
  • M. D. - Semmelweis University Medical School, 1981
  • B. A. and M.A. in Philosophy - Catholic University of Leuven, 1982, 1984
• Postgraduate:
  • Ph.D. in Neuroscience - Catholic University of Leuven, 1988
• Habilitations in Medicine:
  • "Geaggregeerde voor het Hoger Onderwijs in de Geneeskunde, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium, 1988
  • "Docentur" in the neurosciences - Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 1997
  • "Venia docendi", medicine - University of Debrecen, Hungary, 1999

Memberships, honours and distinguished affiliations:

• Member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (http://www.mta.hu), since 1995
• Albert Szent-Györgyi Guest Professor, Semmelweis University, Budapest, 2003
• Guest Professor, Collège de France (http://www.college-de-france.fr), 2006
• Member, Academia Europaea (http://www.acadeuro.org), since 2005 (member of the Council: 2010-2016; member of the Board of Trustees: since 2014)
• Faculty Member, Parmenides Foundation, Munich (http://www.parmenides-foundation.org), since 2006
• Member, Royal Belgian Academy of Medicine, since 2011 (http://www.armb.be)

Awards:

• 1995: Pro Universitate – (University of Debrecen, for establishing Hungary’s first PET Center)
• 2001: Marie Curie Award – (European Association of Nuclear Medicine)
• 2002: Szentágothai Lecture - (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
• 2005: Georg Hevesy Award - (Hungarian Nuclear Medicine Society)
• 2005: Marie Curie Award – (European Association of Nuclear Medicine)
• 2006: Guilleme Budé Medail – (Collège de France)
• 2007: Knight Cross of the Hungarian Republic
• 2009: Marie Curie Award – (European Association of Nuclear Medicine)
• 2011: Környey Memorial Award – (University of Pécs)
• 2011: Dr György Szabó Award (George Hemingway Foundation, Budapest)
• 2012: Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Debrecen, Hungary

Selected other services:

• Assistant to Dr Otto Habsburg MEP in the European Parliament, 1989-1990
• Science policy adviser to Dr Ferenc Mádl, the President of Hungary, 2000-2005
• World Science Forum (http://www.sciforum.hu) – founder, 2003, (executive director, 2003-2011, member of the executive board since 2011, and member of the Steering Committee)
• National Office for Research and Technology, Hungary (http://www.nkth.gov.hu): ‘University Knowledge Center’ Board, 2005-2010
• Life Sciences Board: chair, 2005-2009
• International Science, Technology and Innovation Center (ISTIC) (istic-unesco.org/) of the G77+China countries, Kuala Lumpur: member of the STI Advisory Council, since 2008
• European Science Foundation, Member of Boards:
  • CNCC (consciousness) Panel: 2006-2009;
  • European Latsis Prize Evaluation Board: 2009
• Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Academic Board of Hungarian Scientists Abroad: executive director, 2003-2009, vice chair, since 2009
• Member, Board of Directors, Hungarian Human Rights Foundation (New York - Brussels - Budapest) (since 1987) (http://www.hhrf.org)
• Chair, Board, NEST Foundation (Foundation for Theoretical Biology) (Budapest) (since 2010)

Web of Science (as of 2021.10.14.): Publications (total number): 507; Citations: 12.350; H-index: 61

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