Leszek Kaczmarek#
| Membership Number: | 2080 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2001 |
| Main Country of Residence: | POLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://neurogene.nencki.gov.pl |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2003 - 2007 Chair, Division of Biological Sciences, Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2001 - 2002 Visiting Professor, UCLA, USA
- 1994 - 1996 Visiting Professor, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
- 1987 - 1992 Contract Professor, University of Catania, Italy
- 1996 Full Professor Nencki Institute
- 1988 - 1996 Associate Professor Nencki Institute
- 1986 - 1988 Assistant Professor Nencki Institute
Fields of Scholarship
- Molecular neurobiology
- Animal behavior
- Gene expression
- Learning and memory
- Extracellular matrix
- Proteolysis
- Neurogenesis
Honours and Awards
- 2009 Polonia Restituta Bachelor Cross (by the President of the Republic of Poland)
- 2006 European Research Council: Member of the Neuroscience Starting Grants Panel
- 2003 - 2005 International Brain Research Organization, IBRO: Member of the Executive Committee and Chair, Central and Eastern Europe Regional Committee
- 2000 FNP (Foundation for Polish Science) Prize '2000
- 2000 Elected member of EMBO (European Molecular Biology Organization), 2010-now: member of the EMBO Council
- 1998 Elected corresponding member of the Polish Academy of Sciences
- 1998 Polonia Restituta Bachelor Cross (by the President of the Republic of Poland)
- 1995 - 1999 International Society for Neurochemistry, ISN: Member of the Council; 1997-1999 Chair, Committee for Aid in Neurochemistry
