Merab Kokaia#
| Membership Number: | 4858 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2018 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2008 Professor at the Division of Neurology, Dept. Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
- 2011 Professor at Chavchavadze State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
- 2013 Director of Epilepsy Center, Dept. Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
- 2013 - 2018 Coordinator of EC FP7 Large Collaborative Project EPITARGET
- 2002 - 2008 Associate Professor (Lektor), Division of Neurology, Dept. Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
- 1996 – 2002 Assistant Professor (Forskarassistent), Division of Neurology, Dept. Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
- 1996 Postdoc, Prof. Dimitri Kullmann's laboratory, Dept. Neurology, University College London, UK
- 1991 – 1996 Postdoc, Division of Neurology, Dept. Clinical Sciences, Lund University, Sweden
Fields of Scholarship
- Chemogenetics
- Epilepsy
- Neuroscience
- Optogenetics
- Neurophysiology
- Neurotrophic factors
- Neuropeptides
- Gene therapy
Honours and Awards
- 2017 Elected Honorary foreign member of Georgian Academy of Sciences
- 2011 Elected Member of Swedish Royal Academy (Kungl. Fysiografiska Sällskapet)
- Coordinator of EU Commission grant EPITARGET: FP7-HEALTH project (602102)
