Arsélio Pato de Carvalho#
| Membership Number: | 900 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | PORTUGAL |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2004 Professor Emeritus
- 2002 - 2003 Rector of the University of Coimbra
- Full professor at the University of Coimbra
- 1989 Founder of the Center for Neurosciences and Cell Biology of Coimbra, University of Coimbra
- 1970 Professor and director of the Department of Zoology at the University of Coimbra
- 1964 - 1970 Lecturer (assistant professor) in the Department of Biology at Columbia University
- 1963 - 1973 Investigator at the Institute of Muscle Disease, New York, (Research Associate and Associate Member)
Fields of Scholarship
- Cell biology
- Biochemistry
- Neuroscience
- Neurobiology
Honours and Awards
- 1992 Member of the Lisbon Academy of Sciences
- 2007 Grand Officer of the Order of Infante D. Henrique
- Member of the New York Academy of Science
- Member of the Portuguese Society of Biochemistry
- Member of the Portuguese Society of Neurosciences
- Member of the International Society for Neurochemistry
- Member of the American Society for Neuroscience
- Member of the Society for General Physiology
- Member of the European Forum for Neuroscience
- Doctor Honoris Causa, University of Aveiro
