Leszek Kaczmarek#
| Email: | leszek 'at' nencki.gov.pl |
| Membership Number: | 2080 |
| Main Country of Residence: | POLAND |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & MEDICINE |
| Username: | lkaczmarek |
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-now; Full Professot Nencki Insitute
- 1988-1996; Associate Professot Nencki Insitute
- 1986-1988; Assistant Professot Nencki Insitute
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-now: 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.






