!!Miklós Palkovits - Curriculum vitae
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__EDUCATION:__
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*1952 graduation - St. László High School and College, Budapest
*1958 M.D. - Semmelweis Univ. Med. School, Budapest
*1966 Ph.D. - Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
*1972 D.Sc. - Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
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__PRESENT POSITIONS:__
*Professor Emeritus, Semmelweis University, Budapest
*Research Professor, Neuromorphological and Neuroendocrine Research Laboratory,
*Semmelweis University, Budapest
*Head: Human Brain Tissue Bank and Laboratory, Budapest
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__MEMBERSHIPS:__
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*Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 1990
*Academia Europaea, 1992
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__BRIEF CHRONOLOGY OF POSITIONS HELD:__
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*Dept. of Anatomy, Semmelweis Univ. Med. School, Budapest
*1955: Research Assistant; 1958: Assistant Professor; 1960: Lecturer;
*1972: Associate Professor
*1980: Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Neuromorphology
*2003: Professor Emeritus, Research Professor at the Laboratory of Neuromorphology
*Experimental Medical Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
*1963-1980 Research Associate, Chief of the Laboratory of Neuroanatomy
*1980-1985 Scientific Adviser
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__VISITING PROFESSORSHIPS:__
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*1974 Rudolf Magnus Inst. for Pharmacology, Univ. of Utrecht, The Netherlands
*1977 University of California at San Diego, USA
*1982 Mario Negri Inst. for Pharmacology, Milan, Italy
*1996 Hans Selye Visiting Professor, University of California, Irvine, USA
*2002 European “Center of Excellence Professorship”, Bratislava, Slovakia
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__VISITING SCIENTIST:__
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*1968-1969: Rudolf Magnus Inst. for Pharmacology, Univ. of Utrecht, The Netherlands
*1972-1973, and 1975: Lab. of Clinical Sciences, NIMH, Bethesda, MD, USA
*1980-1997: Lab. of Cell Biology, NIMH, Bethesda, MD, USA
*1997-2006: Lab. of Genetics, NIMH, Bethesda, MD, USA
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__EDITORIAL BOARDS:__
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*Central European Journal of Biology
*Orvosképzés (Hungarian)
*Stress
*Progress in Neurobiology
*Acta Physiologica Hungarica
*Neuroscience Research Communications
*Neuroendocrinology
*Orvosi Hetilap (Hungarian/English)
*Clinical Neuroscience (English/Hungarian)
*Neuropsychopharmacologia Hungarica
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__AWARDS:__
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*Hungarian Academy Award, 1976
*Széchenyi Award (the highest scientific award in Hungary), 1991
*Rinecker Award and Gold Medal (Germany), 1993
*Albert Szent-Györgyi Award, 1995
*Semmelweis Award and Medal, 1997
*Harris Memorial Lecture, 1998
*Hans Selye Memorial Lecture, 1998
*Markusovszky Award, 2001
*Hemingway-Szabó Award, 2001
*Order of the Hungarian Republic, 2003
*National Institutes of Health Performance Award, 2004
*Ipolyi Arnold Award, 2005
*Leo Szilárd Award, 2006
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__SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:__
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*International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) (from 1993: member of the Gov. Council)
*Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (1994-2000: member of the Gov. Council)
*Association of Hungarian Anatomists and Histologists (1972-1978: General Secretary)
*International Society for Neuroendocrinology
*Anatomische Gesellschaft
*Society of Hungarian Endocrinologists
*Hungarian Neuroscience Society (1997-2000: President)
*Hungarian Association of Psychoneuropharmacology (member of the Gov. Council)
*International Society for the Investigation of Stress
*Hungarian Society for the Investigation of Pain
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__MAJOR FIELDS OF RESEARCH INTEREST:__
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*Neuroanatomy (neuronal pathways - chemical neuroanatomy)
*Neuroendocrinology (stress - neuropeptides - neurotransmitters)
*Central autonomic regulatory mechanisms: pain, thermoregulation, cardiovascular, food intake
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__BIBLIOGRAPHY:__
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*7 books, 80 book chapters, 83 proceedings
*662 scientific (peer review) publications (impact factors: 1855.15; number of citations: 32216)
H-index: 92
*Among the "Most Cited 1000 Authors in Science (SCI)", 1982
*Among the "Most Cited 250 Primary Authors in Science (SCI)", 1986
*Citation Classics: 120th most cited neuroscientist, 1990
*Citation Classics: 297th most cited scientist in the world, 2004
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__LECTURES AND SEMINARS:__
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*786 lectures/posters in 468 international meetings
*269 seminars in 140 universities or research institutes
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__BUSINESS ADDRESS:__
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Department of Anatomy, Semmelweis University, Budapest\\
Tüzoltó utca 58, 1094 Budapest, Hungary\\
phone: (36-1) 216-0488 or 215-6920, ext.3635\\
fax: (36-1) 218-1612\\


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