Péter Csermely, PhD, DSc
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Place and date of birth: Budapest, 7th October, 1958
Nationality: Hungarian
Address: Semmelweis University, School of Medicine, Department of Medical Chemistry,
H-1444 Budapest, P.O.Box 260, Hungary
Phone: +361-266-2755 extn.: 4102
FAX: +361-266-6550
E-mail: csermely@puskin.sote.hu,
Master of Science (honours degree) 1982 Eötvös Loránd Univ. Budapest (chemistry, pharmaceutical chemistry)
Ph.D. (summa cum laude) 1983 Eötvös Loránd Univ. Budapest (colloidal chemistry, cell biology)
Ph.D. (summa cum laude) 1988 Hungarian Academy of Sciences (biochemistry, immunochemistry)
Habilitation: 1994 Semmelweis University (medicine, biochemistry)
DSc.1994 Hungarian Academy of Sciences (cell biology, medicine)
Research and Professional Experience
1983-1986 Postdoctoral Fellow, Hungarian Academy of Science
1984-1985 Visiting Scientist, State Univ. of New York, Syracuse, NY, USA
1986,1987 Visiting Scientist, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany
1986-1988 Lecturer, Semmelweis University, Sch. Med., Budapest, Hung.
1989-1995 Assistant Professor, Semmelweis Univ. Sch. Med., Budapest, Hungary
1989 Visiting Scientist, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, MD, USA
1989-1991 Research Fellow, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA
1993,1994 Invited Scholar, Diabetes Forschungsinstitut, Düsseldorf, Germany
1993, 95, 97 Invited Scholar, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Science, Japan
1995-1999 Associate Professor, Semmelweis Univ. Sch. Med., Budapest, Hungary
1999- Professor of Biochemistry
2000- Invited professor: Denis Diderot University
2000- 2003 Chief Scientist, Biorex Ltd., Hungary
1986-96 Member of the Board of the Hungarian Society of Cell Biology (87-88, Acting Secretary; 93-96, Secretary of the Society)
1992-2001 Member of the Board of the Sümeg Membrane Symposia
1993- Member of the Committee on Cell and Developmental Biology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1994-97 Board member of the Hungarian National Science Foundation
1994-99 Chairman of the all-European COST network B5 on non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM)
1995-2001 Trustee of the Hungarian National Academy of Sciences
1995- Secretary General of the Hungarian Biochemical Society
1996- Trustee of the Pro Renovanda Cultura Hungariae Fund
1996- Member of the Committee on Clinical and Experimental Oncology of the Hungarian Council of Health Sciences
1997-2002 Member of the Cell Biology Review Panel of the Hungarian Ministry of Education Science Fund , 2000-2002 chairman of the Panel
1998-2000 Member of the Research Council of Gedeon Richter Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Budapest
1999-2001 Founding Secretary/ Treasurer of Cell Stress Society International
1999- Editoral Board member of Biogerontology
2000- Executive Board member of the Hungarian National Student Resarch Council
2000- 2005 Chairman of the all-European COST network B17 on diabetes, obesity and aging
2000- Chairman of the Bolyai Award Committee
2000- Member and the Editorial Board of the journal "Physician Education"
2002- Member of the Hungarian UNESCO Committee
2004- Elected participant of the sessions of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2005-2007 President-elect, president and past-president of Cell Stress Society International
2005- Member of the Comittee on Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2006- Chairman of the Hungarian National Talent Support Council
2006- member of EU Young Scientists High Level Expert Group
1976 Apáczai Commemorative Medal
Natl. Chemical Competition, 2nd place
8th International Olympics of Chemistry, 2nd place
1977-1980 1st-3rd Natl. Competition of Organic Chemistry, 2nd, 3rd places
9th, 10th International Competition of Analytical Chemistry, 2nd, 3rd places
1980-1982 National Scholarship of Higher Education
1981 Outstanding student of the Eötvös Loránd University
1983 Outstanding student of the Hungarian Higher Education
1986 Tankó Award of the Hungarian Biochemical Society
1988 Celebrity of the Week -- Hungarian TV, channel 1
1989 Presidential Silver Medal of Outstanding Work
1989-91 Fogarty International Research Fellowship Award
1995 Howard Hughes International Research Scholar's Award
1996 Niveau Prize of the journal Nature (Hung.)
1996 Tivadar Huzella Award for the best basic science investigator of the Semmelweis University
1997 Széchenyi Award of Outstanding Hungarian Professors
1998 Best Science Educator of the Semmelweis University
1998 First BioTul Young Scientist Award
1999 niveau prize of the Hungarian Journal "Nature"
2000 Agoston Trefort Award
2001 Ashoka Fellow
2001 nomination for the Person of the Year Award in Hungary
2002 Peter Pazmany Award (Pro Cultura Hungariae Fund)
2002 Anyos Jedlik Award (Hungarian Patent Office)
2002 Markusovszky Award for the best 2001 paper of the Medical Weekly
2003 EMBO Science Communication Award2004 Best science communicator of the year (science journalist prize of Hungary)
2004 Descartes Prize of Science Communication (top prize of the European Union)
2005 The Order of the Republic of Hungary, Knight's Cross
2005 Golden Owl Award of the Hungarian National Student Research Council
Publications (January 2007)2006 Példakép Award for being role model in Hungary
Number of scientific publications: 216
Number of independent citations: 2375 (2 of outstanding interest)
Cumulative impact factor: 459H-number: 27 (number of papers with a better citation than their rank)
