Andrea Volterra#
| Membership Number: | 2416 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2006 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.unil.ch/dbcm/page76078_en.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2004 Co-Director, Department of Cell Biology and Morphology (DBCM), University of Lausanne
- 2003 Chairman, Steering Committee Cellular Imaging Facility, University Lausanne and University Hospital (CHUV)
- 2001 Full Professor of Cell Biology and Histology, Department of Cell Biology and Morphology (IBCM), Faculty of Biology and Medicine, University of Lausanne
- 2001 - Scientific Committee, Center of Excellence on Neurodegenerative Diseases (CEND), University of Milan
- 1999 - 2001 Associate Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Milan
- 1995 - 1999 Deputy Professor of Neuropsychopharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Milan
- 1990 - 1999 Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Milan
- 1989 Chief, Lab. Pharmacology of Neuroprotection, Department of Pharmacological Sciences, University of Milan
- 1988 - 1989 Associate Research Scientist at Center for Neurobiology and Behavior Columbia University and HHMI, New York, USA
- 1986 - 1987 Post-doctoral Research Scientist at Department of Pharmacology, Columbia University, New York, USA (Lab. Prof. S.A. Siegelbaum)
- 1983 - 1985 Ph.D. student and winner of Dean’s Fellowship at University of Milan, Center of Neuropharmacology (Lab: Prof. G. Racagni)
Fields of Scholarship
- Neuroscience
Honours and Awards
- 2006 Member of Academia Europaea
- 1983 - 1985Winner on competition of a Dean's Fellowship for Ph.D. students in Pharmacology, University of Milan
- 1986 Winner of a Fellowship from the President of Columbia University of New York, to work as Post-Doctoral Research Scientist in the Department of Pharmacology
- 1988 Winner of a Fellowship from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, to work as an Associate Research Scientist in the Center for Neurobiology and Behavior of Columbia University
- 1990 Awarded of Prize for Best Young Investigator from the Italian Society of Neuroscience
- 1999 Awarded of “Novartis Price” for Research in Neurosciences from Italian Society of Neuroscience
