Ole Petter Ottersen#
| Membership Number: | 4602 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWEDEN |
| Homepage(s): | http://ki.se/en/people/oleott |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1978-1983 Research Fellow, Anatomical Institute, University of Oslo
- 1983-1992 Associate Professor (Prosektor), Anatomical Institute, University of Oslo
- 1992-to date Professor of Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, UiO
- 1997-1999 Head of the Department of Anatomy, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo
- 2000-2002 Dean of Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo
- 2001-2002 Head of EMBIO (Interfacultary Unit for Molecular Biology, Biotechnology and Bioinformatics at the University of Oslo)
- 2003-2007 Chairman of the Board of FUGE (National Program for Functional Genomics in Norway)
- 2002-2009 Director, Centre for Molecular Biology and Neuroscience (Center of Excellence sponsored by the Norwegian Research Council; www.cmbn.no)
- 2005-2009 Coordinator, Nordic Centre of Excellence in Molecular Medicine (WIRED)
- 2006-2009 Chief Editor of Neuroscience (Official Journal of the International Brain Research Organization)
- 2009-2017 Vice-chancellor, University of Oslo
- 2017- Vice-chancellor, Karolinska Institutet
Fields of Scholarship
- Cellular neuroscience
- Neurotransmission
- Brain homeostasis
Honours and Awards
- Anders Jahre's award for medical research to younger researchers 1990
- The University of Oslo Prize for Scientific Research 1994 (Universitetets forskningspris)
- The Lundbeck Foundation Nordic Award for Outstanding Research 2005(shared with Jon Storm-Mathisen)
- Anders Jahre’s award for medical research (senior prize) 2008
- Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters 1993
- Member of Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina 2001 (now German Academy of Sciences)
- Member of The Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters 2006
- Member of Scanbalt Academy 2006
- Honorary Doctor University of Kuopio 2010
- Honorary Doctor École Normale Supérieure, Lyon 2015
- Professional memberships
- Member of the European Neuroscience Association (FENS)
- Member of the Society for Neuroscience (USA)
