Pierluigi Nicotera
Pierluigi Nicotera (born March 27, 1956 in Catanzaro ) is an Italian biomedical scientist and founding director at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases . He is considered an international expert in the field of neuronal cell death .
Career
Nicotera studied human medicine at the University of Pavia in Italy, specializing in cardiology . He then did his doctorate at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. There he worked for several years as an associate professor. From 1995 to 2000 he headed the molecular toxicology department at the University of Konstanz and was then appointed director of the toxicology department of the Medical Research Council (MRC) in England. Since 2009 he has been the chairman and scientific director of the DZNE .
Since 2005 he has been a member of the Academia Europaea . On July 13, 2016 Pierluigi Nicotera was elected a member ( matriculation no. 7712 ) of the Leopoldina .
Web links
literature
- Leopoldina Newly elected members 2016, Leopoldina, Halle (Saale) 2017, p. 36 ( PDF )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with General Anzeiger: Pierluigi Nicotera: “The research region is a magnet” in General-Anzeiger (Bonn) , May 12, 2009
- ↑ Biomedical scientist Pierluigi Nicotera heads Dementia Research Center , accessed on March 23, 2016.
- ↑ Member entry of Pierluigi Nicotera at the German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina , accessed on August 26, 2016.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nicotera, Pierluigi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian biomedical scientist and founding director at the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 27, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Catanzaro |