• The Science Network interviews: Part I,Part II,Part III
• Clips: The Rightful Place, Music and Rhythms
• TDLC interview
• Brain Science Podcast
• 10 Questions for Gyorgy Buzsaki
• Interview with NEURON
• Interview with Current Biology
• Nature: Windows on the Brain
• Brain Beat: The neuroscience of music

• University of Pecs, Hungary M. D. 1974 Medicine
• Academy of Sciences, Budapest Ph. D. 1984 Neuroscience
• University of Texas, San Antonio post-doc 1980-81 Neuroscience
• University of Western Ontario, London post-doc 1981-82 Neuroscience

• Peer-reviewed publications
• Books & Chapters
• Reviews & Essays
• Dissertation: Cellular bases of hippocampal EEG activity in the behaving rat, October 1984. Advisor: Endre Grastyan. Outside advisor: Cornelius H. Vanderwolf

• Goldman-Rakic Prize for Outstanding Achievement in Cognitive Neuroscience (2021)
• Ralph W. Gerard Prize (Society for Neuroscience’s highest honor) (2020)
• Distinguished Lecturer, Collége de France, Paris, France (2019)
• Annual Lecture, UCL Center for Imaging, London (2019)
• Special Lecture, Society for Neuroscience (2019)
• Honoris Causa, University of Pecs, Hungary (2018)
• Margaret Bidwell Memorial Lecturer, MIT, Boston (2018)
• The 2018 Distinguished Lecture, Integrative Center for Learning and Memory, UCLA (2018)
• Keynote Speaker. Gairdner Foundation Symposium, Toronto, Canada (2018)
• Elected Member, National Academy of Sciences, USA (2017)
• Master Scientist, New York University School of Medicine (2017)
• Honoris Causa, University of Kaposvar, Hungary (2016)
• Honoris Causa, University of Aix-Marseille, France (2015)
• Board of Editors, Science AAAS (2015)
• Translational Research Mentor of the Year Award , NYU Clinical and Translational Science Institute, NYU (2014)
• The Ariëns Kappers Medal, Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (2014)
• Elected Member, Academia Europaea (2012)
• Highly Cited Researcher, ISI (2012)
• The Brain Prize Lecture, FENS Forum, Barcelona, July 15, 2012.
• The Brain Prize (shared with Peter Somogyi and Tamas Freund), 2011. (thebrainprize.org)
• Annual Lord Adrian Lecture, Cambridge University (2011)
• NYU Honors Program Lecture Series, January 30, 2011.
• J. P. Scott Annual Lecture. Center for Neuroscience, Bowling Green State University, Ohio. 2010.
• Sterling Visiting Professor Distinguished Lecture. Albany Medical College, NY. November 4, 2010.
• Keynote Speaker. European College of Neuropsychopharmacology ECNP 23rd. 2010.
• The Talairach Lecture, 16th Meeting of the Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Society, Barcelona, Spain, 2010.
• Grass Traveling Scientist. University of Alabama, Program in Neurosciences. University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL. December 7, 2009.
• The Hans-Lukas Teuber Lecture, MIT, Cambridge, MA (2009)
• The 2nd David Smith Lecture, Oxford University, Oxford, England (2009)
• Henry Neufeld Memorial Award 2008 (BFS Israel)
• College de France Distinguished Professor. College de France, Paris, France (2008)
• Chancellor’s Award Lecture in Neuroscience, Louisiana State University, New Orleans, LA (2007)
• Opening Plenary Lecture, Federation of European Neuroscience Societies, FENS, Vienna, Austria (2006)
• Provost’s Research Award for Distinguished Scholarship, Rutgers University, (2006)
• The Swammerdam Lecture, Amsterdam, Dutch Academy of Sciences, The Netherlands (2005)
• The First Robert L. Isaacson Lecture. University of Binghamton (SUNY, 2005)
• Distinguished Lecturer. RIKEN Brain Science Institute (2005)
• Herbert Jasper Lecture. Montreal Neurological Institute (2005)
• Fellow, Neurosciences Research Program, La Jolla, CA (2005-2010)
• ISI Highly Cited (top 250 most cited neuroscientists)
• Elected Fellow, AAAS (2004)
• Krieg Cortical Discoverer Award. The Cajal Club, American Association of Anatomists (2001)
• Foreign member. Hungarian Academy Sciences (2001)
• Fogarty International Senior Fellow. National Institute of Health (2000)
• College de France Distinguished Professor. College de France, Paris, France (1999)
• The Pierre Gloor Award. American Clinical Neurophysiology Society (1997)
• G. Moruzzi Lecture. European Neuroscience Meeting. Strasbourg, France, 1996
• The Board of Trustees Award for Excellence in Research, Rutgers University (1995)
• Traveling Grass Scientist (1992) University of New Foundland, Canada
• F. Bottazzi Lecture. Opening address to the XLIII. Annual Meeting of the Italian Physiological Society, Sorrento, Italy, 1991
• J. D. French Foundation Fellow (1986-88)
• European Science Foundation Travel Awards (1981,1983,1984, 1986)
• Science Achievement Award, Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1986)

Contributions to the advancement of the academic profession

• IBRO Advisory Science Program (member)

Editorial boards

• Science (member, Board of Reviewing Editors, 2011-)
• Neuron (2001-)
• Journal of Neurophysiology (2004-)
• Reviews in The Neurosciences (2001-)
• Hippocampus (1993-)
• Brain Structure and Function (2008-)
• Translational Neuroscience (2010-)
• The Thalamus (2001-)
• Clinical Neuroscience (2004-)
• Neuroscience Research Communications (1991-)
• Journal of Neuroscience (1997-2004)
• Epilepsia (1999-2003)
• Behavioral Brain Research (1993-2010)
• Neuroscience (1989-2004); Section Editor (2000-2004)
• Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience (1991-94)
• Behavioral Neuroscience (1990-1995)

Cool Links

When art teaches science – discovery of tensegrity
Elizabeth Horowitz

Hobby

Contemporary architecture. In my next life, I will be an architect. This is what I accomplished in the present one (our home in NJ – in collaboration with Peter Forbes and Tim Weiler) [photos / video]

NeuroArt

The New York Times story, “The Beautiful Mind”
More images at the Temporal Dynamics of Learning Center website