Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information

Full Name : Deniz Kirik
Date of Birth: April 12, 1972
Nationality: Turkish and Swedish
Address: Brain Repair And Imaging in Neural Systems, BMC D11, 221 84 Lund
Phone: +46 46 222 05 64
Fax: +46 46 222 34 36
E-mail address: Deniz.Kirik@med.lu.se

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Professional Preparation

2009
Professorship, Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Lund, Sweden
Discipline: Neuroscience

2005
Readership (docent), Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Lund, Sweden
Discipline: Neuroscience

2001
PhD, Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Lund, Sweden
Discipline: Neurobiology
Title: Restorative and Neuroprotective Treatment Strategies for Parkinson’s disease
Thesis supervisor: Anders Björklund

1999
MD, Hacettepe University, School of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey

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Employment

2008 – present
Tenured faculty position, Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Lund, Sweden

2006 – 2008
Tenure-track faculty position, Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Lund, Sweden

2003 – 20 06
Non-tenured junior faculty position, Lund University, Faculty of Medicine, Lund, Sweden

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Distinctions and Awards

2009 Maria and Allan Myers Fellow, Howard Florey Institute, Melbourne

2009 European Research Council, Starting Grant Award

2008 Senior Inverstigator Award, Swedish Research Council

2007 Honorary member, Turkish Hematological Society

2003 Junior Inverstigator Award, Swedish Research Council

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Commission of Trust

2008 Co-director, Lund University Bioimaging Center (LBIC)

2008 Board member, Department of Experimental Medical Science

2008 Contributing Editor, European Journal of Neuroscience

2008 Board member, Network of European CNS Transplantation and Restoration (NECTAR)

2007 – 2009 Board member, Swedish Parkinson Academy

2007 Board member, Swedish Parkinson Academy

2006 – 2009 Associate Editor, Experimental Neurology

2006 – 2007 President, NECTAR

2006 Associate Editor, Experimental Neurology

2004 – 2007 Director, Lund Experimental Bioimaging Program

2003 – 2005 Board member, NECTAR

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