Chinopoulos, Christos MD, PhD, DSc
Date of Birth: August 02, 1973
MD: Semmelweis University, 1998
PhD (Neurochemistry): Semmelweis University, 2002
DSc: Hungarian Academy of Sciences, 2024
Scientometric identifiers
Google scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=_h4N6KEAAAAJ&hl=en
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0183-4149
SCOPUS Author ID: 6602951392
PUBMED: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/?term=chinopoulos
MTMT ID: 10016754
Positions and Employment
2014 Associate Professor, Semmelweis University, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Budapest, Hungary
2005 Adjunct Professor, Semmelweis University, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Budapest, Hungary
2004 Research Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
2002-2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Other Experience and Professional Memberships
2025 Senior and Commissioning Editor for the Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes
2025 Roster panel reviewer of the National Research Excellence Program (NKKP 2025 ONCLIN)
2022 Associate Editor for Frontiers in Physiology (Mitochondrial Research)
2022-2023 Board member of E-mit
2022 Mentor of the National Scientist Training Academy
2021-2023 Roster panel reviewer (panel LS4 of the National Research, Development and Innovation Office, Hungary)
2021- Executive Editor for Bioenergetics Communications
2019- Course co-ordinator of the Department of Medical Biochemistry, Semmelweis University
2018-2019 Guest Editor for Neurochemical Research
2018 Member of the local organizing committee of the EBEC 2018 meeting
2017 Associate Editor for the Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes
2016 Executive Committee Member of EU COST Action: CA15203 – Mitochondrial mapping: Evolution – Age – Gender – Lifestyle – Environment
2016 Member of the ISN Committee for Aid and Education in Neurochemistry
2013 Reviewer for ‘The Friedreich’s Ataxia Research Alliance’
2013- Member of the Editorial Board for ‘PeerJ’
2011- Reviewer for the Czech Science Foundation
2011- Member of the jury for the ‘TDK’ for students of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmacology, Semmelweis University
2011- Member of the Editorial Board for the Journal of Membrane Science & Technology
2009-2010 Instructor, Weill Medical College, Dept. of Neurology/Neurosciences, New York, NY, USA
2007- Reviewer for the Dutch Grant Funding Agency
2007- Co-administrator of the OXPHOS International web portal (http://www.oxphos.org)
2006- Reviewer for the Hungarian Grant Funding Agency
2005 Visiting Scientist, Dept. of Neurosciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
2005 Abstract Judge for Oxygen Society
1999-2001 Webmaster for the European Society of Neurochemistry
Honors
2025 Merit Award of the Semmelweis University
2025 Springer Nature Editor of Distinction Award
2023 Merit Award of the Semmelweis University
2021 Merit Award of the Semmelweis University
2020 Rector’s merit
2019 Merit Award of the Semmelweis University
2018 Huzella Tivadar Award
2016 Merit Award of the Semmelweis University
2015 Merit Award of the Semmelweis University
2014 Merit Award of the Semmelweis University
2012 Lendület-appointed Investigator of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2010 Scientific Research Chorus Teacher Award
2009 Bolyai Janos Award
2005 ISN-ESN Young Investigator Award
2000 Richter Gedeon Research Award
1998 Koranyi Frigyes national competition, first prize
Teaching activities
1997- Tutor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Semmelweis University
Past and Present Research Support as Principal Investigator
1) Semmelweis Research grant 63320
The role of cyclophilin D in mitochondrial mechanisms of neurodegeneration
2007-01-01 – 2008-12-31
Awarded sum: 6,000,000 Ft
2) OTKA-NKTH grant NF 68294
The role of native TRP channels on cortical neurons in health and disease states
2007-07-01 – 2010-12-31
Awarded sum: 19,700,000 Ft
3) OTKA grant NNF 78905
The Role of SUCLA2 Mutations in the Disorders of the Mitochondrial Phosphorylation System
2009-04-01 – 2011-03-31
Awarded sum: 26,100,000 Ft
4) OTKA grant NNF2 85658
Elucidating the contribution of citric acid cycle enzymes and cyclophilin D in mitochondrial
phosphorylation potential using multiple transgenic mice strains
2011-04-01 – 2012-03-31
Awarded sum: 6,398,000 Ft
5) ETT grant 55160
The contribution of cyclophilin D to age-related maladies
2010-01-01 – 2012-12-31
Awarded sum: 3,000,000 Ft
6) ASSEMBLE FP7 grant 227799
BKA binding on ANT
2011-01-14 – open
Awarded sum: 5,000 euros
7) OTKA Grant K 100918
Identification of the proteins that form the mitochondrial permeability transition pore
2012-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Awarded sum: 32,001,000 Ft
8) MTA Grant 95003
Identification of the components comprising the mitochondrial permeability transition pore by protein phylogenetic profiling
2012-07-01 – 2017-06-30
Awarded sum: 163,617,000 Ft + 10,000,000 Ft from Semmelweis University, plus 10,000,000 Ft from the PhD school to fund two PhD candidates
9) VEKOP 2.3.3-15-2016-00012
Establishment of an RPPA platform for quantitative analysis of mitochondrial proteins in healthy and tumor human samples
2017-07-01 – 2020-06-30
Awarded sum: 260,000,000 Ft
10) “Excellence Support” from Semmelweis University
2017-07-01-
Awarded sum: 16,082,209 per year
11) Instrumentation application STIA-M-17
RPPA software and antibody validation equipments for funded VEKOP project preparation
2017-11-03
Awarded sum: 7,269,480 Ft
12) Short Term Scientific Mission CA15203-STSM-39028
Simultaneous measurements of oxygen, mitochondrial membrane potential and NADH using the O2k NextGen
2017-12-14 – 2017-12-22
Awarded sum: 1,380 euros
13) Harmonization of NGS- with RPPA data of ‘hotspot cancer panel’ genes for cancer patient care improvement
National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Budapest)
2018-04 – 2021-03
GRANT_NUMBER: 2017-2.3.4-TET-RU-2017-00003
Awarded sum: 44,910,000 Ft
14) Mitochondrial non-oxidative phosphorylation energy-harnessing pathways during anoxia
NKFI KH_ 129567
2018-09-01 – 2019 -08-31
Awarded sum: 19,000,000 Ft
15) The role of mitochondrial non-oxidative phosphorylation energy-harnessing pathways in cancer metabolism
NKFI K_135027
2020-09-01 – 2024-08-31
Awarded sum: 48,000,000 Ft
16) Identification of high-affinity ligands of succinate-CoA ligase using a DNA-encoded library
STI- OTKA-2022
2023-03
Awarded sum: 6,350,000 Ft
17) Exploring cancer vulnerabilities through metabolic pathway profiling
NKKP 149531 ADVANCED
2025-01-01 – 2028-12-31
Awarded sum: 120,000,000 Ft
Present/Past Research Support as co-Investigator
1) Energy homeostasis of the prefrontal cortex contributes to the development of posttraumatic stress disorder
NKFI K_141934
2020-12-01 – 2023-11-30
Awarded sum: 45,589,000 Ft
