CURRICULUM VITAE
Name: Erzsébet Ligeti
Citizenship: Hungarian
Institution: Department of Physiology, Semmelweis University, Budapest
Degrees:
1974: M.D. “summa cum laude” at the Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest
1981: “Candidate of Medical Sciences” (= Ph.D. in physiology)
1990: “Doctor of Medical Sciences” (= habilitation)
Positions:
1974-1980: Research Fellow in the Experimental Research Department of
Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest
1980-1989: Assistant Professor in the Physiology Department of
Semmelweis Medical University, Budapest
1989-1993: Associate Professor in the same Department
1993- : Full Professor of Physiology in the same Department
2005-2014: Program Director for the German language medical teaching
Teaching activity:
1974- : in charge of lab-courses in physiology for 2nd year medical students
1981- : lecture courses in physiology for medical students
instructing medical and Ph.D. students to obtain their degrees
participant in medical students’ oral exams
1993-: leading teacher in the Ph.D. program on Cellular and Molecular Physiology
2005 -: Director of the Cellular and Molecular Physiology PhD program
Visiting positions:
1981: 3 months in the Neurochemical Laboratory of the University of Dundee
(head: David G. Nicholls), working on ion transport in synaptosomes
1983-84: Visiting Scintist for 15 months in the Biochemical Laboratory of the Nuclear Center in
Grenoble (head: Pierre V. Vignais), working on mitochondrial phosphate transport
1987: Visiting Scintist for 3 months in the same lab in Grenoble working on neutrophil granulocytes
1988: Visiting Scintist for 6 months in Grenoble working on the NADPH oxidase of granulocytes
1991: Humboldt-fellow for 11 months in the Pharmacology Department of the University of Heidelberg (head: K.H.Jakobs), working on G-proteins of granulocytes
1994: Visiting Scientist for 3 months in the Boston Biomedical Research Institute (Dr. Hartmut Wohlrab), working on mutagenesis of the mitochondrial phosphate transport protein
1998: Humboldt fellow for 3 months in the Biochemistry Center of Heidelberg University
2000, 2001:
short term Fogarty fellowship at Harvard University, Boston, USA
Courses organized
1989: FEBS Advanced (laboratory) Course on “Biochemistry of Membrane Transport”, Budapest
1993: FEBS Advanced (lecture) Course on “Biochemistry of Membrane Transport”, Hungary
1995: ICRO Advanced (laboratory) Course on “Biochemistry of Membrane Transport”
Languages: fluent in English, German, French
Other experiences and professional memberships
1998-2013 Head of the Scientific Committee of Semmelweis University
2004-2010 Member of the Medical Division of the Hungarian Accreditation Committee
1995-2002; 2005-2008 Member of different panels of the Hungarian Research Fund (OTKA)
2000- Consulting Expert of INSERM, France
2004- Member, then President of the Medical Panel of Bolyai Excellence Fellowship
1991 – Member of the Society for Clinical Investigation
2011- Member of the International Society of Extracellular Vesicles
Awards:
1984 Award for Excellent Teaching, Hungarian Ministry of Education
1989 Award for Excellent Scientific Supervision, Semmelweis University
1996 Research Prize of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
1997-2000 Széchenyi Scholarship by the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Education
2000, 2001 Traval Award of the US-Hungarian Research Fund
2001 Award for Excellent Ph.D. Supervision, Semmelweis University
2002 Arnold Ipolyi Prize of the Hungarian Research Fund
2005: Szent-Györgyi Albert Prize, Hungarian Ministry of Education
2006: Semmelweis Ignác Research Prize, Semmelweis University
2015: Széchenyi Prize (from the State President)
Honors:
2003: Member of Academia Europaea
2007: Corresponding Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
2013: Full Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences