Pasko Rakic

1933 -

country of citizenship: United States of America

languages spoken, written or signed: English

educated at: University of Belgrade School of Medicine

occupation: neuroscientist, neurosurgeon, university teacher

award received: Kavli Prize in Neuroscience, Ariëns Kappers Medal, Karl Spencer Lashley Award, International Prize by Fyssen Foundation, Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research, Robert J. and Claire Pasarow Foundation Award for Distinguished Contributions to Neuropsychiatric Research, Kavli Prize, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Ralph W. Gerard Prize, Foreign Member of the Royal Society

Pasko Rakic (Croatian: Paško Rakić; Serbian Cyrillic: Пашко Ракић; born May 15, 1933) is a Yugoslav-born American neuroscientist, who presently works in the Yale School of Medicine Department of Neuroscience in New Haven, Connecticut. His main research interest is in the development and evolution of the human brain. He was the founder and served as Chairman of the Department of Neurobiology at Yale, and was founder and Director of the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience. He is best known for elucidating the mechanisms involved in development and evolution of the cerebral cortex. In 2008, Rakic shared the inaugural Kavli Prize in Neuroscience. He is currently the Dorys McConell Duberg Professor of Neuroscience, leads an active research laboratory, and serves on Advisory Boards and Scientific Councils of a number of Institutions and Research Foundations. Source: Wikipedia (en)