Balazs Gulyas

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Balázs Gulyás (born June 26, 1956) is a Hungarian neurobiologist, external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and university lecturer at the Karolinska Institute.

He is best-known for his research in the field of Biological Sciences, more specifically neuroscience, and as a founder of the World Science Forum.

1 Early life and education
2 Research and work
3 Personal life
4 Awards
5 External links

[edit] Early life and education

Gulyás was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1956 and is the oldest of three brothers. His father worked as a lawyer and his mother as a pediatrician. In 1970, he was enrolled in the secondary boarding school of the St. Benedict Order, an exclusive all-boys school in Pannonhalma. He went on to study medicine at the Semmelweis University, Budapest, where he earned his M.D in 1981. Later that year, he moved to Belgium where he studied Neuro- and Psychophysiology at the Catholic University of Leuven. After defending his thesis on the primate visual system, he earned a PhD in Neuroscience in 1988 and was invited to work at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, where he has been working ever since.

[edit] Research and work

At the Karolinska Institute, Gulyás has been researching in the field of Neuroscience, trying to understand the conundrum of the human brain by using advanced techniques like positron emission tomography (PET scanning). He is also serving as Executive Director on the organising committee for World Science Forum.

[edit] Personal life

Since 1988, Gulyás has been living in Stockholm, Sweden, working at the Karolinska Institute. He has three children, two daughters and one son, born 1987, 1990 and 1994.

[edit] Awards

Order of Merit (2007) Marie Curie award (2001, 2005, European Association for Nuclear Medicine) Pro Universitate Debreceniensis (1995, University of Debrecen