Paxinos, George (1944 - )

Summary

George Paxinos was appointed Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales since 1991. He has worked there since settling in Australia in 1973, starting as a lecturer. He is interested in mapping the human brain, which will allow comparisons between "normal" brains and those with abnormalities such as Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. He was educated at the University of California (BA, MA), and McGill University (PhD). His publications include the textbook The brain: an introduction to functional neuroanatomy (2010) and, with Charles Watson, The rat brain in stereotaxic coordinates (1986, 7th edition 2014). The Paxinos-Watson Award is presented annually by the Australasian Neurological Society for the most significant neuroscience paper published by a member of the Society in the year of presentation.

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Chronology

1968

Award - Warner Brown Memorial Prize, University of California, Berkeley, California, U.S.A.

1973 - 1977

Career position - Lecturer of Psychology at the University of New South Wales

1978 - 1985

Career position - Senior Lecturer at the University of New South Wales

1986 - 1990

Career position - Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales

1991 - 2013

Career position - Professor of Psychology at the University of New South Wales

1993

Award - Walter Burfitt Prize received from the Royal Society of New South Wales

1994

Education - DSc, University of New South Wales

1999 -

Award - Fellow, Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (FASSA)

1999

Award - Ramaciotti Medal for Excellence in Biomedical Research

2000 - 2011

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Neuroscience and bio-behavioural reviews

2002

Award - Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) - For service to neuroscience at national and international levels, particularly the publication of atlases of the brain

2003

Award - Alexander von Humboldt Prize

2004 -

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Brain structure and function

2004 - 2005

Career position - President, Australian Neuroscience Society

2004 - 2007

Career position - President, World Congress of Neuroscience

2007

Award - Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, Australian Psychological Society

2008 -

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Frontiers in neuroanatomy

2008 -

Career position - Member, Editorial Board, Translational neuroscience

2008

Award - Doctor honoris causa, University of Athens, Greece

2009 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

2009

Award - National Health and Medical Research Council Australian Fellow

2012 -

Award - Foreign member, Academy of Athens

2012

Award - Pioneer in Medicine Award, Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics

2013 -

Career position - Scientia Professor, University of New South Wales

2014 -

Award - Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales

2015 -

Award - Prize for Excellence in Biological Sciences (Cell and Molecular, Medical, Veterinary and Genetics), New South Wales Premier's Prizes in Science

2017 -

Award - Fellow, Royal Society of New South Wales

2019 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences (FAHMS)

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Published resources

Books

• Paxinos, George; Valentino, Karen L.; Törk, Istvan; and Teccot, Lawrence H., Atlas of the developing rat nervous system (Academic Press, 1991), 304 pp. Details

Edited Books

• Tracey, David J., Paxinos, George and Stone, Jonathan eds, Neurotransmitters in the human brain (New York: Plenum Press, 1995), 243 pp. Details

Journal Articles

• Paxinos, George, 'Obituary: Professor Istvan Törk', Uniken - The University of New South Wales, 340 (20 of 1992) (1992), 4, https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-253838884/. Details

Resources

• Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q19876896. Details
• VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/85155655. Details
• 'George Paxinos - Citation at year of election, 2009', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/george-paxinos. Details
• 'Paxinos, George (1944-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1294751. Details