Pasko Rakic

Who is this?

Pasko Rakic (Croatian: Paško Rakić; Serbian Cyrillic: Пашко Ракић; born May 15, 1933) is a Yugoslav-born American neuroscientist, who currently 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.

Career

1. 1933
   Born
2. 1985
   Member of National Academy of Sciences
3. 1986
   Won Karl Spencer Lashley Award
4. 1987
   Won Ariëns Kappers Medal
5. 1990
   Member of Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts
6. 1992
   Won International Prize by Fyssen Foundation
7. 2002
   Won Bristol-Myers Squibb Award for Distinguished Achievement in Neuroscience Research
8. 2008
   Won Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
9. Member of Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

Trivia

• •Place of birth: Ruma
• •Citizenship: United States
• •Known as: neuroscientist, neurosurgeon, university teacher
• •Spouse: Patricia S. Goldman-Rakic