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Peter Penzes Education and training 1987-1991 University of Bucharest, Romania. B.Sc. (Biochemistry) 1991-1997 State University of New York, Buffalo, NY. Ph.D. (Biochemistry) 1997-2003 Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Post-doc (Neuroscience) Positions and Employment 1997-2000 Postdoctoral Fellow, mentor: Dr. Betty A. Eipper, Department of Neuroscience, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. 2000-2003 Postdoctoral Fellow, mentor: Dr. Richard L. Huganir, Department of Neuroscience and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Sept. 2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology and Northwestern University Institute of Neuroscience, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL. Honors and Awards 1997 ASBMB Young Scientists’ Travel Award 1997 Biochemistry Dissertation Research Recognition Award, State University of New York at Buffalo 2003 Young Scientist Award, National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD) 2003 Japan Foundation for Aging and Health Award Professional activities Reviewer for Neuron, Journal of Neuroscience, P.N.A.S., EMBO Journal, Journal of Cell Science, Hippocampus, Molecular Brain Research. Chair, Society for Neuroscience Annual Meeting Minisymposium: Mechanisms of Structural Plasticity of Dendritic Spines, 2004. Chair, International Society for Neurochemistry Symposium: Molecular mechanisms of dendritic spine formation and plasticity, 2005. Affiliated faculty member, Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center (CNADC), Northwestern University, 2005 Invited Seminars 1. New York University, New York, 2002. 2. Annual Meeting of the Japan Neuroscience Society. Nagoya, Japan, 2003. 3. JAFAH Seminar. Tokyo University, Japan, 2003. 4. Tokyo University, Japan, 2003. 5. Fudan University, Shanghai, China, 2004. 6. NIMH Workshop on Molecular Basis of Synaptic Plasticity. New York University, New York, 2004. 7. Department of Neurobiology and Physiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, 2004. 8. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, 2005. 9. Cognitive Neurology & Alzheimer's Disease Center Northwestern University School of Medicine, 2005 10. Gordon Research Conference on Excitatory Amino Acids, Aussois, France, 2005 11. Indiana University, 2005
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