Hungarian biochemist
Peter Csermely (Budapest, 7 October 1958) is a Hungarian biochemist and professor at Semmelweis University (Budapest, Hungary). His major fields of study are the adaptation and learning of complex networks. In 1995 Csermely launched a highly successful initiative, which provided research opportunities for more than 10,000 gifted high school students. In 2006 he established the Hungarian Talent Support Council. From 2009 the council built up a nationwide talent support network involving more than 200,000 people by 2018. Between 2012 and 2020 he was the president of the European Council for High Ability . From 2014 they started to establish a European Talent Support Network having more than 400 cooperating organizations from more than 50 countries of Europe and from other continents in 2020.
Biography.
He graduated at ELTE Apáczai Csere János Secondary School. In 1977 he began his studies at Eötvös Loránd University, where he gained his honours MSc degree in chemistry. One year later he got a dr. univ. rer. nat. title in colloidal chemistry. In 1988 he received a PhD in biochemistry. In 1994 he obtained a Doctor of Science in cell biology and medicine. In 2022 he received an MA degree of theology/priesthood at the Lutheran University of Theology in Budapest, Hungary. Between 2018 and 2022 he was a member of the Congregational Council of his Lutheran Church in Budapest Angyalföld, which he served as a chairperson between 2020 and 2022. He was ordained as a Lutheran pastor in 2022, and serves the university students in Budapest, Hungary.
Scholarships and other activities.
Between 1984 and 1985 he was a researcher at New York State University; in 1986 and 1987 he continued his studies at the Hannover Medical School. From 1989 to 1991 he worked as a Fogarty Fellow at the Harvard. After his postdoctoral fellowship years he became an assistant, associate and full-time professor at the Semmelweis University. Between 1993 and 1997 he spent almost a year with research in Tokyo. In 2000 he was a visiting professor of the Paris Diderot University. In 2012 he was a scholar of the Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center. From 2012 he is a member of the Academia Europaea from 2013 he is a member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
He was and is a member of several boards and committees of the Hungarian Science Foundation and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Between 2007 and 2009 he was the member of the Hungarian National Public Education Council. Between 2008 and 2010 he was a member of the Wise Persons' Council of the President of Hungary. He is a Fellow of .
His area of research area is related to the adaptation and learning of complex systems and their network descriptions. He is the author of 15 books and 250 scientific papers having over 22,000 Google Scholar citations . He served as an Editor of Cell Stress and Chaperones, PLoS ONE, Oxford University Press Journal of Complex Networks, and (Nature) Scientific Reports.
Commissions and boards.
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