Curriculum Vitae Prof. Gyula Zoltán Kovacs
Name
Date of Birth
Education
Honors and awards
Professional Societes
Gyula Zoltán Kovacs
11th July 1965
Dipl.-Biol., 1990, University of Szeged
Doctor Univ, 1992, Univ. Szeged, Medical School
Ph.D. in Medical Biology, 1996, Univ. Szeged, Medical School
Habilitation from Psychology, 2003, Univ. Pécs, Hungary
Doctor of Sciences, 2009, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
1999-2001 „Bolyai” Scholarship of the Hungarian National Academy of Sciences
2000 Award of the Soros foundation
Federation of European Neuroscience Societies
Society for Neuroscience, USA
Vision Sciences Society, USA
Regular reviewer for: Vision Res., Neuroreport, J. Vision, Int J Psychophysiol., Neuropsychologia,
Q.J.Exp. Psychol., Psychol. Sci.,Hung. Psychol. Rev.
Major techniques
Single cell recordings in anesthetised rats, cats, guinea pigs and in awake cats and rhesus monkeys.
Visual event related potential recordings in human subjects
Standard human psychophysical methods
rCBF measurements for Human Brain Imaging studies with Positron Emission Tomography.
BOLD measurements with fMRI
Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation
Teaching Experience
Undergraduate Level:
2009: Experimental and Clinical Neuroscience (ECN) MSc internship project leader, Univ. Regensburg
2009: Practices from fMRI, ECN MSc, Univ. Regensburg
2009: Internships, Psychology MSc, Univ. Regensburg, Inst. Psychology
2007: Psychophysiology (PPKE, Psychology MSc, BUTE, Budapest, Hungary)
2005: Vision, language, memory: introduction to cognitive sciences BUTE, Budapest, Hungary
2002: Sensation and perception, BUTE, Budapest, Hungary; Introduction to the functions of the central nervous system, BUTE, Budapest, Hungary
(All previous are accomplished when at the Dept. of Physiology, Univ Szeged Medical School)
1996-2000: Human Physiology for students of Psychology, Lecture Course, 20-30 students
The Human Central Nervous System for students of Psychology, Lecture Course, 20-30 students
Human Physiology for students of Psychology, Laboratory class and teaching seminar, 20-30 students
The Human Central Nervous System for students of Psychology, Laboratory Course and teaching seminar, 20-30 students
1994-2000: Medical Physiology for Students of Medicine, Lecture Course contributor to both Part I and Part II, (also in English, cca 100 students, annually)
Medical Physiology for Students of Pharmacy, Lecture Course contributor to both Part I and Part II, (also in English, cca 50 students annually)
1992-1994: Medical Physiology for Students of Pharmacy, Laboratory Class part I and part II, (both in Hungarian and in English 30 students annually)
Medical Physiology for Students of Pharmacy, small group teaching seminars part I and part II, (both in Hungarian and in English 30 students annually)
1990-2000: Medical Physiology for Students of Medicine, Laboratory Class part I and part II, (both in Hungarian and in English; 30 students annually)
Medical Physiology for Students of Medicine, small group teaching seminars part I and part II, (both in Hungarian and in English, 15 students annually)
Graduate level:
2004-2007 Head of Phd Program „Cognitive Neurosciences” in the School „Cognitive Sciences”, BUTE; Departmental organizer of educational activity at the BUTE
2004: Introduction to fMRI and its analysis methods, BUTE; Psychophysical methods, BUTE; Basic neurosciences - Neural bases of cognitive neurosciences BUTE; Neural bases of visual perception BUTE; Object and shape perception BUTE
2003: Face perception
2002: Studying the cognitive capacities of the newborn, University Budapest, Medical School; Fundamentals of visual perception, Univ. Fine Arts, Budapest; Introduction to the human visual system Center for Culture & Communication Foundation
Brain and consciousness 2000, Univ of Szeged Medical School
2000 - 2001 The human visual system 2000-2001 Univ Budapest Medical School
1999 - 2001 Neurobiological and computational bases of cognitive sciences, Univ. Szeged
2000 Brain and consciousness , Univ. of Szeged Medical School
1999 The human visual system, Univ. of Szeged Medical School
Activies in Course Development
2004-2007 Head of Phd Program „Cognitive Neurosciences” in the School „Cognitive Sciences”, BUTE
2004-2007 Departmental organizer of educational activity at the BUTE
1996-2000 Departmental organizer of the written exams of medical physiology (Szeged)
1994-2000 Departmental organizer of the courses Human physiology and The human central nervous system for students of Psychology (Szeged)
Supervisions
Approximately 12 graduate diplomas, 3 PhD dissertations