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Costa, Marcello (1940 - )

FAA

Neurophysiologist

Born: 9 January 1940 Turin, Italy

Marcello Costa is Professor of Neurophysiology at Flinders University and Co-Chair of the South Australian Neuroscience Institute (SANI). He is an editorial board member for several scientific journals and has co-authored more than 250 works on his pioneering studies in the field of nervous control of gut movements. The current classification of neurons that control gut functions is largely due to work performed in his laboratory. Marcello Costa has taught Medical students since 1975, established and coordinated most topics in the field of Neurosciences at Flinders University and was one of the founders of the Cognitive Sciences course. He was a Visiting Fellow and Professor at Universities and Research Institutions in Portland, Oregon, at Helsinky University (Finland), at University "la Sapienza" (Rome), at Menarini Foundation (Florence) and at University of Torino. Marcello Costa has received many honours and recognitions and is committed to public education of Neuroscience.

Career Highlights

Chronology
1967 Laurea in Medicina e Chirurgia (equivallent to a Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS)) completed at the University of Turin, Italy
1967 - 1970 Lecturer in Human Anatomy and Histology at the University of Turin
1968 - 1969 Medical Registrar and Practitioner in Italy
1969 - 1970 Ordinary Assistant (Lecturer) in Human Anatomy at the University of Turin (8 months)
1970 - 1973 Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Zoology at the University of Melbourne
1973 Research Fellow in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Helsinki in Finland and then in the Department of Human Physiology at the University of Turin
1974 - 1975 Research Fellow at the Department of Zoology at the University of Melbourne (eighteen months)
1975 - 1978 Lecturer in Human Physiology at Flinders University in South Australia
1978 - 1980 Senior Lecturer in Human Physiology at Flinders University
1980 - 1986 Reader and Associate Professor in Human Physiology at Flinders University
1984 - Councillor of the Australian Neuroscience Society
1986 - Personal Chair in Neurophysiology in the Department of Human Physiology at Flinders University in South Australia
1987 - 1991 Director of the National Health and Research Commission's Addiction Research Unit
1988 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1992 Cavaliere della Repubblica Italiana (an honorary knighthood from the Republic of Italy)
1994 - 1995 President of the Australian Neuroscience Society
2003 - Co-Chair of the South Australian Neuroscience Institute (SANI)
2004 - Member of the Australian Academy of Brain Sciences

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Prepared by: Annette Alafaci
Created: 21 September 2005
Modified: 29 January 2007

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