CURRICULUM VITAE
Francisco Rafael Fernández de Miguel
Professor of Neuroscience
Instituto de Fisiología Celular-Neurociencias
Director of the Laboratories for Science Education in High Schools since 2004.
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)
Apartado Postal 70-253, C.P. 04510, D.F., México.
Tel. (5255) 622-5622
e-mail: ffernand@ifisiol.unam.mx
Place and date of birth: Monterrey, NL, Mexico, April 15, 1960.
TRAJECTORY
1979 1982 Biology. UNAM.
1984 1986 Master Degree in Neuroscience CINVESTAV, Mexico.
1986 1989 Ph.D. in Neuroscience, CINVESTAV, Mexico.
1989-1992 Research Associate (postdoctoral training) under Prof. John G. Nicholls (FRS). Biocenter. University of Basel, Switzerland.
1992-1997 Assistant Professor, Department of Neurosciences, Institute for Cellular Physiology, UNAM.
1993-2000 Faculty, Neurobiology and Development of the Leech. MBL, Woods Hole, U.S.
1994 Visiting Professor. Biocenter, University of Basel, Switzerland.
1995 Since 1995, member of the “Visiting Lectureship Traveling Program” (VLTP) of International Brain Research Organization (IBRO). Courses in México (1995), Brasil (1998, 2003, 2004), Colombia (2006), Perú (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006) and Bolivia, 2009.
1995-1997 Secretary of the Sociedad Mexicana de Ciencias Fisiológicas.
1998 Visiting Prefessor. Biocenter, University of Basel, Switzerland.
1997 Permanent Position, Department of Biophysics, Institute for Cellular Physiology, UNAM.
2000 Visiting Professor Department of Anatomy and Genetics, Oxford University, England.
2001 Visiting Professor Faculty of Medicine, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
2001 Co-director, IBRO-UNAM School of Neuroscience, México.
2003 – Associate Professor. Department of Biophysics, Institute for Cellular Physiology, UNAM.
2003 Co-director, IBRO-UNAM School of Neuroscience, México.
2003 Director of the “Experimenta” Laboratories for Science Education. Since 2003 until now.
2007-09 Visiting Professor. Department of Neurobiology. Stanford Medical School (Oct. 2007-Jan. 2009). Laboratory of U.J. McMahan.