Prof. Giacomo Rizzolatti

FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
Fullbright scholarship 1980;
Golgi Award for Studies in Neurophysiology, Academia Nazionale dei Lincei 1982;
Member of Academia Europaea, 1989
Laurea Honoris Causa, University Claude Bernard  Lyon, France 1999
Prize “Feltrinelli” for Medicine, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 2000
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2002
Member of Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei 2002
Foreign member of the Académie Francaise des Sciences 2005
Herlitzka Prize for Physiology, Accademia delle Scienze Torino 2005
Laurea Honoris Causa, University St. Petersburg, Russia 2006
Grawemeyer Prize for Psychology, University of Louiseville, USA 2007
Prix IPSEN, Neuroplasticity, Fondation IPSEN Paris 2007
Laurea Honoris Causa, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 2009
Prix Signoret, Neuropsychology,  Fondation IPSEN 2010
Prince de Asturias Prize for Science and Technology, Spain 2011
Foreign Member National Academy of Sciences, USA 2012
Brain Prize Lundbeck Foundation 2014
Laurea Honoris Causa University of Sassari, 2015
Laurea Honoris Causa University of Buenos Aires 2016

TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Affiliate Professor University of Malta

INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
President Italian Neuropsychological Society 1982-1984;
President European Brain and Behaviour Society 1984-1986;
President of the International Scientific Committee of the European Training  Program in Brain and Behaviour Research, European Science Foundation, Strasbourg 1988-1991
Council Member of Academia Europaea 1990-1996
President Italian Neuroscience Association 1997-1999
Member European Medical Research Council 1998-2000
ERC Panel Member Life Sciences 2011, 2013, 2015

MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Società Italiana di Neuroscienze, Honorary member
Società Italiana di Fisiologia
Federation of European National Society

Publications ten years track-record
The total number of publications of GR in international peer-reviewed journals in the period 2004-2015 is 81. The total number of citations is 82.389. H index is 113. The citations 2004-2015 are 39408. H index for these five years is 86. The most cited paper is the article Rizzolatti Craighero with 5620 citations.

International Prizes
The international Prizes are listed in the CV. Among them, in the last 10 years GR received:
Herlitzka Prize for Physiology, Accademia delle Scienze Torino 2005
Laurea Honoris Causa, University St. Petersburg, Russia 2006
Grawemeyer Prize for Psychology, University of Louiseville, USA 2007
Prix IPSEN, Neuroplasticity, Fondation IPSEN Paris 2007
Laurea Honoris Causa, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven 2009
Prix Signoret, Neuropsychology,  Fondation IPSEN 2010
Prince de Asturias Prize for Science and Technology, Spain 2011
Brain Prize Lundbeck Foundation 2014

ERC Projects

COGSYSTEMS - Understanding actions and intentions of others