Semir Zeki#
| Membership Number: | 881 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 1990 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2008 Professor of Neuroesthetics, UCL
- 1995 - 2001 Co-Head, Wellcome Department of Cognitive Neurology
- 1981 - 2008 Professor of Neurobiology in the University of London (UCL)
- 1980 - 1981 Reader in Neurobiology in the University of London (UCL)
- 1975 - 1980 Henry Head Research Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1969 - 1975 Lecturer in Anatomy, UCL
- 1968 - 1969 Assistant Professor of Anatomy, University of Wisconsin
- 1967 - 1968 Research Associate, St. Elizabeths Hospital, Washington DC
- 1966 - 1967 Assistant Lecturer in Anatomy, UCL
- 1967 PhD, UCL
Fields of Scholarship
- Organization of the visual brain in primates (including humans)
- Neural basis of artistic creativity and appreciation (neuroesthetics)
Honours and Awards
- 1990 Fellow of the Royal Society
- 1999 Foreign Member of the American Philosophical Society
- 2008 Academia Europaea Erasmus Medal
