Person
Costa, Marcello (1940 - )
FAA
- Born
- 9 January 1940
Turin, Italy - Occupation
- Neurophysiologist
Summary
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 in the field of the nervous control of gut movements. 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 Helsinki 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 the public education of Neuroscience.
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Chronology
- 1967
- Education - Laurea in Medicina e Chirurgia (equivalent to a Bachelor of Medicine (MB) and Bachelor of Surgery (BS)) completed at the University of Turin, Italy
- 1967 - 1970
- Career position - Lecturer in Human Anatomy and Histology at the University of Turin
- 1968 - 1969
- Career position - Medical Registrar and Practitioner in Italy
- 1969 - 1970
- Career position - Ordinary Assistant (Lecturer) in Human Anatomy at the University of Turin (8 months)
- 1970 - 1973
- Career position - Postdoctoral Fellow at the Department of Zoology at the University of Melbourne
- 1973
- Career position - 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
- Career position - Research Fellow at the Department of Zoology at the University of Melbourne (eighteen months)
- 1975 - 1978
- Career position - Lecturer in Human Physiology at Flinders University in South Australia
- 1978 - 1980
- Career position - Senior Lecturer in Human Physiology at Flinders University
- 1980 - 1986
- Career position - Reader and Associate Professor in Human Physiology at Flinders University
- 1984 -
- Career position - Councillor of the Australian Neuroscience Society
- 1986 -
- Career position - Personal Chair in Neurophysiology in the Department of Human Physiology at Flinders University in South Australia
- 1987 - 1991
- Career position - Director of the National Health and Research Commission's Addiction Research Unit
- 1988 -
- Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1992
- Award - Cavaliere della Repubblica Italiana (an honorary knighthood from the Republic of Italy)
- 1994 - 1995
- Career position - President of the Australian Neuroscience Society
- 2003 -
- Career position - Co-Chair of the South Australian Neuroscience Institute (SANI)
- 2004 -
- Career position - Member of the Australian Academy of Brain Sciences
- 2014
- Award - Honorary Bragg Member, Royal Institution of Australia
Related entries
Published resources
Journal Articles
- North, R. Alan; and Costa, Marcello, 'Geoffrey Burnstock, 10 May 1929 - 3 June 2020', Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of The Royal Society, 71 (2021), 37-58. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsbm.2021.0016. Details
- North, R. Alan; and Costa, Marcello, 'Geoffrey Burnstock 1929 - 2020', Historical Records of Australian Science, 33 (2) (2022), 160-71. https://doi.org/10.1071/HR22004. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q61809995. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/67927065. Details
- 'Costa, Marcello (1940-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475013. Details
Annette Alafaci
Created: 21 September 2005, Last modified: 7 February 2011