Pasko Rakic, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Pasko Rakic

Yugoslavian-American neuroscientist

Date of Birth: 15-May-1933

Place of Birth: Ruma, Vojvodina, Serbia

Profession: university teacher, neuroscientist, neurosurgeon

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Pasko Rakic (Croatian: Paško Rakic) is a Yugoslav-born American neuroscientist, who presently works in the Yale School of Medicine Department of Neuroscience in New Haven, Connecticut.
His main research interest is in the development and evolution of the human brain.
He was the founder and served as Chairman of the Department of Neurobiology at Yale, and was founder and Director of the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience.
He is best known for elucidating the mechanisms involved in development and evolution of the cerebral cortex.
In 2008, Rakic shared the inaugural Kavli Prize in Neuroscience.
He is currently the Dorys McConell Duberg Professor of Neuroscience, leads an active research laboratory, and serves on Advisory Boards and Scientific Councils of a number of Institutions and Research Foundations.