Biography Imola Wilhelm MD, PhD October 17, 2018 Date and place of birth: January 4, 1979, Marghita (Romania) Current position: senior research associate Address Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences Temesvári krt. 62, H-6726, Szeged, Hungary Tel. +36-62-599601, Fax. +36-62-433133 E-mail: wilhelm.imola@brc.mta.hu Education 2003: Diploma in medicine, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Tg. Mureș, Romania 2009: PhD in theoretical medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary 2016: Habilitation in biology, Vasile Goldiș Western University of Arad, Arad, Romania Positions 2003-2004: International Training Course fellow, Institute of Biochemistry, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary 2004-2007: PhD student, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary and Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary 2007-2009: Junior research associate, Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary 2009-2016: Research associate, Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary 2016-: Senior research associate, Institute of Biophysics, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary Language skills Hungarian: native speaker English: reading, writing and oral (advanced level), exam: CAE, 2002 Romanian: reading, writing and oral (advanced level) German: reading and writing (intermediate level), exam: TELC, 2008 Studies and research abroad 2007: Department of Physiology, Biophysics and Neuroscience, Cinvestav, Mexico City (2 months) Research grants -Hungarian Research Fund OTKA-PD100958 (2012-2015), “Role of the neural environment in the transmigration of melanoma cells through the blood-brain barrier”, principal investigator, 23,744,000.- HUF -National Research, Development and Innovation Office NKFIH-FK124114 (2017-2021), “Role of brain pericytes in the formation of central nervous system metastases”, principal investigator, 38,369,000.- HUF Honors and awards 2007: 1st prize of The Regional Committee of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences at Szeged 2008: Prize of the Dr. Ferenc Joó Foundation for Brain Research 2011: Tibor Kovács Award 2011: Maya and Nicolae Simionescu Prize 2012: Bolyai Fellowship 2013: Junior Award of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2015: Best presentation award (Straub Days) 2016: Bolyai Certificate (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) 2016: Bolyai Fellowship (Hungarian Academy of Sciences) Scientific interest blood-brain barrier, cerebral endothelium, pericytes, tight junctions, signaling, brain metastases, melanoma, breast cancer Other scientific activities -reviewer: Clin Cancer Res, BBA - Reviews on Cancer, Cell Biochem Funct, Int J Pharm, Cell Adh Migr, Curr Med Chem, Curr Pharm Des, Dose Response, Mol Cell Neurosci, Mol Pharm, Nanomedicine, Pharm Rep, BMC Cancer; EU H2020 FET-OPEN programme -opponent in PhD committees: University of Pécs (2015 – G. Maász; 2017 – K. Pohóczky); member in PhD committee: University of Szeged (2018 – K. Oravecz) -guest editor: Curr Pharm Des - Thematic Issue: Pharmacological targeting of biological barriers (2016) Teaching activities -member of the Biology and Theoretical Medicine Doctoral Schools of University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary and Biology Doctoral School, Vasile Goldis Western University of Arad, Arad, Romania – topics: blood-brain barrier, pericytes, formation of cerebral metastases -mentor/supervisor (MSc/MD students, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary) – students who obtained degree: Márta Volford (2016, MD – co-supervisor), Kinga Molnár (2016, MSc), Fanni Győri (2018, MSc) -mentor/supervisor (PhD students, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary) – student who obtained degree: Judit Molnár (2016, Theoretical Medicine Doctoral School – co-supervisor); current PhD students: Kinga Molnár (Theoretical Medicine Doctoral School), Fanni Győri (Theoretical Medicine Doctoral School) -lecturer (ITC, Biological Research Centre, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged, Hungary) – topics: biological barriers -lecturer (Autumn School, HURO/1101/173/2.2.1) -expert in post-gradual projects (POSDRU 81/3.2/S/55362) -lecturer (University of Szeged; course title: A neurovaszkuláris egység élettana és kórélettana/Physiology and Pathology of the Neurovascular Unit) Scientific results (Scopus/Google Scholar) Number of in extenso publications in periodicals: 43 Number of book chapters: 3 Cumulative IF: 123.622 Number of independent citations: 697 Number of total citations: 872/1283 h-index: 17 /18