Faculty/Staff Profiles

Sergei A. Kirov, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Neurosurgery Director, Human Brain Laboratory Institute of Molecular Medicine and Genetics

Training

• M.S. St.Petersburg State University, St. Petersburg, Russia, in biophysics (Thesis Advisor Dr. Krylov, B.V.), 1987

• Trainee at Pavlov Institute of Physiology of the Academy of Sciences of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia (Sponsor, Dr. Akoev, G.N.),1987-1988

• Ph.D. St.Petersburg State University, St.Petersburg, Russia, in biophysics (Thesis Advisor Dr. Akoev, G.N.), 1991

Postdoctoral Training

• Visiting Fellow, Laboratory of Behavioral Sciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Gerontology Research Center, Baltimore, Maryland (Lab Director, Dr. Engel B.T.), 1992-1995

• Senior Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physiology, University of Maryland, Medical College of Georgia, Baltimore, Maryland (Lab Director, Dr. Alger, B.E.), 1995-1997

 Prior Academic Appointments

• Research Associate, Division of Neuroscience, Harvard Medical School, Children's Hospital, Department of Neurology, Boston, Massachusetts,  1997-1999

• Research Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, 1999-2003

Research Interests

• Properties and changes in human synapses during epilepsy, stroke, brain tumors and traumatic head injury

• Mechanisms of synapse formation and maintenance in the immature and especially mature brain

• Cellular mechanisms of memory

Awards

• Fogarty International Center Research Fellowship. National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, Gerontology Research Center,
  1992-1995

• Research Scientist Development Award. National Institute of Mental Health, 2001-2006

Publications List (PubMED)

Institutional Faculty List

Contact
Department of Neurosurgery
Georgia Health Sciences University
1120 15th Street, BI 3088
Augusta, GA 30912-2900

Office: (706) 721-6051

Human Brain Laboratory
Office: (706) 721-3322

Multiphoton Imaging Laboratory
Office: 706) 721-5486
          
Fax: (706) 721-8000
       

email: skirov@georgiahealth.edu