Professor, Department of Neurosurgery
Director, Human Brain Laboratory
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
■ PhD. 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)
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@augusta.edu
