Background
Lajtha, Abel was born on September 22, 1922 in Budapest, Hungary. Naturalized.
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Abel Lajtha
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Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry, Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, 1945. Doctor of Medicine (honorary), University Padua.
Career
Assistant professor biochemistry Eotvos Lorand University, 1945-1947. Assistant professor Institute Muscle Research and Massachusetts, 1949-1950. Senior research scientist New York State Psychiatric Institute, 1950-1957, associate research scientist, 1957-1962, principal research scientist, 1962-1966.
Director New York State Research Institute Neurochemistry, since 1966. Professor experimental psychiatry School Medicine New York University, since 1971. Now director Center for Neurochemistry Nathan S. Kline Institute, Orangeburg, New York.
Assistant professor College Physicians & Surgeons, Columbia University, 1956-1969.
Achievements
Membership
Member Armenian, Hungarian, Slovenian Academy of Sciences, International Brain Research Organization, American Society Biological Chemists, American Academy Neurology, American College Neuropsychopharmacology, International Society Neurochemistry (president), American Chemical Society, American Society Neurochemistry (president).
Connections
Married; 2 children.
