Horacio Vanegas

Background

Vanegas, Horacio was born on September 3, 1939 in Caracas, Venezuela. Son of Horacio and Carmen (Fischbach) Vanegas.

Education

Bachelor in Medicine and Surgery, Central University, Venezuela, 1962. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1968.

Career

Assistant professor, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas), Caracas, 1969-1977; associate professor, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas), Caracas, 1977-1981; professor, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas), Caracas, since 1981; chair department biophysics and biochemistry, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas), 1984-1986; deputy director, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas), 1986-1988; director, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Cientificas (Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas), 1988-1992; guest researcher, Max-Planck Institute, Munich, 1975-1976; professor, Control U. Venezuela, Caracas, since 1988. Visiting professor University of California, San Francisco, 1982-1983. Founding president Quimbiotec, Inc., Venezuela, 1989-1992.

Board directors National Research Council, Venezuela, 1989-1994. Guest scientist U. Würzburg, 1995-1997. Founding Venezuelan governor International Center Genetic Engineering Biotechnology, Trieste, Italy, 1993-1996.

Achievements

• Horacio Vanegas has been listed as a notable Neurobiology scientist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director Centro Latinoamericano Ciencias Biologicas (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), Venezuela, 1987-1990. Vice president U. Iberoamericana Postgrado, Salamanca, 1989-1993. Chair Venezuelan committee Fogarty International Fellowship, 1988-1990, Pew Latin American Fellowship, 1990-1992.

Member International Association for Study of Pain, International Brain Research Organisation, Society for Neurosci., European Neurosci. Association, Yale Club of Venezuela, Venezuelan Association Study of Pain (founding president 1994-1996).

Connections

Father:

Horacio Vanegas

Mother:

Carmen (Fischbach) Vanegas