Background
Fernandez-Moran, Humberto was born on February 18, 1924 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Son of Luis and Elena (Villalobos) Fernandez-M.
Fernandez-Moran, Humberto was born on February 18, 1924 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Son of Luis and Elena (Villalobos) Fernandez-M.
Doctor of Medicine, University Munich, Germany, 1944. Doctor of Medicine, University Caracas, Venezuela, 1945. Master of Science, University Stockholm, Sweden, 1951.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Stockholm, Sweden, 1952.
Fellow neurology, neuropath., George Washington University, 1945-1946;
intern, George Washington University Hospital, 1945-1946;
resident, Serafimerlasarettet, Stockholm, 1946-1958;
foreign assistant, Neurosurg. Clinic, Stockholm, 1946-1948;
research fellow, Nobel Institute Physics, Stockholm, 1947-1949;
research fellow, Institute Cell Research & Genetics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, 1948-1951;
assistant professor, Institute Cell Research & Genetics, Karolinska Institutet, 1952;
professor, department chairman biophysics, U. Caracas, 1951-1958;
director, Venezuelan Institute Neurology and Brain Research, Caracas, 1954-1958;
associate biophysicist neurosurgery service, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 1958-1962;
visiting lecturer department biology, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1958-1962;
research associate neuropath., Harvard, 1958-1962;
professor biophysics, University of Chicago, since 1962;
Anugrah Narayan Pritzker professor biophysics, University of Chicago
now professor emeritus, University of Chicago
special science attaché, Embassy of Venezuela, Bern, Switzerland, 1989;
science advisory, Embassy of Venezuela, Portugal, since 1991;
minister-counsellor science affairs, Embassy of Venezuela, Stockholm, since 1992. Science and cultural attaché to Venezuelan legations, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, 1947-1954.
Head Venezuelan commission Atomic Energy Conference, Geneva, 1955. Chairman Venezuelan commission 1st Inter-American-Symposium on Nuclear Energy, Brookhaven, New York, 1957. Minister of education, Venezuela, 1958.
Mem.Orgn. American States advisory commission on science development in Latin American, National Academy.Scis., 1958. Member United States National Committee United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1957.
Fellow American Academy Arts and Science. Member Venezuelan Academy Medicine (honorary), Academia Ciencias Fisicas y Matematicas (Caracas), American Academy Neurology (correspondent member), International Society Cell Biology, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Lima, societies Neurology, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Lima, Porto Alegre societies surgery, Electron Microscopy Society of America (special citation), American Nuclear Society, Pan American Medical Association, Sociedad Bolivárianade Arquitectos (Venezuela) (honorary), Pan American Association of Anatomy (honorary).
Married Anna Browallius, December 30, 1953. Children: Brigida Elena, Veronica.
