DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: February 24th 1937, Bucharest, Romania

POSITIONS AND TITLES:

	Director, Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology "N. Simionescu", Bucharest
	Visiting Professor at McGill University, School of Medicine, Montreal, Canada
	Visiting Professor, Yale University, School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology, New Haven, USA
	Visiting Professor at Columbia University, New York, USA
	Borun Visiting Professor of Cardiology, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA
	Member of the Romanian Academy
	President of the Romanian Society for Cell Biology
	Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences
	Vicepresident of the Romanian Academy

EDUCATION:

	1954 - Baccalaureate, High School "I.Hasdeu", Bucharest
	1959 - Ph.D. in Biology, University of Bucharest
	1978 - Doctor of Biological Sciences University of Bucharest, Biological Sciences

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

	1960-1971	Institute of Endocrinology, Bucharest, Scientific Investigator
	1971-1973	Rockefeller University, New York, Research Associate
	1973-1979	Yale University, School of Medicine Research Associate and Lecturer in Cell Biology and Cytology
	1979-1994	Visiting Professor, Yale University
	1979	Visiting Professor, McGill University
	1990-1991	Visiting Distinguished Professor of Columbia University
	1979-1995	Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology, Bucharest, Senior Scientific Investigator (grade I)
	1995-present	Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology "N. Simionescu" Director
	1998-present	Vicepresident of the Romanian Academy

SPECIAL TRAINING IN CELL BIOLOGY:

	1970 - 1973	The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA  Research Associate, Department of Cell Biology,  Head of Department: Prof. George E. Palade
	1973 - 1979	Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA Research Associate and Lecturer, Department of Cell Biology  Head of Department: Prof. George E. Palade

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

The cardiovascular system in health and disease

Endothelium: cell biology and cell pathology. Transport of molecules Microcirculation: ultrastructure, permeability characteristics Vascular wall: functional-structural correlations Lung: functional-structural correlations Atherosclerosis – cellular and molecular alterations of prelesional and lesional stages Pathobiochemistry of Diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes induced - accelerated vascular diseases

TEACHING EXPERIENCE:

	19 years	Yale University, USA: Cell Biology, Cytology, Histology Course
	5 years	University of Bucharest, Romania
		University of Constanta, Romania

AWARDS AND HONORS:

	1978	The Louis and Arthur Lucian International Award for Research in Circulatory Diseases-McGill University, Montreal, Canada
	1987	Medal of the Institute of Clinical Electron Microscopy, Bologna, Italy
	1990	Ludwig Schaefer Distinguished Professor, Columbia University, USA
	1990	Borum Professor of Cardiology, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
	1990	Correspondent Member of the Romanian Academy
	1991	Ludwig Schaefer Distinguished Professor, Columbia University, USA
	1991	Member of the Romanian Academy
	1998	Vicepresident of the Romanian Academy
	1998	Member of the Academy of Medical Sciences
	1998	Sanofi Thrombosis Prize - for Atherosclerosis and Thrombosis Research
	2000	Doctor Honoris Causa of the University “Ovidius”, Constanta, Romania
	2000	Doctor Honoris Causa of the University of Medicine “Gr.T.Popa”, Iasi, Romania
	2001	UNESCO - L’Oreal Special Honor Award for Women in Science
	2001	Award “Rio Branco - Comendador”, of the Brasilian Presidency
	2001	Honorary Member of the Academy of Sciences, Republic of Moldova

MEMBER OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES:

	1973	American Society for Cell Biology
	1982	Romanian Society for Cell Biology
	1982	European Cell Biology Organization
	1992	European Life Sciences Organization - Vice- President
	1998	European Life Sciences Organization

CONSULTANT FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS:

	National Institutes of Health - NHLB
	National Science Foundation, USA
	Swiss National Science Foundation
	Welcome Trust, England
	Romanian Academy

EDITORIAL BOARDS:

	1977-1992	Microvascular Research
	1989-present	European Journal of Cell Biology
	1989-present	Differentiation
	1990-present	Sciences at Techniques de l'Animal de Laboratoire
	1993-present	Cell and Tissue Research
	1995-present	Journal of Submicroscopical Cytology and Pathology
	1999-present	Biomedical Reviews

PUBLICATIONS

	~ 200 scientific articles published in international peer review journals (Journal of Cell Biology, Laboratory Investigation, FASEB Journal, American Journal of Pathology, Endothelium, Atherosclerosis, Biochimica Biophysica Acta, Acta Diabetologica etc.);
	40 chapters in handbooks (Elsevier, Annals of New York Academy of Science, Raven Press, William and Wilkins, Academic Press, Marcel Dekker, Springer International etc.);
	2 monographs published by Plenum Press (co-editor);
	1 monograph in Romanian;
	~ 100 abstratcs prezented at international scientific meetings.

CHAIRPERSON AND INVITED SPEAKER (plenary lectures) at over 50 scientific meetings in USA, Germany, Italy, Canada, Greece, Netherland, Japan, Switzerland, Belgium, Mexico etc.

	Co-director NATO Advanced Study Institute, July 2000.
	"Vascular Endothelium: Source and Target of Inflammatory Mediators". Crete, Greece.

A SCIENTIFIC SIDE PROJECT:

- "A Romanian Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology" -

Having a great desire to develop Cell Biology in Romania, in 1971 while in USA, Prof. Maya Simionescu together with Prof. Nicolae Simionescu initiated a daring project for an Institute of Cellular Biology and Pathology (ICBP) in Bucharest, Romania, designing a detailed structural plan and the scientific program. The main objectives of ICBP were: biomedical research, training scientists from the entire country, Ph.D. and post-doctoral programs, promotion of modern cell biology and pathology in Romania and facilitation of international exchanges. Since 1979 when officially opened, Maya Simionescu was responsible for the scientific program, trained directly all young scientists in the framework of a Ph.D. program, (many now working in other laboratories in Europe). In 20 years of intensive research ICBP became internationally recognised. Under the leadership of Maya Simionescu, in 1995, ICBP was re-elected member Institution of UNESCO-Molecular Cell Biology Network, Center of Excellence of the Romanian Academy (1998), Center of Excellence of the National Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation (2000) and selected, by competition, Center of Excellence of the European Community (2000).