Jozsef Csicsvari

{{short description|Hungarian neuroscientist}}

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Jozsef Csicsvari is a Hungarian neuroscientist and Professor of Neuroscience at the Institute of Science and Technology in Austria. Csicsvari studies systems neuroscience and learning, particularly that of the hippocampus.{{cite news|last1=Kugler|first1=Martin|title=Elektroden im Hirn – oder: Wie man im Schlaf lernt|url=http://diepresse.com/home/science/729645/Elektroden-im-Hirn-oder_Wie-man-im-Schlaf-lernt|accessdate=11 April 2016|work=Die Presse|agency=4 February 2012|language=German}} Csicsvari uses electrophysiology to study place cells in the rat hippocampus.{{cite web|last1=IST Austria|title=Mapping blank spots in the cheeseboard maze|url=http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-blank-cheeseboard-maze.html#nRlv|publisher=Medical Xpress|accessdate=11 April 2016}}{{cite web|title=Csicsvari Group|url=https://ist.ac.at/research/research-groups/csicsvari-group/|publisher=IST Austria|accessdate=11 April 2016}} In 2010, the ad hominem title of Professor of Neuroscience was conferred upon him by Oxford University to recognise Csicsvari's "brilliant career".{{cite web|title=Congratulations to Prof. Jozsef Csicsvari!|url=http://mrcanu.pharm.ox.ac.uk/news/congratulations-prof-jozsef-csicsvari|publisher=Oxford University Department of Pharmacology|accessdate=11 April 2016}}

In 2019 Csicsvari was elected to the Academia Europaea.