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Nicholas Sperelakis Biography
Professor Nicholas Sperelakis currently serves as Joseph Eichberg Professor Emeritus of Physiology and Biophysics at the College of Medicine at the University of Cincinnati. A cell physiologist specializing in cellular electrophysiology, he received a B.S. in Chemistry in 1951 and a Ph.D. in Physiology in 1957, both at the University of Illinois, Urbana. Dr. Sperelakis is the author/co-author of nearly 500 scientific articles in journals and books. He has lectured at numerous universities worldwide and at international conferences/symposia. He has also trained many postdoctoral fellows and graduate students, and has been a visiting professor at several foreign universities. Professor Sperelakis has served on a number of journal editorial boards. He is a member of numerous professional societies and has served on the Council for several of them. He has served on the science program advisory committees for various international conferences and has organized several conferences. Dr. Sperelakis was an Established Investigator of the American Heart Association, Fellow at the Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole), and elected Fellow of the American College of Cardiology. His listings include Who's Who in the World, in America, in Science and Engineering, and in American Education.

Nicholas Sperelakis was born of Greek immigrants in 1930 and raised in Joliet, Illinois. He met his wife Dolores at Case Western Reserve University and they married in 1960. Together they raised six children and now currently reside in the Cincinnati, Ohio area.

Professional Positions:
1957-1966 Assistant Professor and Associate Professor of Physiology, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio

1966-1983 Professor of Physiology, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville, Virginia

1983-1993 Professor and Chairman, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio

1993-1996 Joseph Eichberg Professor of Physiology and Biophysics, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio

1996-present Joseph Eichberg Professor Emeritus

Education:
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, B.S., Class of 1951; Chemistry

US Navy & Marine Corps Electronics School; Electronics Certificate 1952

University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, M.S., 1955; Physiology

University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, Ph.D., 1957; Physiology

Military Service:
U.S. Marine Corps, Korean War (1951-1953)

U.S.M.C. Reserves (1953-1959)

Academic Honors and Awards:

 * Fellow of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, 2002.


 * Samuel Kaplan Visionary Award for Basic Cardiovascular Research, 1996 of the American Heart Association, SW Ohio Chapter.


 * Research Merit Award, 1995, of the American Heart Association, Ohio Affiliate.


 * Graduate Fellow of the University of Cincinnati (elected in 1989).


 * Award for Outstanding Research, Mentoring, and Teaching 1995; Graduate Students, Dept. of Molec. and Cell. Physiology, University of Cincinnati.


 * Professor of the Year Award, 1985; Graduate Students, Dept. of Physiology & Biophysics, Universtity of Cincinnati.


 * Fellow of the American College of Cardiology (F.A.C.C.), 1979


 * Established Investigator of the American Heart Association, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, 1961-1966


 * Fellow of the nerve-muscle training program, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, MA (1957)

Books

 * Cell Physiology Source Book, edited by N. Sperelakis. Academic Press Publishers, San Diego.  1st edition, 738 pg., 1995; 2nd edition, 1,095 pg., 1998; 3rd edition, 1994 pg. 2001.


 * Essentials of Physiology, edited by N. Sperelakis & R.O. Banks. Little Brown Publishers, Boston.  1st edition, 911 pg., 1993; 2nd edition, 722 pg, 1996.


 * Physiology and Pathophysiology of the Heart, edited by N. Sperelakis. Kluwer (Martinus Nijhoff) Academic Publishers, Boston.  1st edition, 846 pg., 1984; 2nd edition, 1009 pg.,1988; 3rd edition, 1173 pg., 1994: 4th edition, 1261 pg. 2000.


 * Electrogenesis of Biopotentials, A monograph by N. Sperelakis. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 364 pg., 1995.


 * Ion Channels of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Endothelial Cells, edited by N. Sperelakis & H. Kuriyama. Elsevier Publishers, New York, 374 pg., 1991.


 * Frontiers in Smooth Muscle Research, edited by N. Sperelakis & J.D. Wood. Alan Liss Publishing, New York, 849 ppg., 1990.


 * Calcium Antagonists: Mechanism of Action on Cardiac Muscle and Vascular Smooth Muscle, edited by N. Sperelakis & J.B. Caulfield.  Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, Boston. 352 pg., 1984.