Krešimir Krnjević

Krešimir Krnjević (7 September 1927 – 16 April 2021 ) was a Canadian-British neurophysiologist of Croatian extraction.

Life and work Krnjević was born in Zagreb in the family of prominent politician Juraj Krnjević and spent most of his childhood abroad, including in Geneva, London and Cape Town. He attended the University of Edinburgh earning MBChb in 1949, BSc in physiology in 1951 and PhD in 1953 all at the University of Edinburgh, He continued his post-doctoral studies at the University of Washington, Seattle, 1954–1956, and at the John Curtin School of Medical Research, Australian National University, Canberra, 1956–1958 after which he returned to the UK as Senior Principal Scientist Research Office at Babraham Institute, Cambridge.

Awards, memberships and academic posts (selected) 1952–1954 Beit Memorial Fellow 1975 Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada 1978 Alexander Forbes Lecturer 1979 President of the Canadian Physiological Society 1983–1993 Council member of International Union of Physiological Sciences 1984 Gairdner Foundation International Award 1987 Officer of the Order of Canada 1989 Jasper Lecturer Canadian Association for Neuroscience 1992 Corresponding member of the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts 1997 Prix Wilder-Penfield 1998 Kershman Lecturer, Eastern EEG Association 2001 Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

Selected publications