Personal data: Born on March 2, 1951 in Pécs, Hungary.
Academic and professional background: BS with excellence, Nagy Lajos High School (1969); MD degree summa cum laude from the University Medical School of Debrecen (1975); Board certification in Surgical and General Pathology & Pathohistology in 1979, and in Neuropathology in 1989; Ph.D. and Dr. Sci. from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Dr. med/habil. (DOTE, Debrecen) in 1995. Main fields: Pathology, neuropathology, clinical and experimental neuro-oncology. Career: Present positions: 1995-date, Full Professor of Pathology, DOTE, Department of Pathology; 1985-date, Visiting Professor in the Department of Neurology at Northwestern University Medical School and Mark Moritz Brain Tumor Research Scholar, Brain Tumor Research Laboratory, Evanston Hospital, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. Past positions: "Henry A. Gamson" Visiting Professor, Evanston Northwestern Health Brain Tumor Research Laboratories, 2000-date; Visiting Clinician, Department of Pathology and Neuro-Oncology Program, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, 1998; Director and Research Director of the "Hungarian-Japanese Electron Microscopic Center", 1994-date; Research Advisor, DOTE Central Research Laboratory, Division of Electron Microscopy, 1992-93. Memberships: American Association of Neuropathology; European Association of Neuro-Oncology; European Society of Pathology; European Cell Biology Organization; International Academy of Pathology; American Association for Cancer Research; British Neuropathological Society, amongst multiple other professional associations. Publications: Dr. Molnar has maintained a constant flow of reports, papers, abstracts and book chapters throughout his distinguished career. Awards and honours: Honorary Recognition of 25-year-long active employment (DE-OEC), 2000; "Teva-Biogal Scientific Research Award", bestowed by the Research Committee of "Teva-Biogál" Pharmaceutical Ltd., 1998; "Széchenyi" Professorship and Fellowship awarded by the Board of Directors, Széchenyi Fund, Hungarian Ministry of Education, 1997-2000. Civic and political activities: Councillor of the Hungarian Division of the International Society of Neuropathology, 1995-date; Member of the Board of Directors, Hungarian Division, International Academy of Pathology, 1996-date.