After graduating from the medical school of the University of Pécs, Hungary, György Buzsáki has worked there and then at UCSD, San Diego, from 1986-1990. From 1990 on he is a Professor at the Center for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ. His work concentrates on the role of the hippocampus in memory trace consolidation, using different multielectrode methods, and the modeling of neuronal circuitry. He is Elected Fellow of AAAS (2004), external member of the Hungarian Academy Sciences, 2001. Some of his most recent publications: Buzsáki, G., Geisler., C., Henze, D. A. and Wang, X-J. (2004): Circuit complexity and axon wiring economy of cortical interneurons. Trend in Neurosciences, 27, 186-193 Buzsaki, G. and Draguhn, A. (2004) Neuronal oscillations in cortical networks. Science 304: 1926-1929, Buzsaki, G. (2004) Large-scale recording of neuronal ensembles. Nature Neurosci 7:446-451.