received honorary degrees from the following universities: Universidad de Salamanca (Spain) (1985) Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (Spain) (1993) National University of Colombia (1994) Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain (1997) Los Andes University (Colombia), Bogotá, Colombia, (1998) Toyama University, Toyama, Japan (2005) University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy (2006) Dr. Llinás has received the following awards: UNESCO Albert Einstein medal (1991) Order of Boyaca Awarded President of Colombia for exceptional service to Colombia (1992) Bernard Katz Award Biohysical Society, Washington USA (2012) , Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain (2012) Cajal Diploma given by Queen Sofia of Spain Madrid, Spain (2013) Ragnar Granit Lecture and Award, Nobel Institute, Stockholm, Sweden (2013) Castilla del Pino Lecture and Award Cordoba, Spain (2015) Nansen Neuroscience Lecture and award Norwegian Academy of Science, Oslo, Norway (2016) Scholar of the Year Australian National University, Canberra, Australia (2016) Ralph W. Gerard Prize in Neuroscience Society for Neuroscience, (2018) He was the chairman of NASA/Neurolab Science Working Group, in 2011 received University Professor Distinction from New York University and in 2013, the NYU Neuroscience Institute created the Annual Rodolfo Llinás Lecture Series in recognition of his contributions to the field of neuroscience. Filmography Llinas, el cerebro y el universo. Documentary film, by Gonzalo Argandoña, Cabala Producción Audiovisual, (2018) RTVCplay Selected bibliography Llinás is the author of more than 20 book chapters and has edited several books on neuroscience. Books Hubbard, J.I., Llinás, R. and Quastel, D.M.J. Electrophysiological Analysis of Synaptic Transmission. London: Edward Arnold Publishers 1969. Llinás, R. Editor. Neurobiology of Cerebellar Evolution and Development. (Chicago: Am. Med. Association, 1969) Precht, W., Llinás, R. (eds.): Frog Neurobiology: a handbook. (Berlin: Springer-Verlag, 1976). Steriade, M., Jones, E., y Llinás, R (Eds.): Thalamic Oscillations and Signaling. The Neurosciences Institute Publications Series. (John Wiley & Sons, 1990). Llinás, R. y Sotelo, C (eds.): The Cerebellum Revisited. (Nueva York: Springer-Verlag, 1992). Buzsaki, G., Llinas, R., Singer, W., Berthoz, A., Christen, Y. (eds.): Temporal Coding in the Brain. (Nueva York: Springer-Verlag, 1994). Latorre, R., López-Barneo, J., Bezanilla, F., Llinás, R. (Eds) Biofísica y fisiología celular. (Universidad de Sevilla, España, 1996). Llinás, Rodolfo R. and Churchland, Patricia S. Mind-Brain Continuum: Sensory Processes The MIT Press (September 9, 1996) Llinás, Rodolfo R. The Squid Giant Synapse : A Model for Chemical Transmission Oxford University Press, USA (December 15, 1999) Llinás, Rodolfo. El reto: Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología. Tercer Mundo Editores, (2000) Llinás, R. I of the vortex: