25 Facts About Miodrag Radulovacki

Miodrag Radulovacki, was a Serbian American scientist and inventor.

Miodrag Radulovacki was professor of pharmacology in the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago, Radulovacki's research accomplishments include: the Adenosine Sleep Theory, and pioneering pharmacological studies for the treatment of sleep apnea, together with research collaborator, David W Carley,.

Miodrag Radulovacki was a Foreign Member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Miodrag Radulovacki was born on April 28,1933, in Parage, a village in northwestern Serbia.

At the beginning of World War II, Miodrag Radulovacki's father was drafted into the Yugoslav Army and was later taken prisoner by the invading Germans.

In 1943, Miodrag Radulovacki moved to Sremski Karlovci after his mother accepted a teaching position in the town.

Miodrag Radulovacki attended Karlovci High School or "Gymnasium," which is the oldest high school in Serbia.

Miodrag Radulovacki graduated as valedictorian of the Karlovci High School Class of 1951.

Miodrag Radulovacki gained admission to the University of Belgrade School of Medicine.

Miodrag Radulovacki graduated from the University of Belgrade School of Medicine in 1959.

Miodrag Radulovacki went on to obtain a PhD in Neurophysiology.

Miodrag Radulovacki spent 18 months at the University of California, Los Angeles Brain Research Institute where his mentor was Ross Adey.

In 1966, Miodrag Radulovacki accepted a teaching position with the Physiology Department in the College of Medicine at the University of Khartoum, Sudan.

From 1970 to 1984, at the University of Illinois, Miodrag Radulovacki published a series of papers dealing with the role of monoamines in sleep.

In 1970, Miodrag Radulovacki was recruited by Klaus Unna to join the Department of Pharmacology in the College of Medicine at the University of Illinois at Chicago as an assistant professor.

Miodrag Radulovacki published more than 170 scientific papers during his career at the UIC.

In 1984, Miodrag Radulovacki postulated the Adenosine Sleep Theory,.

Miodrag Radulovacki reasoned that if the blocking of adenosine receptors produces excitation, then perhaps stimulation of the same receptors could induce sleep.

In 1993, Radulovacki started a collaboration with David W Carley, a professor of medicine, bioengineering and pharmacology at the UIC.

Miodrag Radulovacki was named the 2010 Inventor of the Year at the University of Illinois, alongside Carley.

In 1990, Miodrag Radulovacki initiated the Yugoslav Student Summer Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana after the creation of International Linkage Agreements between the UIC and the Universities of Belgrade and Novi Sad in Yugoslavia.

Miodrag Radulovacki made numerous contributions to his home town of Sremski Karlovci.

Miodrag Radulovacki participated in several Birkebeiner-Kortelopet cross-country ski marathons in Cable-Hayward, Wisconsin.

Miodrag Radulovacki died on May 27,2014, in Belgrade, Serbia, while on two-week trip to promote his philanthropic projects.

Miodrag Radulovacki is survived by two sons and four grandchildren.