Neurology and Neuroscience

Biography

Prof. Harry Steinbusch is appointed as Professor in Cellular Neuroscience at the Department of Psychiatry and Neuropsychology, Past-Director of the School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Founding- Director of the European Graduate School for Neuroscience at Maastricht University and currently President-Elect of the Neurotoxicity Society. Recently he is appointed as Fellow of the Indian Society for Neurosciences, as Adjunctive Professor at Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine in Japan, as Adjunctive Professor at University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He is the founding editor of the Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, IF: 2.2. His research is focused on neurodevelopmental influences towards depression and neurodegenerative diseases studied in animal models. This implies combining a broad range of techniques, i.e. molecular neurobiology, quantitative neuromorphology, animal behavior and epigenetics. He has thus far guided 96 Ph.D. students. He has been involved as the director of the travel IBRO program. He has been twice coordinator of a Marie Curie Early Stage Training site. His current Hirsch factor is 83; publications: 475; citations without self-citations: 29,613.

Research Interest

Neuroanatomy, Neurodegeneration, Alzheimer, Depression.