Scientific interests

Basal ganglia functions with the emphasis on striatal mechanisms, Activity-dependent synaptic plasticity, learning & memory, hippocampal mechanisms, the suprachiasmatic nucleus, Prion-related mechanisms.

Present position

2002 -    Forskarassistenttjänst  (Position as Assistant professor) from Vetenskapsrådet (The Swedish Research Council), Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet.

Previous positions 1999—

2002   Research fellowship from Hjärnfonden (The Swedish Brain Foundation), Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet.

2000 - 2001  Research fellow at the MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, University of Bristol, Bristol, England.

1999 Researcher at the Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute.
Education

2000 - 2001  Postdoc. at the MRC Centre for Synaptic Plasticity, Department of Anatomy, University of Bristol , UK .

1999 Ph.D. (Med. Dr.) in Neurobiology (Neurophysiology) at the Nobel institute for Neurophysiology, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institute.

1990 - 1991     Research studies in the group ”Studies of Artificial Neural Systems (SANS)”, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm.

1991   B.Sc. (Fil. kand.) in Chemistry at Stockholm University . Additional education in Mathematics, Physics, Meteorology and Neurochemistry.

Teaching & tutoring

Lectures in neuroscience in a number of fields such as synaptic plasticity, learning and memory, basal ganglia functions, visual system, cellular & synaptic mechanisms and hearing systems.

Co-supervisor of two graduate students and one post-doc. Supervisor of two project students.

Grant situation

Grants presently from the Swedish Research Council, Ostermans Foundation, KI foundations, the Swedish Royal Academy (KVA) and Magnus Bergwalls Foundation

Positions of responsibility

2002 - Member of the board, Center for Cognition, Stockholm

2005 -  Course coordinator for the Research preparatory education in Neuroscience.

2002 – 2004  Course coordinator for Neuroscience-education for technology students.

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Last modified: 2009-06-02