Harry Steinbusch
President Neurotoxicity Society
Maastricht University
Netherland
Biography
Prof. Harry Steinbusch is appointed as Professor in Cellular Neuroscience at Maastricht University in the Netherlands. He is President of the International Neurotoxicity Society. He is founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Chemical Neuroanatomy, current i.f. 2.475. He is affiliated with the DGIST in Daegu, Korea; KBSI in Deagon, Korea; USP in Sao Paulo, Brazil; Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan; NIMHANS, Bangalore, India. His research interest is focussed on neurodevelopmental influences towards depression and neurodegenerative diseases studied in animal models approaches to start and prevent neurodegenerative processes. This implies combining a broad range of techniques, i.e. molecular neurobiology, quantitative neuromorphology, animal behavior and epigenetics. He has thus far guided 84 Ph.D. students. He has gathered a total of 475 papers. He has been twice coordinating a Marie Curie Early Stage Training site. Currently. He is coordinator of an Erasmus Mundus + program between 4 Euron universities and 3 universities in Japan. He is affilated on 17 editoriaal board and member of 8 International review committees. His current Hirsch factor is 69 and M-factor is 1.9.
Research Interest
Neurodevelopmental influences towards depression and Neurodegenerative diseases