Elena Galea#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 5856 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SPAIN |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.icrea.cat/Web/ScientificStaff/elena-galea-248 |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-4537-9897 |
Elena Galea passed away January 23, 2023.
Positions Held
- 2004 ICREA Research Professor (Full Professor), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- 2012 - 2013 Visiting scholar, Massachusetts General Institute for Neurodegenerative disease, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA
- 2008 - 2010 Vice Director, Institute of Neurosciences, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain
- 2002 Visiting scholar, Laboratoire de Recerca Cerebrovasculaire, CNRS, Paris, France
- 1998 - 2003 Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Illinois, Chicago, USA
- 1995 - 1997 Instructor, Department of Neuroscience, Cornell University Medical College, New York, USA
- 1991 - 1994 Postdoc/Research Associate, Department of Neuroscience, Cornell University Medical College, New York, USA
- 1990: PhD Biology, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
- 1985: BS Biology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
Fields of Scholarship
- Neurodegeneration
- Alzheimer's disease
- Astrocytes
- Systems Neuroscience
- Two-photon microscopy
- Artificial intelligence
- Drug discovery
- Neurotrauma
- Big data
- Systems Biology
Honours and Awards
- 2006 ICREA Conference Award ‘Advances in Alzheimer´s disease’ Barcelona
- 1992 - 1995 American Multiple Sclerosis Society; Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship Cornell University, New York, USA
- 1991 - 1992 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Postdoctoral Fellowship Cornell University, New York, USA
- 1986 - 1989 Ministry of Education and Science; Predoctoral fellowship Universidad Autónoma, Madrid, Spain
