Martin Lauritzen#
| Membership Number: | 4516 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | DENMARK |
| Homepage(s): | http://dnp.ku.dk/research/neuronalsignaling/research/martinlauritzen |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2004 - 2005 Visiting Professor, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
- 2007 - present Professor of Translational Neurobiology (Chair), University of Copenhagen
- 1998 – present Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology (Chair), University of Copenhagen
- 2011 - present Consultant, Dept. of Clinical Neurophysiology and Danish Center for Sleep Medicine, Rigshospitalet
- 1994 - 2011 Head of Department, Dept. of Clinical Neurophysiology and Danish Center for Sleep Medicine, Glostrup Hospital
- 1993 Resident and consultant at Copenhagen University Hospitals, 1987-1994, board-certified specialist in clinical neurophysiology
- 1985 - 1986 Fulbright Scholar, Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, New York University Medical Center
- 1978 - 1986 Research Fellow Depts. Neurology and General Physiology, University of Copenhagen
- 1978 MD from University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Fields of Scholarship
- Brain energetic costs of information processing
- Migraine mechanisms and cortical spreading depression
- Brain barriers and drug delivery
- Two-photon microscopy and optogenetics
- The sphingosine-1-receptor system in BBB regulation
- Neuronal network activity and cognition
- Mathematical modelling of vascular permeability
- Pathophysiology of acute brain injury
- Sepsis and neurodegeneration
- Regulation of brain blood flow
Honours and Awards
- 2016 Niels A Lassen Prize
- 2004 Humboldt Research Award in Medicine (Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung, Germany)
- 1992 Arnold Friedman Distinguished Clinician/Researcher Award (American Headache Association)
- 1983 Harold G. Wolff Award (American Headache Association)
- 1983 Award of the Danish Neurological Society
