Gilles van Luijtelaar

Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Biography

Dr. ELJM (Gilles) of Luijtelaar (1951, Hoogeveen) has been appointed by July 1, 2012 Professor of Biological Psychology at the Radboud University Nijmegen. The chair is housed in the Donders Centre for Cognition, part of the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour.

The biological psychology examines the behavior of humans and animals from the knowledge of the biology, in particular, of the physiology of the brain. It is the understanding of behavior in a broad sense and cognitive functions such as learning and memory, attention, perception and emotions. Behavior and brain functions are both measured and manipulated and these studies provide insight into the relationship between brain function and behavior, and behavior disorders.

Gilles Luijtelaar studied from 1971 to 1977 psychology at Tilburg University and Northern Illinois University, USA, with specializations specializations experimental and physiological psychology. Since 1978 Van Luijtelaar is affiliated with the Radboud University, where he obtained his PhD in 1986 for research into the function of paradoxical sleep.

Dr. From Luijtelaar coordinated and developed numerous courses in the field of neurobiology, psychopharmacology, psychonomy, taught and supervised hundreds of students, including the universities of Wageningen, Leiden and the Atma Jaya University in Jakarta, Indonesia.

From Luijtelaar has a longstanding relationship with research funders and the Dutch Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Epilepsy Foundation. He has done much research on abnormal brain function, especially in animal models for neurological and psychiatric disorders. By him and colleagues in Nijmegen developed animal model, the WAG / Rij rat, enjoys worldwide recognition. From Luijtelaar publishes widely with colleagues from home and abroad and his work is frequently cited.