Cognitive Neuroscience

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITION:
David P Wolfer has been Associate Professor of Anatomy at the Institute of Anatomy at the University of Zürich and at the Institute Human Movement Sciences at ETH Zürich since 2005.

EDUCATION:
He studied medicine at the University of Zürich and got his doctorate in 1988 with a neuroanatomical study on lifelong synapse formation in the guinea pig brain. After postdoctoral studies at the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at the University of Rochester NY he returned to the University of Zürich where he established a research group at the Institute of Anatomy. In 1998 he obtained the venia legendi (habilitation) in anatomy.

MEMBERSHIPS/AWARDS:
• 2010 Member of the program commitee, IBANGS meeting 2010, Halifax
• 2008 Member of the examination board for human medicine, Federal Office of Public Health
• 2008 Member of the examination board for chiropractors, Federal Office of Public Health
• 2007 Student advisor, Medical Faculty, University of Zürich
• 2007 Coordinator test site Zürich, Swiss Medical Admission Test
• 2007 Member of the SUK/CUS advisory board of the Swiss Medical Admission Test
• 2005 Chair Division of Functional Neuroanatomy, Institute of Anatomy, University of Zürich
• 2002 Scientific advisory board, NewBehavior Inc
• 2002 Associate editor Genes, Brain and Behavior
• 1998 Radiation safety officer, Institute of Anatomy, University of Zürich

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
The research group of David P Wolfer investigates the biological basis of cognitive functions, in particular the role of the hippocampus in memory and the control of behavior.