Gitte Knudsen
Keynote speaker “PET is Wonderful” 2019

Prof Knudsen is a Professor of neurobiology, Chief Consultant and Chairmain of the Neurobiology Research Unit and Director of Center for Experimental Medicine Neuropharmacology (NeuroPharm) at the Copenhagen University. Her previous appointments included visiting scientist at NIH and at Stony Brook, USA (1985-90), at Institute of Physiology, Bonn, Germany (1988-89), and at MGH Harvard, Boston (2011-12). As well as, Director of Center for Integrated Molecular Brain Imaging (Cimbi) 2006-15. Prof Knudsen’s scientific interests include blood-brain barrier transport, neurobiology of cerebral blood flow and metabolism and the neurobiology of cerebral neurotransmission with particular emphasis on molecular brain imaging. She has published over 351 scientific papers and reviews, as well as, 28 books/book chapters. Since 1999, Prof Knudsen supervised a total of 24 PhD-students who have defended their PhD thesis. Currently, she is supervising 9 PhD students and mentoring 10 post docs. Prof Knudsen is the Field Editor at the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology since 2013. She is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Brain Prize (2013-17) and a current member of the Brain Prize Council (since 2017), a scientific advisor for the Kristian G. Jebsen Foundation, Norway (since 2014) and a board member of the Elsass Foundation (since 2015). Prof Knudsen is also the President-elect of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ECNP) since 2016 and the Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for The Human Brain Project since 2017.A short bio with personal history, key achievements, or an interesting fact.