Alan Urban
Assistant professor, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven
Group leader, NERF and VIB
Member of the Leuven Brain Institute
Email: alan.urban@nerf.be
Phone: +32 (0)16 28 3986
External website: alan-urban.fr
- Started at NERF: 01/04/2016
Lab:
My expertise is on R&D of imaging technologies with a focus on functional ultrasound imaging (fUSi) of brain activity. My main objective is to use fUSi in combination with electrophysiological recording and optogenetics/pharmacological control of specific circuits for a better understanding of brain dynamics during multi-sensory stimulation in awake conditions.
At a fundamental level, I’m interested in deciphering the mechanisms for controlling blood supply in normal or pathological conditions where the neurovascular coupling is impaired such as observed in stroke, Alzheimer's Disease, brain tumors and several pathologies.
CAREER
Current position
| since 2017 | Assistant professor, Department of Neurosciences, KU Leuven |
| since 2016 | NERF Principal Investigator |
Education & training
| 2015–2016 | Senior scientist, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israël |
| 2012–2015 | Junior Group Leader, INSERM, Paris, France |
| 2010–2012 | Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Brain Science Institute, Wako-Shi, Japan |
| 2009–2012 | Assistant Professor, INSERM, ESPCI, Paris, France |
| 2008–2009 | Post-doctoral researcher, CNRS, ESPCI, Paris, France |
| 2008 | PhD, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France |
| 2003 | MSc, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France |
| 2002 | BSc, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France |
Honors & awards
| 2018 | Gold medal & Prize from Paris City Hall at the 117th Concours Lépine International |
| 2017 | Tetelman Fellowship for International Research in the Sciences for Jessica TANTIVIT |
| 2017 | C.Génial foundation, 1st prize in technology development (“Dustrack’r” project) |
| 2016 | C.Génial foundation, 2nd Prize in technology development (“Canne I see” Project) |
| 2014 | Norbert Segard Foundation Prize – Best Young Innovator.2008 FDF PhD Prize |
| 1999 | European Contest for Young Scientists on Protein Purification Prize (CIPP) |
