Dimitri De Bundel

Dimitri De Bundel is a senior lecturer at the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy of Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He graduated as a Pharmacist (summa cum laude, 2004) and obtained a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences (2009) at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He pursued postdoctoral training at Karolinska Institutet (Sweden, 2009-2011) and Institut Génomique Fonctionelle (France, 2011-2014). Dimitri De Bundel is a member of the Experimental Pharmacology research group, which employs a range of behavioural, neurochemical and electrophysiological approaches to study the brain. Through precision pharmacology with modulation of cellular activity in brain regions of interest, he aims to contribute to a better understanding and treatment of memory and mood dysfunction in neurological and psychiatric disorders.

Key interests

• Neurobiology of emotion and memory
• Mouse models for brain disorders
• Cell-type specific neuroscience methods
• Psychedelics and other psychotropics
• Non-invasive electrical brain stimulation

Education & Research career

2019-Present: Associate Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel 
2014-2019: Assistant Professor, Vrije Universiteit Brussel 
2012-2014: Postdoctoral Fellow, Institut de Génomique Fonctionelle, France 
2009-2011: Postdoctoral Researcher, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden 
2009-2009: Postdoctoral Researcher Vrije Universiteit Brussel 
2004-2009: Ph.D., FWO, Vrije Universiteit Brussel 
1999-2004: Pharm.D., Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Research stays abroad

10/2008-11/2008: University of Crete, Heraklion, Greece (Dr. Kyriakis Thermos)
04/2014-05/2014: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratories, New York, United States (Dr. Bo Li)
10/2006-08/2007: Florey Institute, Melbourne, Australia (Dr. Siew Yeen Chai)

Awards

Pôle Rabelais Prix des Grandes Avancées en Biologie Santé (2017)
Hugo D'Haenen Award, BCNBP (2015)
Nedeljkovic Award, BSP (2004)