CV Science

Vincent Van Waes Professor

Course and current status

Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on cognition, depression, and addiction-related behaviors: preclinical studies

Targeting tongue fat taste sensors to decrease obesity: impact of fat taste modulators on the reward system

Regulation of basal ganglia-cortical interactions by psychostimulants: Methylphenidate-SSRIs coadministration

Current position

• Director UMR INSERM 1322 LINC Laboratoire de recherches Intégratives en Neurosciences et psychologie Cognitive
• Professor, Franche-Comté University
• Head of the master’s degree program "Physiology, Neuroscience and Behavior"
• National Concil of Universities member (CNU section 69)
  

Previous positions

• 2022- First class Professor (CNU, national ranking)
  
• 2017- Professor, Franche Comté University
• 2010- Assistant Professor, Franche Comté University
• 2008- Postdoctoral fellow, Chicago Medical School

Book: The Handbook of Non-Invasive Transcranial Brain Stimulation in the Cognitive Domain (2025)

https://shop.elsevier.com/books/the-handbook-of-non-invasive-transcranial-brain-stimulation-in-the-cognitive-domain/van-waes/978-0-443-26602-7

Scientific summary

Vincent Van Waes graduated with a Master’s degree in Cognitive Science from the University of Lille, France. He obtained his Ph.D. in Neuroscience (European label) in 2008 from the same institution, in collaboration with Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy. After completing postdoctoral training in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology at the Chicago Medical School (North Chicago, USA), he joined the University of Franche-Comté in Besançon, France, as a Research Assistant Professor in 2010 and was promoted to Full Professor in 2017. He served as Co-Director of the Integrative Research Laboratory in Neuroscience and Cognitive Psychology (INSERM UMR 1322, LINC) from 2018 to 2025 and has been Director of the unit since 2025.