Vincent Van Waes Professor
Course and current status
Effects of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on cognition, depression, and addiction-related behaviors: translational 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
- Professor, Franche-Comté University
- Co-director INSERM UMR 1322 LINC Laboratoire de recherches Intégratives en Neurosciences et psychologie Cognitive
- Head of the master’s degree program "Physiology, Neuroscience and Behavior"
- CNU member (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
Scientific summary
Vincent Van Waes graduated from the University of Lille, France, with a Master degree in Cognitive Science. He earned in 2008 the PhD degree in Neuroscience from the University of Lille, France, in collaboration with the Sapienza University of Roma, Italy (European Label). Following postdoctoral work at the Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology of the Chicago Medical School, North Chicago, USA, he joined in 2010 the University of Bourgogne-Franche Comté, France as a Research Assistant Professor (Maître de Conférences) in the Laboratory of Integrative and Clinical Neuroscience and was appointed Full Professor in 2017.
