Research Groups

Our three research groups; Stenbæk Research Group, Fischer Research Group, and Palner Lab, collaborate to investigate the effects of psychedelics on the brain, behavior, and mental health using brain imaging, psychological measures, and animal models.

26. April 2024

Christina Rostrup Kruuse

Professor of Neurorehabilitation

17. May 2024

Daniel Kondziella

Professor of Clinical Neurology

13. May 2024

Fin Biering-Sørensen

Professor Emeritus of Neurorehabilitation with Special Focus on Spinal Cord Injuries

23. July 2024

Finn Sellebjerg

Professor of Neurology with Emphasis on Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroimmunology

23. July 2024

Geana Paula Kurita

Professor of Anaesthesiology with Special Focus on Nursing in Pain and Palliative Medicine

15. May 2024

Gitte Moos Knudsen

Professor of Clinical Neurobiology

5. June 2024

Gunhild Waldemar

Professor of Neurology

22. June 2026

Henrik Winther Schytz

Professor in Neurology

1. July 2024

Jens Mikkelsen

Professor in Translational Neuropharmacology

29. September 2023

Jes Olesen

Professor in Migraine and Headache

9. May 2023

Jette Lautrup Frederiksen

Professor of Neurology (optic neuritis with special emphasis on multiple sclerosis) .

23. July 2024

John Vissing

Professor of Neurology

23. July 2024

Jørgen Erik Nielsen

Professor of Neurology with Special Focus on Inherited Neurodegenerative Diseases

27. June 2024

Kirsten Møller

Professor of Neuroanaesthesiology

4. June 2026

Kristian Steen Frederiksen

Professor of neurology with a focus on dementia disorders

23. July 2024

Lars Bendtsen

Clinical Research Associate Professor in Headache and Facial Pain

11. November 2024

Melinda Magyari

Professor of Neurology

23. July 2025

Messoud Ashina

Professor of Neurology

15. May 2024

Olaf Bjarne Paulson

Professor emeritus of Neurology

14. March 2022

Poul Jørgen Jennum

Professor of Clinical Neurophysiology, Sleep Medicine

17. February 2025

Rigmor Højland Jensen

Professor of Headache Diseases and Neurological Pain

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8. November 2023

Stenbæk Research Group

The Stenbæk group look into subjective responses to psychedelic drugs and psychological mechanisms of change.

8. November 2023

Fisher Research Group

The Fisher Group focuses on mapping diverse human brain imaging data onto acute and lasting aspects of the psychedelic experience.

8. November 2023

Palner Research Group

We are investigating the biological mechanisms of psychedelic compounds and their proposed effects on compulsive actions and apathy, using whole brain metabolic connectivity and rodent behavioral tasks.