Anders Rasmussen, Associate Professor, Lund University

Contact Information

Title: Associate Professor in Neurophysiology & Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience, Lund University

Nationality: Swedish & Danish

Languages: Swedish, English and Danish 

Phone: +46 709 746609

Email: anders.rasmussen@med.lu.se; an.rasmussen@gmail.com

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/anders-rasmussen-b2324b64/

Researcher ID:-6157-2014; ORCID: 0000-0003-4477-369X

Skype: an.rasmussen@gmail.com; Zoom: anders.rasmussen@med.lu.se

Twitter: https://twitter.com/rasmussenanders

Research background

The aim of my research is to understand the cerebellum’s role in learning and cognition and  through a trans-disciplinary approach, combining learning theory, behavioral neuroscience, in-vivo neurophysiology and neuropsychological testing in clinical and non-clinical populations. 

I started conducting research as a psychology undergraduate – assisting Jean Christophe Rohner with research on memory biases associated with the beautiful is good stereotype – resulting in three publications. Later, I spent one year at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), where I helped Barry Giesbrecht with his research on the attentional blink and Osnat Ben-Shahar with her research on cocaine addiction. Back in Lund, I completed my bachelor's degree under the supervision of Mikael Johansson, studying electrophysiological correlates of the attractiveness stereotype and Swedish category norms

During my Ph.D., supervised by Professor Germund Hesslow, I studied feedback mechanisms that regulate learning during eyeblink conditioning and how cerebellar neurophysiology can make sense of central learning theories such as the Rescorla-Wagner model. My postdoc, financed by the Swedish Research Council and EMBO, was inspired by the observation that blocking the mGluR7 receptor abolished learned cellular responses in Purkinje cells, which is believed to drive the behavior. Using global and Purkinje cell-specific knockouts, combined with pharmacological, histological, and neurophysiological methods, we examined the role that the mGluR7 receptor plays in several forms of motor learning. In a side project, we showed that caffeine, despite acting on receptors in the cerebellum, has no effect on eyeblink conditioning

After my postdoc, I led research projects to study human skill acquisition. We compared the learning and timing of voluntary and classically conditioned blink responses in humans, and we also studied the influence of age and sex on eyeblink conditioning. We are currently examining whether motor skills can be used to predict neuropsychiatric conditions such as ADHD and ASD. In parallel, we are using neuropixels probes in animal models to understand the fundamental neurophysiological mechanisms that enable skill acquisition. 

Research Experience

01/07/2021 –         Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience. Lund University, Sweden

15/11/2019 –  24/11/2021: Senior Associate Lecturer. Lund University, Sweden

01/09/2018 – 30/04/2019Scientific Researcher. Erasmus MC, Netherlands

01/01/2018 – 31/08/2018Assistant researcher. Lund University, Sweden

01/09/2015 – 31/12/2017Post-doctoral fellow. Erasmus MC, Netherlands

15/06/2014 – 31/08/2015Assistant researcher. Lund University, Sweden

01/02/2008 – 14/06/2014PhD candidate in Neurophysiology. Lund University, Sweden

15/09/2017 – 15/12/2007Project assistant in Psychology. Lund University, Sweden

01/10/2005 – 15/06/2006Undergraduate research assistant. UCSB, USA

01/09/2004 – 05/05/2005Undergraduate research assistant. Lund University. Sweden

Publications

I have published 33 papers in international peer-reviewed journals that have been cited 814 times. My H-index is 15, my i10-index is 18. I am first author on 10 papers, last author on 10 papers and corresponding author on 16. Three papers have been published in PNAS (IF 12.8), two in Journal of Neuroscience (IF 6.8), and one in Cell Reports (IF 10.0).

Original Research articles (29) 

* = Corresponding author

=  Shared first authors 



Reviews (3)


Books and book chapters (2)


Theses

Funding - Main applicant; ~14mkr

19/01/2024: Magnus Bergvalls stiftelse, 100.000 SEK

29/05/2023: Crafoord stiftelsen, 400.000 SEK

10/05/2023: Sten K Johnssons stiftelse, 150.000 SEK

01/06/2022: Crafoord stiftelsen, 400.000 SEK

01/05/2022: Per-Eric och Ulla Schybergs Stiftelse, 400.000 SEK

19/01/2022: Magnus Bergvalls stiftelse, 100.000 SEK

30/06/2021: Krapperupstiftelsen, 75.000 SEK

19/01/2021: Magnus Bergvalls stiftelse, 80.000 SEK

10/12/2020: Pia Ståhls Stiftelse, 50.000 SEK

09/12/2020: Åke Wibergs Stiftelse, 200.000 SEK

02/11/2020: Swedish Research Council (VR), Starting Grant 6.000.000 SEK

26/05/2020: Crafoord stiftelsen, 500.000 SEK

10/12/2019: Fredrik och Ingrid Thurings stiftelse, 50.000 SEK

10/12/2019: Åke Wiberg Stiftelse, 200.000 SEK

23/10/2019: Stiftelsen Anna-Lisa Rosenberg’s fond, 62.000 SEK

12/06/2019: Lindhes Advokatbyrå, 10.000 SEK

09/05/2019: Segerfalk Stiftelsen, 140.000 SEK

26/04/2019: Stiftelsen Längmanska kulturfonden, 23.000 SEK

10/12/2018: Fredrik och Ingrid Thurings stiftelse, 75.000 SEK

03/12/2018: Åke Wiberg Stiftelse, 200.000 SEK

13/11/2018: Maggie Stephens Stiftelse, 10.000 SEK 

02/11/2018: Stiftelsen Anna-Lisa Rosenberg’s fond, 66.000 SEK 

27/10/2018: Cognition, Communication and Learning, 27.000 SEK

24/05/2018: Crafoord stiftelsen, Research grant, 800.000 SEK 

14/12/2017: Stiftelsen Anna-Lisa Rosenberg’s fond, 62.000 SEK 

24/06/2015: Swedish Research Council (VR), Post-doc grant, 2.100.000 SEK

06/05/2015: EMBO. Long-term fellowship, 1.200.000 SEK

15/09/2011: Fysiografens resebidrag, 15.000 SEK

Funding - Co-applicant; ~4.5mkr

24/05/2018: Crafoord stiftelsen, To Lund Bioimaging Center (LBIC), 450.000 SEK 

25/10/2018: Swedish Research Council (VR), To Germund Hesslow 3.600.000 SEK

01/05/2018: Cognition, Communication and Learning, 180.000 SEK

Supervision

I have been the main supervisor of one Ph.D. student who finished her PhD in 2020, and I am currently the main supervisor of two Ph.D. students and co-supervisor of one PhD student. I have been the main supervisor of 16 Bachelor students and 5 Master students, and I have been co-supervisor of 4 additional Master students. 


Postdoc and PhD (4)

01/02/2022 – Present:          Main supervisor, PhD, Maurizio Cundari, Lund University

01/10/2021 – Present:          Co supervisor, PhD, Artem Gornov, Lund University

01/09/2020 – Present:          Main supervisor, PhD, Robert Winton, Lund University

01/01/2016 – 29/01/2020: Main supervisor, PhD, Karolina Löwgren, Lund University


Supervision of Students (5 Master, 16 BSc, 5 Other)

01/09/2023 – 17/01/2024Master, Anna Kustova, Lund University 

01/09/2023 – 17/01/2024Master, Emelie Rosvall, Lund University

01/09/2023 – 17/01/2024BSc, Stella Schadewitz, Lund University 

01/09/2023 – 17/01/2024BSc, Ellie Sandberg Larsson, Lund University 

01/09/2023 – 17/01/2024BSc, Sofia Domeij, Lund University

17/01/2023 – 10/06/2023Master, Ebba Frid, Lund University

17/01/2023 – 10/06/2023Master,  Vincent Rydberg, Lund University

17/01/2023 – 10/06/2023BSc (Biomedicine), India von Platen, Lund University

01/09/2022 – 17/01/2023BSc, Janet Pui San Englund, Lund University

03/06/2022 – 15/08/2022:  Summer intern, Lene Wessel, Lund University

17/01/2022 – 10/06/2022:  BSc, Elias Sjölin, Lund University

17/01/2022 – 10/06/2022:  BSc, Josefine Öhman, Lund University

01/09/2021 – 17/01/2022BSc, Rana Sulaiman, Lund University

01/09/2021 – 17/01/2022BSc, Rahme Al Khalili, Lund University

01/06/2021 – 31/08/2021Summer intern. Nadima Abdul Wahab, Lund University

17/01/2021 – 10/06/2021:  BSc, Charlie Ivarsson, Lund University

17/01/2021 – 10/06/2021:  BSc, Alex Ivarsson, Lund University

01/09/2020 – 17/01/2021Master, Martin Larsson, Lund University

01/09/2020 – 17/01/2021BSc, Cajsa Ohlsson, Lund University

01/09/2020 – 17/01/2021BSc, Stina Bengtsson, Lund University

01/09/2020 – 17/01/2021BSc, Niklas Brodin, Lund University

17/09/2019 – 24/01/2020:  High-School. Ellen Bengtsson & Liv Hellström, Katedralskolan

17/01/2020 – 10/06/2020:  BSc, Vincent Rydberg, Lund University

17/01/2020 – 10/06/2020:  BSc, Nils-Erik Arn , Lund University

17/09/2019 – 24/01/2020:  High School. Klara Lindgren & Elsa Wagenius, Procivitas

01/06/2011 – 31/08/2011Summer intern. Carolina Örtenblad, Lund University 

Co-Supervision Master and Bachelor

17/01/2023 – 10/06/2023:  Master, Psychology. Joakim Kennberg, Lund University

17/01/2023 – 10/06/2023:  Master, Psychology. Amelia Hansson, Lund University

01/09/2018 – 01/06/2019:  Master. Astrid Melbin, Lund University 

01/09/2016 – 01/06/2018:  Master. Alex Hurowitz, Erasmus MC 

01/03/2014 – 01/06/2014Visiting Ph.D. student. Manuel Reiriz  

01/05/2013 – 01/06/2013Visiting student. Alina Graf, Bielefeld Uni.

Awards

10/11/2023:  Nominated for best PBL tutor of the year. SLF Student Lund

25/05/2020:  LMK-stiftelsen Idéforum Björkliden, LMK stiftelsen

10/01/2019:  Reviewer certificate of recognition, Experimental Brain Research, Springer

01/07/2017:  Outstanding contribution in reviewing, Neuroscience letters, Elsevier

10/05/2015:  Masao Ito prize, Society for Research on the Cerebellum (SRC)

01/06/2006:  3x Dean’s Honors, UCSB

Examination committees

19/01/2023:  Examination committee member, Katrine Skovgård, PhD, Lund University

19/12/2022:  Examination committee member, Matilde Forni, PhD, Lund University

17/06/2022:  Examination committee member, Nicholas B. Bechet, PhD, Lund University

24/05/2022:  Examination committee member, Michael Rasmussen, PhD, Lund University

16/09/2021:  Chair of Examination committee, Suvi Karjalainen, PhD, Lund University

09/09/2021:  Examination committee member, Emily Grenner, PhD, Lund University

30/11/2020:  Examination committee member, Mohsin Mohammed, PhD, Lund University

09/05/2018Halftime opponent, Anders Wahlbom, PhD candidate, Lund University

05/12/2017External examiner on PhD defense, Michiel Ten Brinke, Erasmus MC

24/11/2016Halftime opponent for Jonas Enander, PhD candidate, Lund University

02/03/2016External examiner on PhD defense, Jochen Spanke, Erasmus MC

Grant and editorial positions

01/05/2022 – Present  Thorsten och Eva Segerfalk Foundation – Board member

13/12/2019:              Grant reviewer, Vidi proposal, Dutch Research Council, Netherlands

15/02/2019 – Present: Frontiers for Young Minds Science Mentor, Frontiers Young Minds 

03/09/2018 – Present: Editorial board member, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

Reviewer assignments

I have reviewed a total of 40 scientific papers (Publons) from a dozen different science journals including PNAS (IF 11.2), IEEE access (3.7), Neuroscience letters (2.2) and Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience (3.1)


29/02/2024: Reviewer, Communications Psychology

06/10/2023: Reviewer, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Neuroprosthetics

19/08/2023: Reviewer, Current opinion in behavioral science

12/07/2023: Reviewer, Psychophysiology

22/03/2023: Reviewer, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

16/06/2022: Reviewer, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

05/08/2021: Reviewer, Proceedings in the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

05/06/2020: Reviewer, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

03/10/2020: Reviewer, Sustainability

09/06/2019: Reviewer, Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

14/05/2019: Reviewer, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory

05/05/2019: Reviewer, IEEE Access

07/06/2019 – 08/01/2019: 6 x Reviewer, Neuroscience Letters

02/02/2019: Reviewer/Mentor, Frontiers in Young Minds

05/01/2019: Reviewer, MPDI, Methods and Protocols

22/02/2017 – 27/08/2018: 2 x Reviewer, Experimental Brain Research 

11/11/2014: Reviewer, Frontiers in cellular Neuroscience

20/03/2014: Reviewer, Social Psychology

Invited talks

09/02/2024: Speaker, Cerebellum beyond motor control, Sweden’s Neuropsychological society         

12/06/2023: Guest speaker: Learning and memory, Kronobergs Naturvetenskapliga förening

12/06/2023: Guest speaker, Learning and memory, IB programme, Växjö, Sweden

21/11/2022: Talk: Time management. Six Sigma Club Germany

17/01/2022: Panel member: VR support program. Lund University

29/09/2021: Public lecture, ADHD and skill acquisition. Invited talk at Lund Public Library

13/07/2019: Session chair: Circuit Computations in the Cerebellar Cortex. GRS, Switzerland

03/05/2018: Invited talk, Minimizing volition in eyeblink conditioning, Lund University

09/11/2017: Invited talk, Volition in eyeblink conditioning. Uni. Hospital Essen, Germany

24/10/2016: Invited Talk. mGluR7 and eyeblink conditioning, Erasmus MC, Netherlands.  

05/10/2015: Invited Talk. Molecular mechanisms of conditioning, Erasmus MC, Netherlands

24/04/2015: Invited Talk. Molecular mechanisms of conditioning, Oxford University, UK

Teaching Experience

01/01/2024 – Present:         Deputy program director, Medical Program, Lund University

01/11/2022 – Present:     Director, Neuroscience for Future Leaders, Lund University

01/11/2021 – Present:         Director & examiner, Cognitive Neuroscience, Lund University

19/01/2021 – 22/01/24:     Assistant director, Medical Program (T2), Lund University

01/05/2020 – Present:        Director, BIMB31, Biomedical Program, Lund University 

01/05/2020 – 31/12/2024: Instructor, Mental Health First Aid (MHFA), Lund University 

01/05/2020 – Present:        Lecturer, Biomedical Program, Lund University 

18/12/2019 – Present:        Lecturer at the Medical Program. Lund Medical School

17/01/2008 – Present:        PBL Tutor at the Medical Program. Lund Medical School

03/04/2008 – Present:        Lab supervisor: Vestibular system. Lund Medical School 

03/04/2008 – Present:        Lab supervisor: Classical Conditioning. Lund Medical School 

Public outreach 

01/09/2021 – 01/06/2022:  Mentor in the Future Faculty Mentorship program

18/10/2019 – Present:        Skype-a-scientist, Q&A sessions with school classes globally

15/02/2019 – Present:         Frontiers for Young Minds Science Mentor 

19/03/2019  – Present:          Public lecture, NMT dagarna. ”Hjärnan – En tidsmaskin” 

12/03/2018  – Present:   Public Lecture about the Brain, NMT dagarna 

28/06/2017:   Press release: Exakt tajming av viljestyrda rörelser. 

01/02/2016:         Popular science. We learn to correct our expectations. 

27/10/2015:         Press release. Hjärnan glömmer för att spara energi

13/10/2014:         P4 Radio show interview. Jankell i P4 om skönhetsideal. 

05/03/2011:         SVT television interview: Vackra människor behandlas bättre.

Administrative Experience

01/01/2024 – Present: Deputy director, Medical Program, Medical Faculty, Lund University

01/11/2022 – Present: Section Leader, EMV, Medical Faculty, Lund University 

01/05/2022 – Present: Thorsten och Eva Segerfalk Foundation – Board member

01/01/2022 – Present: Medical Program Board, Medical Faculty, Lund University

08/09/2021 – Present: Adj Member Faculty Board, Medical Faculty, Lund University

08/02/2021 – Present: Adj Member Docent Committee, Medical Faculty, Lund University

15/06/2021 – Present: Chair of Future Faculty, Medical Faculty, Lund University

17/06/2020 – 14/06/2021: Vice-Chair of Future Faculty, Medical Faculty, Lund University

10/01/2020 – 14/06/2021: NJF Taskforce, Medical Faculty, Lund University

01/12/2008 – 06/01/2011: Chairman, PhD advisory committee, Inst. Exp. Med. Sci. 

01/12/2008 – 06/01/2011: Institution Board member, Inst. Exp. Med. Sci

Conference Participation and Poster presentations

07/02/2024 – 09/02/2024: Swedens Neuropsychological Society, Lund, Sweden

05/08/2023 – 11/08/2023: Cerebellum Gordon Conference, Maine, USA

12/07/2019 – 19/07/2019: Cerebellum Gordon Conference, Les Diablerets, Switzerland

24/04/2019 – 26/04/2019: Cognition, Communication and Learning, Lund Sweden

25/10/2018 – 26/10/2018: Adaptation for Sensorimotor Control, Lund, Sweden

30/07/2017 – 04/08/2017: Cerebellum Gordon Conference, Maine, USA

02/07/2016 – 06/07/2016: FENS, Copenhagen, Denmark

24/06/2016 – 26/06/2016: Kavli futures symposium, Santa Barbara, USA

08/05/2015 – 10/05/2015: SRC. Brussels, Belgium

13/03/2013 – 15/03/2013: TSN, Johannesbergs Slott, Sweden. 

01/05/2008 – 01/05/2013: Neuroscience day (annual meeting), Lund Sweden 

27/05/2011 – 28/05/2011:   Neuronal Circuits in Movement Control. Trolleholm, Sweden

09/12/2008 – 13/12/2008: Perceptual and Motor Learning, Amsterdam, Netherlands

10/10/2008 – 10/10/2008:     Motor Networks, Lund, Sweden. 

10/07/2008 – 12/07/2008: SRC, Geneva, Switzerland

Other relevant work experience 

Education

Pedagogical and postgraduate courses


PhD in Medical Science, Lund University, Sweden

 

BSc in Psychology   

Lund University

 

University of California, Santa Barbara 77,25p, GPA: 3.97

 

Stockholm University, 30p , top grade

 

Cambridge University (UK), 7.5p, A+

 

IB Diploma Programme (1999-2003)