Sven Bestmann#
| Membership Number: | 5576 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://bestmannlab.com |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-6867-9545 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 10/2016 - present Professor in Movement Neuroscience (Chair), Department of Clinical and Movement Neuroscience, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London
- 09/2015 - 09/2017 Vice-Chair Young Academy of Europe (YAE)
- 09/2013 - 09/2017 Board Member Young Academy of Europe
- 10/2011 - 10/2016 Reader in Motor Neuroscience, Sobell Department for Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London
- 10/2008 - 09/2013 BBSRC David Phillips Research Fellow, Sobell Department for Motor Neuroscience and Movement Disorders, UCL Institute of Neurology, University College London
- 04/2005 - 09/2008 Postdoctoral research fellow, Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, Institute of Neurology, UCL.
- 04/2004 - 03/2005 Postdoctoral research fellow, Functional Imaging Laboratory, Institute of Neurology, UCL, London.
- 09/2001 - 03/2004 Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute for biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany.
Fields of Scholarship
- Computational neurostimulation
- Non-invasive brain stimulation
- Motor control
- Magnetoencephalography
- Stroke
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging
- Action selection
Honours and Awards
- 2016 Elected Vice Chair of the YAE
- 2015 Elected Vice Chair of the YAE
- 2013 Elected to the Board of the YAE
- 2012 Elected Member to the Young Academy of Europe (YAE)
- 2011 ERC Starter Grant
- 2008 BBSRC Research fellowship
- 2016 - 2018 Associate Editor Scientific Reports
- 2014 - 2018 Associate Editor Cortex
- 2016 - present BBSRC grant panel expert member
