Dr Stefan Trapp
Reader
Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology
University College London
United Kingdom
Biography
Dr Trapp is Reader in Autonomic Neuroscience and Metabolic Disease and, together with Professor Alexander Gourine, heads the UCL Center for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Neuroscience (CCMN) . He trained as a biologist at the Carl von Ossietzky University in Oldenburg, Germany. He obtained his PhD at the Georg August University in Goettingen, Germany, with studies on the cellular physiology of vagal neurons and the first description of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in autonomic neurons.
Research Interest
Neuroscience