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Hector Caruncho is a tenured full professor and Canada Research Chair in Translational Neuroscience at the University of Victoria. He has expertise in neurobiology, specifically focusing on schizophrenia, depression, biomarker discovery, and novel drug targets for mood and psychotic disorders. Caruncho was an Affiliate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia and an Adjunct Professor at the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition at the University of Saskatchewan. He served as a full professor at the University of Saskatchewan from 2013 to 2017 and has extensive experience as a faculty member in the Department of Cell Biology at the University of Santiago de Compostela in Spain for twenty years. His early research concentrated on comparative neuroanatomy in fish brains, transitioning to molecular biology and pharmacology, particularly on GABAA receptors and animal models of neuromotor disorders. Caruncho has been awarded research funding from various agencies, including Spanish and Canadian organizations, and has served on numerous grant committees. He is actively engaged in public outreach and media to discuss psychiatric disorders.
University of Victoria • Victoria, Canada
Canada Research Chair in Translational Neuroscience.
University of Saskatchewan • Saskatchewan, Canada
Faculty member.
University of Santiago de Compostela • Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Twenty years in the Department of Cell Biology.
University of Illinois at Chicago • Chicago, USA
Department of Psychiatry.
Georgetown University • Washington, D.C., USA
Research position.
Department: Department of Computer Science. GRE is highly recommended for international students.