Richard van Wezel is a professor in Neurophysiology at the University of Twente (MIRA, Institute for Biomedical Technology and Technical Medicine), professor in Visual Neuroscience at the Radboud University, director of the Donders Centre for Neuroscience in Nijmegen, the recipient of several prestigious personal research grants (VIDI/NWO, High Potential UU), and the research coordinator of HealthPAC, a large European project on Health and Disease. The lab studies neurophysiology, visual perception, neural plasticity, and translational research, including the development of smart glasses for visually impaired people and Parkinson’s patients.

Experience

• Professor (2015 - present)

  van Wezel Lab

  Radboud University

• Professor (2008 - present)

  Department of Neurophysiology

  University of Twente

• Associate Professor (2011 - 2014)

  van Wezel Lab

  Radboud University

• Associate Professor (2004 - 2011)

  Utrecht University

• Assistant Professor (2001 - 2004)

  Utrecht University

• Postdoctoral Researcher (1998 - 2000)

  Utrecht University

• Postdoctoral Researcher (1996 - 1998)

  University of California, Davis

Education

• PhD, Neurophysiology (1992 - 1996)

  Utrecht University