Jerome Mertens

Jerome is Associate Professor at the Department of Neurosciences of UCSD, and Adjunct at the Salk Institute in La Jolla, CA. Before he was Assistant Professor at the University of Innsbruck in Austria. His research focus is to better understand the interface between the biology of aging and neurodegeneration. Jerome completed his PhD in the lab of Oliver Brüstle (University of Bonn) and Philipp Koch, and his postdoc in Rusty Gage’s lab. His work has been supported by grants and fellowships, including a K99/R00, a Marie Curie Fellowship, and an ERC Starting Grant.