Academic Biography

Dr. Allan V. Kalueff graduated with the M.S. degree in physiology from Moscow State University in 1994 and received PhD degree in physiology from RUDN University, Russia, studying psychopharmacology of beta-lactam compounds in rats. In 2005, he was also awarded Ph.D. degree with honors in anatomy from Tampere University, Finland, for the discovery of multiple neural phenotypes of VDR knockout mice. Between 1997 and 2003, he worked in several research centers worldwide, developing animal models for high-throughput behavioral phenotyping research. Invited by the Finnish Government in 2003, Dr. Kalueff joined Tampere University to study brain dysfunctions associated with abnormal neurosteroid vitamin D system. His research at NIH, USA research was aimed at modeling complex neuropsychiatric disorders associated with serotonin dysregulation, with a particular focus on genetic animal models of pathogenetic interplay between emotional and affective disorders. His work led to establishing the first genetic animal model of serotonin syndrome, and put forth the new “domain interplay” concept of biological psychiatry. Since 2012 Dr. Kalueff is Director of ZENEREI Research Center, Distinguished Chair Professor at Guangdong Ocean University (China), Professor and Director of Biological Psychiatry Lab at St. Petersburg State University and Leading Scientist at Ural Federal University (Russia).