Theo Mulder
Theo MulderTheo Mulder (1953) was trained as an experimental neuropsychologist and his research was focused on the neural control of movements and the recovery of motor function following brain damage. From 1994 – 1999 he was professor of rehabilitation research at the Neurological Institute of the Radboud University in Nijmegen. In 1999 he was appointed as full professor and director of the Centre for Human Movement Studies of the University of Groningen and the University Hospital. He is the (co-)author of 161 articles and 4 books on motor control, cognition and recovery (H-index 59) & history of medicine. From 2006 he widened his professional horizon and became the overarching director of the 16 institutes for scientific research of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) in Amsterdam. The topics of these institutes range from stem cell research, brain research and ecology to cultural history, labor history, demography, linguistics and data science. Some of these Royal Academy institutes are have world famous historical collections in the domain of the humanities. After 2 x 5 years the directorate ended. From January 2017 until January 2018 Theo Mulder has been in charge as director a.i. of the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS). From 2018 until 2024 he was appointed at the Sint Maartenskliniek and Radboud University Medical Centre to initiate the establishment of an Interdisciplinary Consortium for Clinical Movement Sciences & Technology (ICMS), a research cluster of 350 fte that is focused at fundamental and clinical research regarding diseases of the human motor system. ICMS functions as an incubator for innovative and science driven industry in order to work together to reach breakthroughs treatment and technology. ICMS is a partnership between Sint Maartenskliniek, one of the largest hospitals in the world totally focused on disorders of movement, the Radboud University Medical Centre, both in Nijmegen and the University of Twente (UT) and Roessingh Research & Development (RRD) both in Enschede (The Netherlands).
At this moment Theo Mulder is writer, lecturer, science advisor & CEO of HersenNet.
At this moment Theo Mulder is writer, lecturer, science advisor & CEO of HersenNet.
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