Allan V. Kalueff MS, PhD

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 [top 5%] in anatomy from Tampere University, Finland, for the discovery of multiple neural phenotypes of VDR knockout mice. In 1995-1996, he was academic research scientist in Bristol and Birmingham Universities (UK). 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, as a Unit Leader, Tampere University to study brain dysfunctions associated with abnormal neurosteroid vitamin D system.

In 2005, Dr. Kalueff joined the National Institute of Mental Health, NIH, USA, where his 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.