Vincenzo Bonifati MD, PhD

Vincenzo Bonifati received his MD (cum laude) in 1988 from 'La Sapienza' University of Roma, Italy. In 1992 he completed his residency in neurology at the same University and was appointed staff neurologist. He later moved to the Erasmus University Rotterdam, where he received his Ph.D. in human molecular genetics in 2003.

In 2006 he was appointed Associate Professor, and in 2012 he became Professor of Genetics of Movement Disorders in the Erasmus University Rotterdam, Dept. of Clinical Genetics. He has a long-standing research interest in the genetics of neurodegenerative diseases and movement disorders, with a focus on Parkinson's disease (PD).