Wiesje Pelkmans

Wiesje Pelkmans is a postdoctoral researcher at the Barcelonaβeta Brain Research Center, where she studies biological mechanisms underlying preclinical Alzheimer’s disease, with a focus on astroglial and microglial reactivity. She holds a PhD from the Alzheimer Center Amsterdam, where she investigated relationships between Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers, structural brain changes, and clinical progression. During her PhD, she received a fellowship to conduct research at Lund University. She holds a BSc in Biological Psychology and a Research MSc in Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience from Maastricht University.