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Javier González Maeso obtained his B.S. in Biology and his B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of the Basque Country in Bilbao - Spain, where as a Ph.D. student in the Department of Pharmacology under the mentorship of Dr. Javier Meana his research interest was focused on neurotransmitter receptor function in postmortem human brain samples. He completed his postdoctoral training in the laboratory of Dr. Stuart Sealfon at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, where he proposed a molecular mechanism by which psychedelics, such as LSD or psilocybin, induce their unique behavioral effects in mice. Dr. González Maeso joined the faculty at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in 2008. He joined the Virginia Commonwealth University faculty in 2015. 

Areas of Expertise and Interest

  • G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) and G proteins
  • Molecular Pharmacology
  • Classical Pharmacology
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Psychedelics
  • Epigenetics
  • Gut-brain axis
  • Molecular Psychiatry
  • Schizophrenia, suicide and alcoholism
  • Heterologous expression systems
  • Mouse behavior models of psychiatric disorders
  • Postmortem human brain samples 

Curriculum Vitae

2020-present      Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics. Virginia Commonwealth University. ​
2016-2020            Associate Professor (with Tenure), Department of Physiology and Biophysics. Virginia Commonwealth University. ​
2015-2016             Associate Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics. Virginia Commonwealth University. 
2008-2015            Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Neurology. Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York). 
2006-2008           Instructor, Department of Neurology. Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York). 
2001-2005            Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Neurology. Mount Sinai School of Medicine (New York). 
1999                       Visiting Ph.D. student, Department of Pharmacology. University of Cambridge (England). 
1997-2001              Ph.D. student, Department of Pharmacology, University of the Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain).
1992-1997              Master's thesis student, Department of Microbiology, 
University of the Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain).
1995-1997              B.S. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. University of the Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain).
1990-1995              B.S. in Biology. University of the Basque Country (Bilbao, Spain).

Honors and Awards

2022              VCU Breakthroughs Fund Award
2021               American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) Travel Award
2020               President, Central Virginia Society for Neuroscience
2019                Value and Efficiency Teaching and Research (VETAR) award 
2019-2025      Member, PMDA Study section at NIH-NIMH
2018-2021      Fellowships: Behavioral Neuroscience Study section at NIH
2018                 VCU Outstanding Teaching Award
2016                 VCU Presidential Research Quest Fund
2012                 The Mortimer D. Sackler Foundation Award
2011                  XII Premio de Investigación Dr. Antonio Esteve (Honorary mention)
2010                 NARSAD Young Investigator Award
2009                Selected to present at the 2009 Annual New York Mental Health Symposium
2009                Maltz Family Foundation Award
2008                NARSAD Young Investigator Award
2001-2003       Post Doctoral fellowship at Mount Sinai in New York
2001                  PhD summa cum laude. University of the Basque Country, Spain
1999                  International PhD rotation fellowship at the University of Cambridge.
1997-2000       PhD student fellowship. Ministry of Science and Technology, Spain.
1996                  Master’s Thesis Honor. University of the Basque Country, Spain.
1994-1996         Master’s Thesis fellowship. Basque Government, Spain.
1990-1995         BS fellowship. Basque Government, Spain. 
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