Johannes Bohacek

Johannes Bohacek (born 1981) is Professor for Molecular and Behavioral Neuroscience at the ETH Zurich, which ranks amongst the top 10 research institutions in the world. He received his diploma in Psychology at the University of Graz, Austria in 2003.

He then moved to the United States where he first completed a Master's degree in Applied Biopsychology at the University of New Orleans, and in 2009 earned his PhD in Neuroscience from Tulane University. Johannes then returned to Europe as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), and then a group leader at the Brain Research Institute at the University Zurich. In 2017 he was appointed Assistant Professor at the ETH Zurich, where his research focuses on the connection between stressful life events and anxiety disorders.

In animal models, his team is trying to understand how stress engages specific neuronal circuits and triggers molecular changes in the brain. This research aims to reveal why some individuals can successfully cope with stressful experiences, while others succumb to devastating stress-related disorders. Johannes loves healthy food, fitness, playing football and table ten