Dr Olivier Piguet trained in psychology in Geneva and obtained a Master's degree in clinical neuropsychology at the University of Melbourne and a PhD at the University of Sydney.
He undertook postdoctoral training at MIT before establishing his research group at Neuroscience Research Australia. He is also a clinical neuropsychologist with 18 years clinical experience, 12 of which dedicated to ageing and neurodegeneration.
He has a growing international reputation in the field of cognitive changes associated with healthy and pathological brain ageing and has published over 25 peer-reviewed journal articles on this topic.
More recently, his research has focused on the biological correlates underlying changes in emotion processing and memory in frontotemporal dementia.
At NeuRA, Dr Piguet collaborates closely with Prof Hodges and Prof Halliday.
