Maria G Veldhuizen

Maria G Veldhuizen is a Research Fellow trained in psychophysics, specializing in taste, smell, and flavor perception. She completed her PhD at Utrecht University (Netherlands) and post-doctoral fellowships at The John B. Pierce Laboratory (New Haven, CT) and Dana Small’s lab (2006).

• Education: PhD in Psychophysics, Utrecht University
• Post-Doc: John B. Pierce Laboratory, Dana Small’s Lab

Her research integrates sensory neuroscience with metabolism and genetics, focusing on food craving, adiposity, and neural correlates of flavor processing. Recent work explores vagus nerve stimulation, chemosensory connectomes, and genetic links to food liking.

Article trends highlight interdisciplinary work in Neuroscience, Metabolism, and Genetics, with subfields spanning food reward, autonomic regulation, and neuroimaging.

She serves as an Associate Editor for Neuroenergetics and Brain Health (Frontiers in Neuroscience) and Guest Associate Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience.