Ryszard Stefan GomolkaView profile
Assistant Professor
Ryszard Stefan Gomolka is an Assistant Professor at the Center for Translational Neuromedicine within the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen. His research focuses on brain fluid dynamics and clearance mechanisms, with recent publications appearing in high-impact journals including Nature Neuroscience, Science, and Glia. Dr. Gomolka's research interests center on the glymphatic system, cerebrospinal fluid dynamics, and brain waste clearance mechanisms. His work investigates how sleep affects glymphatic clearance, the impact of metabolic conditions like hyperglycemia on fluid transport, and the anatomical structures that compartmentalize cerebrospinal fluid flow. He employs advanced neuroimaging techniques including MRI and bioluminescence microscopy to study these processes in both mouse models and human subjects. His recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on translational neuroscience, with work spanning from basic anatomical discoveries (like the mesothelium dividing subarachnoid space) to clinical applications (imaging brain clearance pathways in humans). His research has received significant attention, with one 2023 Science paper garnering 175 Scopus citations, 106 news outlet pickups, and references in 13 Wikipedia pages. Dr. Gomolka frequently collaborates with leading researchers in the field, most notably Professor Maiken Nedergaard, a pioneer in glymphatic system research. His work bridges multiple disciplines including neuroscience, neuroimaging, sleep medicine, and ophthalmology, reflecting the interdisciplinary nature of modern brain fluid dynamics research. His laboratory develops and applies advanced imaging protocols and computational algorithms for studying cerebrospinal fluid dynamics. Recent work includes developing an automatic adaptive algorithm for delineating CSF regions in MRI and protocols for studying oxygen dynamics in the mouse brain using bioluminescence microscopy.








