Amy Reichelt

Dr Amy Reichelt is a Senior Lecturer and Research Group Leader at the Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide. Her research explores how nutrition and obesity affect brain health, cognition, and neurodevelopmental processes, with a focus on adolescence and neurodegenerative diseases. She has received prestigious funding including an NHMRC Investigator Grant and ARC Discovery Project.

• PhD in Neuroscience, Cardiff University
• ARC DECRA Fellowship, UNSW Sydney
• Canada First Research Excellence Fund 'BrainsCAN' Senior Fellow

Amy is an emerging thought leader in neuroscience-nutrition intersections, combining optogenetics, fiber-photometry, and transgenic models to study diet-induced cognitive decline. Her lab investigates the extracellular matrix as a target for neuroprotection.

• NSW Tall Poppy Award
• RMIT Media Star Award
• Featured in TEDxSydney, ABC RN podcasts, and major media outlets

Current projects include "Saving the brain's safety nets" (neurotrauma) and "Harnessing the brain's extracellular matrix" (obesity-cognition links), both based at the Helen Mayo Building / SAHMRI.