Dirk-jan Duncker

Dirk-jan Duncker is a Full Professor of Cardiology at Erasmus MC. His research examines cardiac perfusion regulation in health and disease, including ischemic heart disease, metabolic disorders, and heart failure.

Key areas: coronary circulation, myocardial infarction mechanisms, and cardiac hypertrophy. He utilizes experimental models and clinical studies.

Recent publications focus on heart failure biomarkers, ex vivo heart perfusion, and microthrombi in stroke therapy. He leads projects on molecular cardiology and vascular injury.

Awards: Gabor Kayley Memorial Lecture (2021) and Erasmus University Research Award (1995). He supervises doctoral research in cardiovascular pathophysiology.