Lukas B. Krone

Dr. Lukas B. Krone is a Sir Henry Wellcome Fellow at the University of Oxford, with affiliations at Merton College and international collaborations at the Universities of Bern (CH) and Wisconsin-Madison (USA). He works in the Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, focusing on sleep neurobiology and cortical regulation of sleep-wake transitions.

• University of Würzburg (preclinical medicine, 99.9% percentile)
• University of Freiburg (MD, first-class medical degree)
• University of Oxford (MSc in Neuroscience, DPhil in Sleep Regulation)

Dr. Krone's research investigates corticothalamic interactions, sleep homeostasis, and neurotherapeutic interventions for sleep disorders. His work combines animal models with clinical sleep studies, challenging subcortical-centric sleep regulation theories.

Recent publications cover non-invasive brain stimulation, cortical sleep circuits, and sleep-mental health interactions. He has received multiple early investigator awards from international sleep societies and competitive scholarships from Oxford, Bavaria, and the German academic foundation Studienstiftung.

• Sherrington Prize in Neuroscience (2021)
• Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Goodger and Schorstein Scholarship
• Mann Senior Scholarship
• Early Investigator Awards (German/European/World Sleep Societies)

Dr. Krone actively engages in science communication through The Conversation articles and public lectures, while pursuing astronaut training with the European Space Agency for space-based sleep research.