Peter A Bos

Peter A Bos is a Professor at the Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University, and serves as Director of Research on the Institutional board. His work integrates neuroendocrinology with parenting behavior through fMRI, EEG, and hormone administration methods.

• Key research themes: oxytocin, testosterone, infant cry perception, and epigenetic programming.
• Supervised PhDs:
  • Estrella Montoya (2015) – Stress hormones and socio-emotional behavior
  • Isabell Meier (2020) – Opioid system in social behavior
  • Franca Parianen-Lesemann (2019) – Hormonal systems in social cognition
• Awards: Praemium Erasmianum thesis prize (2014), Editor’s choice award NeuroImage (2012).
• Grants:
  • 2015 Dynamics of Youth seed grant on genetic factors in parenting
  • 2014 NWO VENI grant on intergenerational harsh parenting
  • 2012 UCT postdoc fellowship