Dr. Juan Segura-Aguilar, PhD, is a professor of molecular and clinical pharmacology at the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. He obtained his PhD in biochemistry from Stockholm ...view moreDr. Juan Segura-Aguilar, PhD, is a professor of molecular and clinical pharmacology at the University of Chile, Santiago, Chile. He obtained his PhD in biochemistry from Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden in 1989. He was previously an associate professor at Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. In 1998, he began as an associate professor at University of Chile, and since 2001 has been a full professor. His research has been focused on mechanisms involved in dopaminergic neuron degeneration in Parkinson´s disease. He has more than 140 publications of his research work on neurodegenerative disorders.view less