Clemens-Alexander Boecker, MD

Dr. C. Alexander Boecker earned his medical degree from the University of Wuerzburg in Germany. He then joined the Department of Neurology at the University Medical Center Goettingen as a clinician scientist. With support from a fellowship awarded by the German Research Foundation, Dr. Boecker completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Erika Holzbaur at the University of Pennsylvania, investigating the effects of hyperactive LRRK2 on axonal organelle transport and microtubule dynamics. Dr. Boecker is currently a principal investigator at the University Medical Center Goettingen. His research focuses on the cellular mechanisms underlying neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Parkinson’s disease.