Professor Michael Hornberger

Professor of Applied Dementia Research

Accepting applications from PhD students.

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Biography

Michael is the Professor of Applied Dementia Research at the Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Clinical and Experimental Sciences, Faculty of Medicine. His research is particularly focused on cognition, neuroimaging and devices in preclinical and clinical dementia populations.

Michael is originally from Germany but gravitated soon to the UK, where he did his PhD at University College London, followed by positions at the University of Cambridge, the University of New South Wales and the University of East Anglia. Michael arrived at the University of Southampton in 2025. In his free time, he likes to go long-distance cycling and running, as well as practising passionately, though badly, Yoga.