The Senses: A Comprehensive Reference

Bernd Fritzsch is a Professor in the Department of Biology and Department of Otolaryngology at the University of Iowa. He served as chair of Biology (2008-2016) as well as directed the Center of Aging and the Aging Mind and Brain (2013-2018). Previously, he was an Assistant Dean of Creighton University, School of Medicine (2003-2008), where he was a Professor (1990-2008). Dr. Fritzsch’ s expertise is in developmental and molecular neurobiology with an emphasis on the ear. During his 40 year career, he has worked with the ear, eye, nose, and tongue and has expanded the perspective of sensory evolution. His research has been funded for 30 years by the NIDCD and NIA and has been chair of several review sessions in the USA and Europe. He has published several hundred manuscripts that were cited over 20,000 times. In addition, he has published several books as editor and co-editor. Dr. Fritzsch continues to lead his area of neurobiology of the ear and collaborates with other national and international researchers to expand potential treatments of age-related hearing loss using novel approaches. Dr. Fritzsch is received several awards and honors, in particular the University of Iowa (Collegiate Fellow Member), AAAS (Fellow since 2010) and German National Academy of Sciences, Leopoldina (since 2015).

1. Vision 2. Audition 3. Chemosenses: Olfaction and Taste 4. Somatosensation 5. Pain 6. Vestibular System and Balance 7. Mechanosensory Lateral Line, Electroreception, Magnetoreception