Rate My Professor Charlotte Pretzsch

Dr. Charlotte M. Pretzsch is a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King's College London. She completed a BSc in Neuroscience in Germany and the United States in 2014, investigating the impact of oxytocin on the neural circuitry supporting social function in autism. Following this, she was awarded a PhD in Neuroscience from King's College London in 2019 for her doctoral thesis titled 'Regulation of the brain excitation-inhibition balance through cannabinoids in men with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)'. Her academic trajectory reflects a focused progression in neuroscience research centered on neurodevelopmental disorders.

Pretzsch's research specializations encompass brain maturation in autism, neuroanatomical profiles, GABA dynamics across brain networks, pharmacotranscriptomics, and neural signatures of face processing in autism. She has authored key publications including 'Patterns of Brain Maturation in Autism and Their Molecular Associations' (JAMA Psychiatry, 2024), 'Transcriptomic decoding of surface-based imaging phenotypes and its application to pharmacotranscriptomics' (Nature Communications, 2025), 'A multimodal neural signature of face processing in autism within the fusiform gyrus' (Nature Mental Health, 2025), and 'Differential GABA dynamics across brain functional networks in autism' (Communications Biology, 2026). With over 1,500 citations on Google Scholar and 561 on King's Pure portal, her work has substantial impact in the field. Pretzsch has received notable awards such as the INSAR Early Career Investigator Award (2025), IoPPN Academic Psychiatry Emerging Career Researcher Prize of the Year (2019), Early Career Research Award (2021), and Student and Trainee Travel Award (2021). She serves as co-investigator on funded projects including 'Bridging the gap between neurodevelopment and immunity: a study of Vitamin D' (Waterloo Foundation, 2023-2024), contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals 3 and 4.