Curriculum Vitae
Academic education and professional appointments
| 2002 – | Professor of Physiology and Chair, Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Heidelberg, Germany |
1999 | Habilitation (venia legendi) for Physiology, Humboldt University Berlin |
1998 – 2002 | Senior Research Assistant, Department of Physiology, Charité, Humboldt University Berlin (Prof. Uwe Heinemann) |
1997 | Senior Research Fellow, University of Birmingham, UK |
1994 – 1998 | Research Assistant/Senior Research Assistant, Department of Physiology, Charité, Humboldt University Berlin (Prof. U. Heinemann) |
1992 – 1994 | Scientific Assistant, Department of Physiology, University of Cologne, Germany (Prof. Uwe Heinemann) |
1991 | Dr. med., University of Heidelberg |
1990 – 1991 | Clinical internship, Städtisches Krankenhaus Remscheid, Germany |
1987 – 1990 | MD student, Max-Planck-Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Germany, and Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Heidelberg, Germany (Prof. Bert Sakmann) |
1984 – 1986 | Student Assistant in Physiology, University of Bonn (Prof. Anton Wernig) |
1981 – 1987 | Studies of Medicine, Physics and Philosophy, University of Bonn, Germany |
Coordinating functions
| 2022 – | Coordination of BMBF-funded research consortium “FrameIntell” (Linguistic framing of artificial and biological intelligence: uncovering implicit concepts of cognition and their ethical consequences). |
2020 – 2021 | Fellow, Marsilius Kolleg (Center for Advanced Studies), Heidelberg University |
2015 – 2019 | Speaker of CRC 1134 “Functional Ensembles: cellular components, patterned activity and plasticity of co-active neurons in local networks” |
2018 – 2019 | Dean of the Medical Faculty Heidelberg |
2014 – 2018 | Vice Dean for Studies of the Medical Faculty Heidelberg |
2016 – 2018 | Treasurer of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS) |
2008 – | Vice Director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Neuroscience at Heidelberg University |
2009 – 2016 | Member and spokesman (since 2012) of the Review Board for Neuroscience of the DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) |
2011 – 2014 | Board Member of German Physiological Society |
2010 – 2012 | Fellow, Marsilius Kolleg (Center for Advanced Studies), Heidelberg University |
2004 – 2015 | Treasurer of the NWG (Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, German Society for Neuroscience) |
2001 – 2015 | Member of Expert Commission “Physiology” at the National Institute for Medical Exams (IMPP) |
1996 | European Research Grant |
1980 – 1990 | Fellowship, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes |