Welcome to my website. I am a theoretical neuroscientist, trying to understand how function arises from the interactions of brain cells. To this end, I am using mathematical modeling, and I am studying brain functions of various levels of complexity, from basic memory formation to fine-grained motor control. 

Currently, I work as a postdoctoral researcher at the Dorris Neuroscience Center of The Scripps Research Institute,  where I am supervised by Ann Kennedy. Previously, I worked with and learned from Thomas Knoesche (PhD supervisor, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences) and Peter Koenig (Master thesis supervisor, Osnabrueck University).

This website is a space where I describe my ongoing research projects, present scientific software that I developed, and collect teaching material that I prepared at different occasions. 

Curriculum Vitae

Work experience

The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego

PostDoc

Northwestern University, Chicago

PostDoc

Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science, Leipzig

PostDoc

Education

University of Leipzig

Dr. rer. nat. at Physics faculty

University of Osnabrück

M.Sc. Cognitive Science

University of Leipzig

B.Sc. Psychology

Fellowships and Awards

R. Thom Young Researcher Award by France's Complex Systems Society

Travel Award by Organization for Computational Neuroscience

PhD Fellowship by Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes

SMART START Computational Neuroscience Training Fellowship by Bernstein Network