Frank Scharnowski


Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging & Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
University College London
12 Queen Square
London WC1N 3BG, UK
F.Scharnowski [at] fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk

Educational Qualifications

1998 – 2001
International Program Cognitive-Science, University of Osnabrück, Germany
Bachelor of Science in Cognitice Science

2000
University of Ulster, UK
School of Computing and Mathematics

2001 – 2004
International Max Planck Research School, University of Tübingen, Germany
Master of Science in Neural and Behavioural Sciences

2004 – 2007
Brain Mind Institute, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland
PhD in Life Sciences

2008 - 2011
Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging & Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, London, UK
Postdoctoral Fellow

2011 – 2013
University of Geneva & Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Switzerland
Postdoctoral Fellow

Research Experience

07/2000 – 09/2000, Tübingen (Germany)
Full-time practical training at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics with Dr. Kammer (Dept. of Prof. Kirschfeld)

04/2001 – 09/2001, Tübingen (Germany)
Research Assistant at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics with Dr. Kammer (Dept. of Prof. Kirschfeld)

09/2002 - 12/2002, Tübingen (Germany)
Full-time practical training at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics with Dr. Franz (Dept. of Prof. Bülthoff)

02/2003 - 05/2003, Tübingen (Germany)
Full-time practical training at the Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology and the Section of Experimental MR of the CNS with Dr. Weiskopf (Dept. of Prof. Birbaumer)

06/2003 – 09/2003, Princeton (New Jersey)
Full-time practical training at the Center for the Study of Mind, Brain, and Behavior with Prof. Tong

09/2003 – 03/2004, Tübingen (Germany)
Research Assistant at the Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioural Neurobiology and the Section of Experimental MR of the CNS with Dr. Weiskopf (Dept. of Prof. Birbaumer)

04/2004 – 05/2004, Ulm (Germany)
Full-time practical training at the Department of Psychiatry with Dr. Kammer (Dept. of Prof. Spitzer)

05/2004 - 07/2004, Bremen (Germany)
Research Assistant at the Institute of Brain Research with Prof. Herzog (Dept. of Prof. Fahle)

07/2004 - 12/2007, Lausanne (Switzerland)
PhD candidate at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology with Prof. Herzog

01/2008 - 12/2010, London (UK)
Postdoctoral Fellow at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging & Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience with Prof. Rees and Prof. Weiskopf

01/2011 - present, Geneva & Lausanne (Switzerland)
Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Geneva and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology with Prof. van de Ville and Prof. Vuilleumier

Awards / Funding

2001                Riedel-de Haen Study Foundation Prize

2004                Travel award of the Organisation for Human Brain Mapping

2004 - 2007      PhD Fellowship awarded by the Swiss National Science Foundation

2008 - 2009      Swiss National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship

2010 - 2011      Marie-Curie Fellowship awarded by the European Union

2011 - 2014      Ambizione Fellowship of the Swiss National Science Foundation

Journal Articles

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  1. Kammer T., Scharnowski F., Herzog M.H. (2003): Combining backward masking and transcranial magnetic stimulation in human observers. Neuroscience Letters, 343, 171-174. [pdf]

  2. Weiskopf N., Mathiak K., Bock S., Scharnowski F., Veit R., Goebel R., Birbaumer N. (2004): Principles and purposes of a brain-computer interface based on real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging. IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, 51, 966-970. [pdf]

  3. Weiskopf N., Scharnowski F., Veit R., Goebel R., Birbaumer N., Mathiak K. (2004): Self-regulation of local brain activity using real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging. Journal of Physiology - Paris, 98(4-6), 357-373. [pdf]

  4. Franz V.H., Scharnowski F., Gegenfurtner K.R. (2005): Illusion effects on grasping are temporally constant, not dynamic. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 31(6), 1359-1378.[pdf]

  5. Herzog M.H., Scharnowski F., Hermens F. (2007): Long lasting effects of unmasking in a feature fusion paradigm. Psychological Research, 71(6), 653-658. [pdf] 

  6. Scharnowski F., F. Hermens, Kammer T, Ögmen H., Herzog M.H. (2007): Feature fusion reveals slow and fast visual memories. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 19(4), 1-10. [pdf]

  7. Weiskopf N., Sitaram R., Josephs O., Veit R., Scharnowski F., Goebel R., Birbaumer N., Deichmann R., Mathiak K. (2007): Real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging: Methods and applications. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 25(6), 989-1003. [pdf]

  8. Scharnowski F., Hermens F., Herzog M.H. (2007): Bloch’s law and the dynamics of feature fusion. Vision Research, 57, 2444-2452. [pdf]

  9. Hermens F., Scharnowski F., Herzog M.H. (2009): Spatial grouping determines temporal integration. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35(3), 595-610. [pdf]

  10. Scharnowski F., Rüter J., Jolij J., Hermens F., Kammer T., Herzog M.H. (2009): Long-lasting Modulation of Feature Integration by transcranial magnetic stimulation. Journal of Vision, 9(6), 1-10. [pdf]

  11. Scharnowski F., Mathiak K., Weiskopf N. (2009): Echtzeit-fMRT. Klinische Neurophysiologie, 40, 214-221. [pdf]

  12. Hermens F., Scharnowski F., Herzog M.H. (2010): Automatic grouping of regular structures. Journal of Vision, 10(8), 1-16. [pdf]

Theses

  1. Investigation of the visuo-spatial working memory performance with a combined sequential tracking and spatial span task. Bachelor thesis in Cognitive Science, University of Osnabrück, Germany (2001).

  2. Self regulation of local brain activity and its behavioural consequences. Master thesis in Neural and Behavioural Sciences, International Max Planck Research School, Tübingen, Germany (2004).

  3. The temporal dynamics of visual feature integration. Doctoral Thesis in Life Sciences, Swiss Institute of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland (2007).

Conference Talks

  1. Franz V., Scharnowski F.: Grasping Effects of Visual Illusions: Dynamic or Constant, Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (2003), Sarasota (Florida), Journal of Vision, 3 (9): 127, 2003.

  2. Scharnowski F., Herzog M.H.: Contextual Modulation and Feature Integration. Beiträge zur 48. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (2006). Hecht H., Berti S., Meinhardt G., Gamer M. (Eds.), Experimentelle Psychologie. (pp.59). Lengerich: Pabst Science Publishers (Germany).

  3. Hermens F., Scharnowski F., Herzog M.H.: Visual Grouping: Temporal and Spatial Interactions. Dag van de Perceptie (2006), Soesterberg (The Netherlands).

  4. Scharnowski F., Rüter J., Jolij J., Hermens F., Kammer T., Herzog M.H.: Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) of early visual cortex reveals a window of integration of substantial duration. Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (2007), Sarasota (Florida).

  5. Scharnowski F., Hutton C., Josephs O., Weiskopf N., Rees G.: Manipulating visual perception with real-time fMRI-based neurofeedback training. Alpine Brain Imaging Meeting (2010), Champéry (Switzerland).

  6. Scharnowski F., Hutton C., Josephs O., Weiskopf N., Rees G.: Manipulating visual perception with real-time fMRI-based neurofeedback training. Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (2010), Montreal (Canada).

  7. Scharnowski F., Hutton C., Josephs O., Weiskopf N., Rees G.: Manipulating visual perception with real-time fMRI-based neurofeedback training. Annual Meeting of the Organistaion for Human Brain Mapping (2010), Barcelona (Spain).

  8. Scharnowski F., Hutton C., Josephs O., Weiskopf N., Rees G.: Manipulating visual perception with real-time fMRI-based neurofeedback training. European Conference on Visual Processing (2010), Lausanne (Switzerland).

Other Refereed Contributions

    1. Saur R., Scharnowski F., Kammer T. (2002): Wie kann man räumliches Arbeitsgedächtnis exakt vermessen? Beiträge zur 44. Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen. Baumann M., Keinath A.,  Krems J.F. (Eds.), Experimentelle Psychologie. Roderer, Regensburg (Germany).

    2. Kammer T., Saur R., Scharnowski F. (2002): Spatial working memory: How to measure accuracy of performance. FENS Abstr. 1, A009.8. 3rd Forum of European Neuroscience, Paris (France).

    3. Franz V., Scharnowski F. (2003): Sind Greifeffekte optischer Täuschungen zeitlich konstant? Proceedings of the 6th Tübingen Perception Conference. Bülthoff H.H., Gegenfurtner K.R., Mallot H.A., Ulrich R., Wichmann F.A. (Eds.), Kirchentellinsfurt: Knirsch-Verlag (Germany).

    4. Bock S., Weiskopf N., Scharnowski F., Mathiak K., Goebel R., Birbaumer N. (2003): Differential neuro-feedback using a brain-computer interface based on real-time fMRI. European Cognitive Science Conference, Osnabrück (Germany).

    5. Scharnowski F., Weiskopf N., Bock S.W., Mathiak K., Veit R., Rota G., Studer P., Zopf R., Erb M., Goebel R., Birbaumer N. (2003): Neurofeedback based on real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Ladislav Tauc Conference in Neurobiology: Decoding and Interfacing the Brain, Gif-sur-Yvette, Paris (France).

    6. Scharnowski F., Weiskopf N., Bock S.W., Mathiak K., Veit R., Rota G., Studer P., Zopf R., Erb M., Goebel R., Birbaumer N. (2004): Self-regulation of local brain activity and its behavioural consequences. Proceedings of the 7th Tübingen Perception Conference. Bülthoff H.H., Mallot H.A., Ulrich R.D., Wichmann F.A. (Eds.), Kirchentellinsfurt: Knirsch-Verlag (Germany).

    7. Scharnowski F., Weiskopf N., Mathiak K., Zopf R., Studer P., Bock S.W., Grodd W., Goebel R., Birbaumer N. (2004): Self-regulation of the BOLD signal of supplementary motor area (SMA) and parahippocampal place area (PPA): fMRI-neurofeedback and its behavioural consequences. Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Budapest, Hungary.

    8. Weiskopf N., Scharnowski F., Veit R., Ball T., Mathiak K., Zopf R., Studer P., Grodd W., Goebel R., Birbaumer N. (2004): Self-regulation of the local BOLD signal and its behavioral consequences: A real-time fMRI study. Psychophysiology, 41, 28-28.

    9. Scharnowski F., Hermens F., Herzog M.H.: Time will tell: The temporal order of events determines feature integration. Proceedings of the 8. Tübingen Perception Conference (2005). Bülthoff H.H., Mallot H.A., Ulrich R.D., Wichmann F.A. (Eds.), Kirchentellinsfurt: Knirsch-Verlag (Germany).

    10. Scharnowski F., Hermens F., Herzog M.H. (2005): Feature integration is determined by the temporal order of events. Journal of Vision, 5(8), 761-761.

    11. Scharnowski F., Hermens F., Herzog M.H. (2005): Why the temporal order of events determines feature integration. Perception 34 ECVP Supplement.

    12. Rüter J., Scharnowski F., Herzog M.H. (2007): Modulation of feature fusion by visual masking. Journal of Vision, 7(9), 382-382.

    13. Hermens F., Scharnowski F., Herzog M.H.: Feature Integration Independent of Awareness. Blinks of the Mind Workshop (2007), Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

    14. Rüter J., Scharnowski F., Herzog M.H. (2007): Modulation of Feature Fusion by Visual Masking. Journal of Vision, 7(9), 382-382.

    15. Rüter J., Scharnowski F., Lironi N., Kammer T., Herzog M.H. (2008): Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) of early visual but not frontal cortices reveals a feature memory of substantial duration. 3rd International Conference on TMS and tDCS, Goettingen, Germany.

    16. Rüter J., Scharnowski F., Kammer T., Herzog M.H. (2008): How TMS and (light) masks modulate feature integration. FENS abstracts, 4, 220.9.

    17. Rüter J., Scharnowski F., Lironi N., Kammer T., Herzog M.H. (2008): The role of frontal and occipital cortices in feature integration. TMS Summer School, London, UK.

    18. Rüter J., Scharnowski F., Kammer T., Herzog M.H. (2008): How TMS and stimulus off/on signals modulate feature integration. Journal of Vision, 8(6), 357-357.                          

    19. Rüter J., Scharnowski F., Kammer T., Herzog M.H. (2008): How TMS and (light) masks modulate feature integration. Alpine Brain Imaging Meeting, Champéry, Switzerland.                          

    20. Scharnowski F., Hutton C., Josephs O., Weiskopf N., Rees G. (2010): Manipulating visual perception with real-time fMRI-based neurofeedback. Annual Meeting of the Swiss Society for Neuroscience, Lausanne, Switzerland.                          

    21. Gantner I.S., Hutton C., Scharnowski F., Kaas A., Weiskopf N. (2010): Unconscious closed-loop feedback to the visual system for quantifying the effectiveness of BOLD-based neurofeedback. 7. Forum of European Neuroscience, Amsterdam, (The Netherlands).                            

    22. Scharnowski F., Hutton C., Josephs O., Weiskopf N., Rees G. (2010): Manipulating visual perception with real-time fMRI-based neurofeedback. Annual Meeting of the Organistaion for Human Brain Mapping, Barcelona, Spain.

    23. Scharnowski F., Hutton C., Josephs O., Weiskopf N., Rees G. (2010): Manipulating visual perception with real-time fMRI-based neurofeedback. Perception 39 ECVP Supplement, 14.                            

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