Principles of Cognition in
Brains and Machines
Computational neuroscience, empirical brain research and physical constraints of intelligent systems
Computational neuroscience, empirical brain research and physical constraints of intelligent systems
Education
2023 Habilitation (Dr. phil. habil.) in linguistics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
2018 Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in neuroscience, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
2013 Master of Science in physics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
2011 Bachelor of Science in physics, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
Appointments
01/2026 - now Group Leader, Physics and Cognition Group,
Mannheim Center for Neuromodulation and Neuroprosthetics (MCNN), University of Heidelberg
07/2022 - now Group Leader, Cognitive Computational Neuroscience Group,
Pattern Recognition Lab, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg,
04/2023 - 10/2023 Researcher, Fraunhofer IIS, X-Ray Development Center Fürth, Germany
04/2020 - 04/2024 Principle investigator, Neuroscience Lab, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
04/2020 - 02/2023 Lecturer in neuroscience and artificial intelligence at the Faculty of Engineering,
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
01/2020 - 12/2020 Visiting researcher, Cognitive Neuroscience Center, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
04/2019 - 02/2023 Lecturer in linguistics at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences,
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
04/2019 – 07/2022 Group leader, Cognitive Computational Neuroscience Group, Linguistics Lab,
University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany
01/2018 - 03/2020 Postdoctoral researcher, Neuroscience Lab, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany
10/2013 - 09/2017 Doctorate in neuroscience, Neuroscience Lab, University Hospital Erlangen, Germany