1. •Abitur, Hindenburggymnasium, Trier, 1971-1979
   

2. •Medicine, Basic Sciences, Saarland University, Homburg, 1979-1982
   

3. •Medical School, Technical University Munich, 1982-1986
   

4. •MD, Technical University Munich, 1986
   

5. •Doctoral thesis, Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry, Munich, 1983-1987
   

6. •Doctorate (Dr. med.), Technical University Munich, 1987
   

7. •Philosophy, Frankfurt University, 1987-1990
   

8. •Specialization in Medical Physiology (Facharzt), Ärztekammer Nordrhein, Düsseldorf, 2002

1. •Graduate Research, Neuropathology and Neurobiology, Dept. of Neuromorphology, Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry, Munich, 1983-1987
   

2. •Post-Doctoral Fellow, Neurobiology, Dept. of Neurophysiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, 1987-1995
   

3. •Heisenberg-Fellow and head of research group, Dept. of Neurophysiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, 1996-2000
   

4. •Daimler-Benz Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study Berlin, Fall 1997-Summer 1998
   

5. •Head of Cellular Neurobiology Group (tenured position), Research Center Juelich, 2000-2002
   

6. •Director of Dept. of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 2002-present
   

7. •Coordinator of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 936 „Multi-Site Communication in the Brain“ (with C. Gerloff, Dept. of Neurology, UKE), since 2011

1. •Birth: 1961, Villingen, Germany
   

2. •Citizenship: German
   

3. •Marital Status: married, one child

1. •Undergraduate teaching, Dept. of Physiology, Frankfurt University, 1990-1995
   

2. •Supervision of graduate students and postdocs in neurophysiology and cognitive neuroscience, since 1991
   

3. •Teaching at various private schools for occupational therapy, since 1996
   

4. •Habilitation in Medical Physiology, Frankfurt University Medical School, 1995
   

5. •Lecturer (Privatdozent) in Medical Physiology, Frankfurt University Medical School, 1995-2002
   

6. •Full Professor of Physiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, since 2002
   

7. •Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Dept. of Psychology, Hamburg University, since 2004
   

8. •Member of steering committee and coordination of several working groups, Integrated Curriculum Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, since 2010

1. •Information processing in the visual and tactile system
   

2. •Dynamics of sensori-motor assemblies
   

3. •Role of synchronization and oscillations for binding processes
   

4. •Role of temporal binding for intermodal and sensorimotor integration
   

5. •Theories of perception and action
   

6. •Role of action in cognitive processing
   

7. •Neural mechanisms of attention, emotion, decision making, consciousness
   

8. •Changes of large-scale neural coupling in neurological and psychiatric disorders
   

9. •Bioinspired robot architectures
   

10. •Brain-computer interfaces

1. •Undergraduate fellowship of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes) 1980-1983 and 1985-1986
   

2. •Graduate fellowship of the German National Academic Foundation 1983-1985
   

3. •Award of a five-year Heisenberg-Fellowship, German Research Foundation (DFG), 1995
   

4. •Award of a one-year Daimler-Benz Fellowship at the Institute for Advanced Study Berlin, 1997
   

5. •Offer for the Chair of Physiology at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria, 2006 (declined)
   

6. •Elected as member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg, 2008
   

7. •Award of an ERC Advanced Investigators Grant (together with P. König, Osnabrück), 2011

1. •Member of the Akademie der Wissenschaften in Hamburg (Hamburg Academy of Sciences)
   

2. •Member of the Society for Neuroscience (USA)
   

3. •Member of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
   

4. •Member of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC)
   

5. •Member of the German Neuroscience Society
   

6. •Member of the German Cognitive Science Society
   

7. •Associate Editor of „Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience“
   

8. •Associate Editor of „Frontiers in Consciousness Research“
   

9. •Advisory Editorial Board member of „Trends in Cognitive Sciences“
   

10. •Advisory Editorial Board member of „Consciousness and Cognition“
    

11. •Advisory Editorial Board member of „Experimental Brain Research“
    

12. •Executive Board member of EU Network of Excellence „Neuro-IT“ (2002-2007)
    

13. •Executive Board member of EU Coordinated Action Network „euCognition“ (2006-2008)
    

14. •Executive Board member of EU Coordinated Action Network „euCogII“ (2009-2011)
    

15. •Executive Board member of EU Coordinated Action Network „euCogIII“ (2012-2014)
    

16. •Executive Board member of the German Neuroscience Society (2009-2014)
    

17. •Management Core Group member of European COST Action „Consciousness“ (2008-2010)
    

18. •Chairman of the Hamburg Neuroscience Priority Initative (2005-2008)
    

19. •Coordinator of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 936 (with C. Gerloff, Dept. of Neurology, UKE) (since 2011)
    

20. •President-Elect of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC) (2012)

1. •Reviewer for International Scientific Journals (e.g. „Science“, „Nature“, „Nature Reviews Neuroscience“, „Trends in Neurosciences“, „Trends in Cognitive Sciences“, „Journal of Neuroscience“, „Neuroimage“, „European Journal of Neuroscience“, „Journal of Neurophysiology“, „Experimental Brain Research“, „Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience“, „Consciousness and Cognition“)
   

2. •Reviewer for National and International Research Funding Organizations (e.g. German Research Council, BMBF, Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes, Wellcome Trust, Humboldt Foundation, Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research)
   

3. •Co-Organization of conferences (e.g. Meetings of the German Cognitive Science Society 1999, 2001)
   

4. •Organization of workshops at Scientific Meetings (e.g. FENS, German Neuroscience Society)
   

5. •Organization of national and international summer schools (e.g. German National Academic Foundation, EU-Networks Neuro-IT and euCognition)
   

6. •Academic Mentor (Vertrauensdozent) for scholars of the German National Academic Foundation (2003-2009)
   

7. •Academic Mentor in the Excellence Mentoring Programme of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (since 2010)

1. •Joint research project with E. Ahissar (Rehovot, Israel), 1994-1997
   

2. •Several research visits to the Weizmann Institute (Rehovot, Israel), 1995-1996
   

3. •Joint project with P. König, The Neurosciences Institute (San Diego, USA), 1995-1998
   

4. •Research visit to The Neurosciences Institute (San Diego, USA), 1995
   

5. •Joint project with R. Pfeifer (Zurich, Switzerland) and M. Diamond (Trieste, Italy), 2001-2006
   

6. •Joint project with H. Bergman and E. Vaadia (Jerusalem, Israel), 2001-2006
   

7. •Joint projects with R. Goebel (Maastricht, The Netherlands), 2001-2008
   

8. •Joint project with R. Horaud (Grenoble, France) and H. Araujo (Coimbra, Portugal), 2005-2008
   

9. •Joint project with G. Rees (London, UK), A. Cleeremans (Brussels, Belgium) and S. Laurys (Liege, Belgium), 2007-2009
   

10. •Joint project with M. Corbetta (Chieti, Italy/St.Louis, USA), J. Driver (London, UK), J.-P. Lachaux (Lyon, France) and G. Deco (Barcelona, Spain), 2008-2010
    

11. •Joint project with S. Gao (Beijing, China), 2006-present
    

12. •Joint project with D. Kragic (Stockholm, Sweden), R. Pfeifer (Zurich, Switzerland), P. Verschure (Barcelona, Spain), E. Di Paolo (San Sebastian, Spain), 2011-present

General information on grants (as of Jan 2012): coordinator or partner of funded grant proposals with a total funding volume (since 1994) of >63 Mio €; own share of this funding: >12 Mio €.

1. •„Roles of Neural Synchrony in Perception“. Joint German-Israeli project with E. Ahissar (Rehovot). Funded by the Minna-James-Heineman Foundation. Funding period: 1994–1997
   

2. •„Heisenberg-Fellowship“. Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Funding period: 1996-2000
   

3. •„Reizabhängige Synchronisation im Sehsystem von Katze und Affe“. Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Funding period: 1996–2002
   

4. •„Funktionelle Relevanz und Verhaltensbezug neuronaler Synchronisation im visuellen Kortex der Katze“. Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Funding period: 1997–2000
   

5. •„Physiologische und pathophysiologische Bedeutung neuronaler Synchronisationsprozesse“. Funded by the German Research Foundation (Research Training Group GRK 320 „Pathologische Prozesse des Nervensystems: vom Gen zum Verhalten“). Funding period: 2001–2003
   

6. •„Dynamics of cortical cell assemblies - experiments and theory“. Joint project with M. Munk (Frankfurt), S. Grün (Berlin). Funded by the Volkswagen-Foundation. Funding period: 2001–2005
   

7. •„Thematic Network: NEURO-IT“. Joint European project with A. Knoll (Munich), A. Tyrell (York), G. Orban (Leuven), E. de Schutter (Antwerp), G. Sandini (Genua). Funded by EU-IST. Funding period: 2002–2007
   

8. •„Artificial Mouse“. Joint European project with R. Pfeifer (Zurich), P. König (Zurich/Osnabrück), R. Möller (München/Bielefeld), M. Diamond (Trieste). Funded by EU-IST. Funding period: 2001–2006
   

9. •„Neural Dynamics in Parkinson’s Disease“. Joint German-Israeli project with H. Bergman, E. Vaadia (Jerusalem). Funded by BMBF-MOS. Funding period: 2003–2006
   

10. •„Dynamik von Aufmerksamkeitseffekten und perzeptuellen Entscheidungen im menschlichen Sehsystem“. Funded by Hans-Lungwitz-Foundation. Funding period: 2003-2004
    

11. •„Continuation of SFB 444 – Basis of neuronal communication and signal transduction“. Joint application with T. Jentsch, O. Pongs, J. Schwarz, A. Gal, E. Mandelkow, I. Bach, U. Finckh, W. Hampe, K. Kutsche, D. Riethmacher, T. Schimmang (Hamburg). Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Funding period: 2003–2006
    

12. •„Repraesentation – Theorien, Formen und Techniken“. Joint project with H. Sandkühler (Bremen), K. Vogeley (Cologne), S. Nannini (Siena). Funded by the Volkswagen-Foundation. Funding period: 2005–2008
    

13. •„Marie-Curie Research Training Network: Neuro-vers-IT“. Joint European project with A. Knoll (München), S. Martinoia (Genua), P. Morasso (Genua), G. Le Masson (Bordeaux), J. van Pelt (Amsterdam), M. Koudelka-Hep (Neuchatel), W. Rutten (Twente). Funded by EU-IST. Funding period: 2006-2009
    

14. •„STREP: Perception on Purpose“. Joint European project with R. Horaud (Grenoble), P. König (Osnabrück), H. Araujo (Coimbra), M. Cooke (Sheffield). Funded by EU-IST. Funding period: 2006-2008
    

15. •„Coordinated Action: euCognition“. Joint European project with D. Vernon (Genua), F. Cummins (Dublin), M. Vincze (Wien), T. Ziemke (Skövde), E. Hollnagel (Linköping), C. von der Malsburg (Bochum), G. Tiberghien (Lyon), J. Jost (Leipzig), P. Dominey (Lyon), M. Scheutz (Notre Dame). Funded by EU-IST. Funding period: 2006-2008
    

16. •„Plasticity and reorganization of object processing in the human brain“. Joint project with C. Büchel, B. Röder (Hamburg), H. Siebner (Kiel). Funded by BMBF. Funding period: 2006-2009
    

17. •„Neuroimage Nord – Continuation of Imaging Center“. Joint project with C. Büchel, B. Röder, H. Zeumer, D. Naber (Hamburg). Funded by BMBF. Funding period: 2006-2008
    

18. •„Wholehead-MEG-System“. Joint project with C. Büchel, B. Röder, H. Zeumer, D. Naber, M. Westphal, M. Clausen (Hamburg). Funded by BMBF. Funding period: 2006-2008
    

19. •„International Research Training Group GRK 1247: Crossmodal interactions in natural and artificial cognitive systems (Cinacs)“. Joint German-Chinese project with J. Zhang, B. Röder, C. Büchel, C. Habel, W. Menzel (Hamburg) and F. Sun, S. Cai, Z. Deng, S. Gao, X. Gao, M. Sun, S. Yang, B. Zhang (Beijing). Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Funding period: 2006-2010
    

20. •„STREP: MindBridge“. Joint European project with M. Overgaard (Hammel), A. Cleeremans (Brussels), G. Rees (London), S. Laureys (Liege), K. Vogeley (Cologne). Funded by EU-NEST. Funding period: 2007-2009
    

21. •„STREP: BrainSync“. Joint European project with M. Corbetta (Chieti), G. Orban (Leuven), P. Fries (Nijmegen), J.-P. Lachaux (Lyon). J. Driver (London), G. Deco (Barcelona), M. Palus (Prague). Funded by EU-HEALTH. Funding period: 2008-2010
    

22. •„Multisensory processing of pain“. Joint application with D. Senkowski, M. Hauck (Hamburg). Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Funding period: 2008-2010
    

23. •„Transregio-SFB TRR 58“ – Fear, anxiety, anxiety disorders“. Joint application with H.-C. Pape, C. Pantev, N. Sachser (Münster), J. Deckert, A. Fallgatter, K.-P. Lesch, P. Pauli (Würzburg), C. Büchel (Hamburg) et al. Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Funding period: 2008–2012
    

24. •„Coordinated Action: euCogII“. Joint European project with V.C. Müller (Thessaloniki), G. Schöner (Bochum), L. Steels (Brussels), T. Ziemke (Skövde), T. Andringa (Groningen), R. Chrisley (Sussex), R. Pfeifer (Zürich), T. Gomila (Palma). Funded by EU-IST. Funding period: 2009-2011
    

25. •„Landesexzellenzcluster Neurodapt - Learning, memory, plasticity and related disorders“. Joint project with C. Büchel, C. Gerloff, M. Glatzel, I. Hanganu-Opatz, D. Isbrandt, S. Knecht, M. Kneussel, D. Kuhl, K. Kutsche, E. Mandelkow, A. May, B. Röder, J. Zhang (Hamburg) and J. Born (Lübeck). Funded through the „Landesexzellenzinitative Hamburg“. Funding period: 2009-2012
    

26. •Renewal of „International Research Training Group GRK 1247: Crossmodal interactions in natural and artificial cognitive systems (Cinacs)“. Joint German-Chinese project with J. Zhang, B. Röder, C. Büchel, C. Habel, W. Menzel, S. Wermter (Hamburg) and F. Sun, S. Cai, S. Gao, X. Gao, G. Liu, M. Sun, S. Yang, B. Zhang (Beijing). Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Funding period: 2010-2015
    

27. •„STREP: eSMCs“. Joint European project with D. Kragic (Stockholm), R. Pfeifer (Zürich), P. Verschure (Barcelona), P. König (Osnabrück), E. Di Paolo (San Sebastian). Funded by EU-ICT. Funding period: 2011-2014
    

28. •„ERC Advanced Investigators Grant: Multisense“. Joint European project with P. König (Osnabrück). Funded by ERC. Funding period: 2011-2016
    

29. •„Collaborative Research Centre SFB 936: Multi-site communication in the brain“. Joint application with U. Bingel, C. Büchel, J. Fiehler, C. Gerloff, I. Hanganu-Opatz, T. Heed, C. Hilgetag, F. Hummel, D. Isbrandt, D. Kuhl, A. May, F. Morellini, A. Münchau, C. Mulert, B. Röder, G. Thomalla (Hamburg), C. Klein (Lübeck) and P. König (Osnabrück). Funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). Funding period: 2011-2015
    

30. •„Coordinated Action: euCogIII“. Joint European project with V.C. Müller (Thessaloniki), M. Vincze (Wien), T. Ziemke (Skövde), T. Andringa (Groningen), R. Chrisley (Sussex), R. Pfeifer (Zürich), G. Schöner (Bochum), T. Gomila (Palma). Funded by EU-IST. Funding period: 2011-2014