Academic career
| since 01/2020 | Research Associate McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Computations System Neuroscience, PI Prof. Dr. Maurice Chacron. |
| 07/2015 – 12/2019 | Postdoctoral Scholar McGill University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Physiology, Computations System Neuroscience, PI Prof. Dr. Maurice Chacron. |
| 02 – 06/2015 | Scientific employee (Postdoc) University of Bielefeld Faculty of Biology & CITEC (Cognitive Interaction Technology, Center of Excellence, Active Sensing Lab, PI Prof. Dr. Jacob Engelmann. |
Education
| 2010 – 2015 | PhD in Biology (Dr. rer. nat.) University of Bielefeld Faculty of Biology & CITEC (Cognitive Interaction Technology, Center of Excellence, Active Sensing Lab, |
| 02/2015 | Thesis: “Sensorimotor interactions in an active sensory system” (Thesis Mentor: Prof. Dr. Jacob Engelmann) |
| 06/2013 – 02/2015 | Associate Member of the MoRitS graduate school “Model-based realization of intelligent systems in nano- and biotechnologies” |
| 04/2011-05/2011 | Visit at the Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay, Department Neuromathematicas (Host: Prof. Adjunto Leonel Gomez-Sena) |
| 04/2010 – 02/2015 | Member of the CITEC graduate school “Intelligent Systems (ISY)” |
| 2003 – 2010 | Diploma degree in Biology (Dipl. biol.) University of Bonn Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Institute of Zoology, Comparative Neurobiology |
| 04/2010 | Thesis: “Responses of midbrain lateral line units in the torus semicircularis of the goldfish, Carassius auratus, to bulk water flow” (Thesis Mentor: Prof. Dr. Horst Bleckmann) |
Funding & Awards
| 11/2016 | DFG “Forschungsstipendium” 2 Year Postdoctoral Fellowship of the German Research Foundation (DFG) Title: “A novel Channel of Information transmission in the brain: correlations between the activities of medullary neurons encode behaviorally relevant stimuli in weakly electric fish” |
| 06/2010 | PhD scholarship 3 Year Scholarship through the DFG Excellence Cluster 277: CITEC – Cognitive Interaction Technology, Center of Excellence, Title: “Closing the loop in active electroreception” |
| 09/2013 | Prize for the best conference poster in the section “Neurobiology” at the 106th annual meeting of the German Zoological Society, Munich, Germany |
Professional activities
| Memberships | |
| since 2014 since 2016 since 2016 since 2016 since 2018 |
German Zoological Society (DZG) International Society of Neuroethology (ISN) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Canadian Association for Neuroscience (CAN-ACN) Society for Neuroscience (SFN) |
| Reviewing | |
| since 2016 since 2018 |
PLoS ONE Scientific Reports |
| Other | |
| 2011 | Organizing committee of the “Neuro-DOWO” Bonn, Germany Workshop for PhD students in Neurobiology, 28-29 July 2011, 45 Participants |
Teaching
| Teaching faculty | |
| 2018 | Neural systems and behavior (NS&B), Cycle 2: electric fish Advanced research course, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, MA, USA, ( |
| Teaching assistant | |
| 2016 & 2017 | Neural systems and behavior (NS&B), Cycle 2: electric fish Advanced research course, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL), Woods Hole, MA, USA, (Maurice Chacron & Eric Fortune) |
| 2011 – 2015 | Module 209511: Matlab programming and signal analysis Mastermodule Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld (Jacob Engelmann) |
| 2011 & 2013 | Complementary module III: Behavior & Neural Mechanisms: Learning and Cognition Bachelormodule Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld (Jacob Engelmann) |
| 2009 | Neurobiology In lab practical Module, Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn (Horst Bleckmann & Joachim Mogdans) |
| 2009 | Behavioral Biology In lab practical Module, Institute of Zoology, University of Bonn (Horst Bleckmann & Joachim Mogdans) |
