I am a Neuroscientist working at the Charité University Hospital as well as the National Metrology Institute in Berlin, Germany. My goal is to uncover the detailed functionality of neuronal oscillations and neural circuits for perception and neuronal plasticity using magneto- and electrophysiological brain imaging and data analysis using EEG, SQUID-MEG, OPM-MEG in brain copmuter interfaces.
Neural Oscillations orchestrate the transfer and integration of information in the brain, realized by large populations of neurons joining into synchroneous activity. They are crucial for nearly all brain-related processes, such as cognition, perception, memory and sleep. Despite more than 100 years of research on neural oscillations, a lot of questions remain. My goal is to uncover the mechanism underlying neural oscillations and explore the potential of non-invasive brain stimulation for treating oscillatory deficits in neural deseases.
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Paper alert! The potential of OPMs for Translational Neuroscience
Optically pumped magnetometers (OPMs) represent a new breakthrough technology in optical Imaging, featuring many advantages over state-of-the-art EEG and SQUID-MEG Imaging. While still in an exploratory delevopment phase, we believe…
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Preprint alert! Alpha oscillations gate downstream information transfer
For a long time it was throught, that alpha oscillations apply gain control in visual areas, exerting inhibition to incoming sensory information. We challenge this notion, showing that increased alpha…
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Paper Alert! Want to play Brain Pong?
Common non-invasive Brain Computer Interfaces often require distracting sensory stimulation. Using a new technique called Rapid Invisible Frequency Tagging, we show that users can control a brain computer interface without…