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(since 2017)
Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Dept. of Clinical Neuroscience
Thesis Title: "Novel treatment approaches in mouse models of neuropsychiatric disorders"
Thesis Committee: Prof. Ehrenreich, Prof. Heinrich, Prof. Boretius
(since 2016)
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Research Group "Sleep and Waking"
Thesis Title: "Mechanisms of sleep control through a sleep-active neuron"
Thesis Committee: Dr. Henrik Bringmann, Prof. Heinrich, Prof. Gollisch
(since 2016)
German Primate Center, Functional Imaging Laboratory
Thesis Title: "Pathophysiological basis of diffusion based MRI in CNS myelin"
Thesis Committee: Prof. Boretius, Prof. Nave, Prof. Brück
(since 2017)
Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Dept. of Clinical Neuroscience
Thesis Title: "Microglia surveillance tasks and low grade brain inflammation"
Thesis Committee: Prof. Ehrenreich, Prof. Rizzoli, Prof. Outeiro
(since 2017)
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Research Group "Sleep and Waking"
Thesis Title: "Sleep and waking characterization of transcription factor mutants in mice"
Thesis Committee: Dr. Henrik Bringmann, Prof. Bayer, Prof. Ehrenreich
(since 2015)
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Research Group "Sleep and Waking"
Thesis Title: "Molecular basis of sleep control"
Thesis Committee: Dr. Henrik Bringmann, Prof. Ralf Heinrich, Dr. Oliver Valerius
(since 2017)
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Research Group "Sleep and Waking"
Thesis Title: "Metabolic regulation of sleep"
Thesis Committee: Dr. Henrik Bringmann, Prof. Ralf Heinrich, Prof. Henning Urlaub
(since 2015)
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Research Group "Sleep and Waking"
Thesis Title: "Genetics of sleep circuits"
Thesis Committee: Dr. Henrik Bringmann, Prof. Nils Brose, Dr. Camin Dean
(since 2016)
Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Dept. of Clinical Neuroscience
Thesis Title: "Effect of circulating autoantibodies on brain functions upon bloodbrain-
barrier leakage – increasing significance in aging mammals and Role of the
‘classical’ erythropoietin receptor (EPOR) in microglia"
Thesis Committee: Prof. Ehrenreich, Prof. Heinrich, Prof. Flügel
(since 2016)
German Primate Center, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory
Thesis Title: "Neural correlates of conscious visual processing"
Thesis Committee: Prof. Wilke, Prof. Treue, Prof. Schacht
(since 2016)
Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Dept. of Clinical Neuroscience
Thesis Title: "1) Effect of accumulated environmental risk on aggressive behaviors in
schizophrenia 2) Modulation of autistic symptom severity by common genetic variation of
candidate genes"
Thesis Committee: Prof. Ehrenreich, Prof. Penke, Prof. Nave, Prof. Müller
(since 2018)
University Medical Center Göttingen, Clinic for Clinical Neurophysiology
Thesis Title: "Network imaging and clinical correlates of genetic epilepsies"
Thesis Committee: Prof. Focke, Prof. Gail, PD. Dr. Dechent
(since 2014)
German Primate Center, Neurobiology Laboratory
Thesis Title: "Individual finger movement representations in AIP, F5 and M"
Thesis Committee: Prof. Scherberger, Prof. Gail, Prof. Wörgötter
(since 2014)
Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Dept. of Neurogenetics
Thesis Title: “Insight in the role of cholesterol in mouse models of Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease”
Thesis Committee: Dr. Saher, Prof. A. Fischer, Prof. Bayer
(since 2015)
German Primate Center, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory
Thesis Title: "Neuronal mechanisms of multidimensional decision-making and action planning"
Thesis Committee: Prof. Gail, Dr. Kagan, PD Dr. Hagmeyer
(since 2017)
European Neuroscience Institute, ERC Group "Perception and Cognition"
Thesis Title: "The impact of reward value on early sensory processing and its interaction with selective attention"
Thesis Committee: Dr. Pooresmaeilie, Prof. Wilke, Prof. Schacht
(since 2016)
Max-Planck-Institute for Experimental Medicine, Dept. of Clinical Neuroscience
Thesis Title: "Studies on the role of the classical erythropoietin (EPO) receptor (EPOR) and alternative EPO receptors in adult neuronal differentiation"
Thesis Committee: Prof. Ehrenreich, Prof. Heinrich, Prof. Zimmermann
(since 2017)
German Primate Center, Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory
Thesis Title: "Attentional Modulation of Receptive Field Characteristics in Macaque Cortical Area MST"
Thesis Committee: Prof. Treue, Prof. Gollisch, Prof. Vibral
(since 2016)
Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Research Group "Sleep and Waking"
Thesis Title: "Control of sleep by sleep-active neurons"
Thesis Committee: Dr. Henrik Bringmann, Prof. Heinrich, Prof. Brose