CV

 

Prof. Dr. Andreas K. Engel

Education

  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

Research Experience

  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

  1. •Birth: 1961, Villingen, Germany

  2. •Citizenship: German

  3. •Marital Status: married, one child

Teaching Experience

  1. •Undergraduate teaching, Medical Physiology (classes and laboratory courses on sensory physiology, neurophysiology, vegetative physiology), Dept. of Physiology, Frankfurt University, 1990-1995

  2. •Graduate teaching, Systems Neurobiology (teaching and supervision of graduate students and postdocs), Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt, 1991-2000

  3. •Teaching for occupational therapists (classes on sensory physiology and systems neuroscience), at various private schools for occupational therapy, 1996-present

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

  5. •Lecturer (Privatdozent) in Medical Physiology, (classes and laboratory courses on sensory physiology, neurophysiology, vegetative physiology; lectures in physiology for students of psychology), Frankfurt University Medical School, 1995-2002

  6. •Full Professor of Physiology (undergraduate and graduate teaching and examination, physiology and psychology), University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, 2002-present

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

Research Interests

  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 correlates of top-down processing, attention, consciousness

  8. •Clinical applications of models of neural dynamics (neurological and psychiatric disorders; pain research)

  9. •Technical applications of models of neural dynamics (bioinspired robot architectures; brain-computer interfaces)

Honors and Awards

  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

Affiliations

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

  2. •Member of the Society for Neuroscience (U.S.A.)

  3. •Member of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (F.E.N.S.)

  4. •Member of the German Neuroscience Society

  5. •Member of the German Cognitive Science Society

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

  13. •Executive Board member of the German Neuroscience Society (2009-2011)

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

  15. •Spokesperson of the Hamburg Neuroscience Priority Initative (2005-2008)

Service to the Scientific Community

  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, including two 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 students supported by the German National Academic Foundation (2003-2009)

International Collaborations

  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-present

  8. •Joint projects with P. Fries (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), 2003-present

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

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

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

  12. •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-present

Past and Current Grants

  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). 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