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Doctoral Researchers

An overview of the doctoral researchers currently enrolled in the Brain Dynamics Graduate School

  • Acharya Namrata
    Research Group Kittel
    Research project: "Task-dependent orchestration of insect olfactory sensory neuron performance"
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  • Açil Dorukhan
    Research Group von Klitzing
    Research Group White
    Research project: "When do youth generalize representations of parents to peers?"
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  • Apel Katharina
    Research Group Simon
    Research project: "Motor neuron-driven spinal motor circuit pathology in spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress"
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  • Aravamudhan Aishwarya
    Research Group Kittel
    Research project: "Modulation of drosophila active zones by cyclic AMP"
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  • Aurich Samantha
    Research Groups Pauls
    Research Group Kovacs
    Research project: "Neurophysiological mechanisms for bad food decisions"
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  • Bailey Emma
    Research Group Eippert
    Research project: "Non-invasive electrophysiology in the human spinal cord"
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  • Barchet Vivien
    Research Group Hartwigsen
    Research project: "Neural plasticity in the human language system"
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  • Beltran Velandia Ferney
    Research Group Bogdan
    Research project: "Modelling the olfactory system using spiking neural networks with synaptic dynamics to study drifting in electronic noses"
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  • ­Bluhm Alexandra
    Research Group Roßner
    Research project: "Post-translational protein modification of alpha-synuclein"
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  • Bracher Angelika
    Research Group von Klitzing
    Research Group White
    Research project: "Investigating synchrony in caregiver-adolescent dyads with maltreatment experience"
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  • Brunner Antonia
    Research Group Schmidt
    Research project: "Regulatory presynaptic mechanisms of release probability at neocortical synapses"
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  • Burkart Marie-Elisabeth
    Research Group Lippmann
    Research project: "Modulation of GABAergic drive and network oscillations in the hippocampal area CA1"
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  • Chung Yin Kwan
    Research Group Langenhan
    Research project: "Effect of GAIN domain cleavability of adhesion GPCRs on the trafficking and signaling of receptors"
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  • Dropmann Lea Maria
    Research Group Jais
    Research project: "Molecular characterisation of hypothalamic galanin neurons"
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  • ­Fleischer Niko
    Research Group Fledrich
    Research project: "Glial and axonal contributions to local and remote peripheral nerve de- and regeneration"
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  • Franke Ulrike
    Research Group Pauls
    Research project: "Dissecting the octopaminergic system in reward processing"
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  • ­Gerstner Florian
    Research Group Simon
    Research project: "Pathophysiology of the cerebellum in motor neuron diseases"
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  • Gonzalez Aragon Gerardo Alejandro
    Research Group Hallermann
    Research project: "Analysis of presynaptic metabolic pathways"
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  • Großjohann Alexandra
    Research Group Thum
    Research project: "The role of the octopaminergic system in larval learning and memory of Drosophila"
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  • Gutsfeld Sebastian
    Research Group Tal
    Research project: "Exploring chemical-microbiome interactions in zebrafish"
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  • Hemberger Mareike
    Research Group Langenhan
    Research project: "Development of optical methods to interrogate aGPCR function"
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  • Herold Nadia Katherine
    Research Group Tal
    Research project: "Exploring novel neurotoxic mechanisms"
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  • Holubowska Zofia
    Research Group Schönwiesner
    Research project: "Differences and commonalities in syntax processing in music and language"
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  • Hosseinnia Hadiseh
    Research Group Schwab
    Research project: "Molecular mechanisms of GABAergic network integration and myelination"
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  • Huff Louisa
    Research Group Grüneisen
    Research project: "Impact of prosocial and cooperative motivations on children's (unequal) norm enforcement"
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  • John Alexandra
    Research Group Valk
    Research project: "The impact of thalamocortical interaction on brain-wide information processing"
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  • Kirmann Toni
    Research Group Hallermann
    Research project: "Antibody neutralization as a potential treatment for NMDA receptor encephalitis"
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  • ­Klein Cheslie
    Research Group Friederici
    Research Group Grosse Wiesmann
    Research project: "The neural basis of syntax acquisition during early childhood"
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  • Kotyra Malin
    Research Group Richter
    Research project: "Morphometric studies of striatal neurons in an animal model of paroxysmal dystonia (dtsz hamster)"
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  • Kurzke Josephine
    Research Group Lippmann
    Research project: "Cognitive impairment underlying DEND syndrome - Modulation of hippocampal gamma activity by the K-atp gain of function mutation V59M"
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  • Lamberty Marius
    Research Group Kittel
    Research project: "Functional nanoscopy of the synaptic active zone"
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  • ­Lee Harin
    Research Group Schönwiesner
    Research project: "Cross-cultural differences in music cognition"
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  • Lehning Maria
    Research Group Stassart
    Research project: "The role of Neuregulin-1 signaling in parvalbumin positive interneurons"
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  • Liao Longsheng
    Research Group Sheikh
    Research project: "Neurovascular dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease"
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  • Liebmann Maximilian André
    Research Group Hirrlinger
    Research project: "Investigations on the pathophysiology of asparagine synthetase deficiency-induced microcephaly"
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  • Lohmann Jonas
    Research Group Morawski
    Research project: "Investigation of neuroanatomical and morphological correlates of synaptic and neuronal activity in hibernating Syrian golden hamsters"
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  • Marx Jakob
    Research Group Richter
    Research project: "Investigations on the neurotransmission of striatal interneurons in the mouse model of dystonia"
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  • Moein Alsadat Alireza
    Research Group Bergner
    Research project: "Loss of homeostatic microglia cells as driver of axonal pathology in transplantable hereditary leukodystrophies"
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  • ­­­Murai von Bünau Timothy
    Research Group Schmidt
    Research project: "Presynaptic mechanisms of long-term plasticity at neocortical synapses"
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  • Nowag Nadine
    Research Group Thum
    Research project: "The role of ethanol in Drosophila melanogaster larvae"
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  • Otte Nathanael
    Research Group Simon
    Research project: "Mechanism of motoneuron degeneration in a mouse model of spinal muscular atrophy with respiratory distress type 1"
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  • Pilaszanovich Jakab
    Research Group Schönwiesner
    Research project: "Perceptual learning and neural plasticity in synthetic worlds: The case of distance perception"
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  • Plantera Laura
    Research Group Bechmann
    Research project: "Obesity-driven microglial activation - functional role of cerebral sterol metabolism"
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  • Richter Vincent
    Research Group Thum
    Research project: "The chemosensory system of the Drosophila larva reconstructed at ultra-resolution"
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  • ­Riedl Juliane
    Research Group Exner
    Research project: "Complaint validation - Improving the identification of simulation and aggravation tendencies in neuropsychological symptoms"
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  • Ritter Tim
    Research Group Saur
    Research project: "Cognitive Mechanisms of Anosognosia in Alzheimer's Disease"
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  • Ruwald Sayan
    Research Group Simon
    Research project: "Cerebellar circuit pathology in spinal muscular atrophy"
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  • Schleicher Michaela
    Research Group Hirrlinger
    Research project: "Characterization of histopathological changes in the geriatric feline brain to validate the domestic cat as a natural Alzheimer's disease model"
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  • Schrempel Sarah
    Research Group Roßner
    Research project: "Detoxification of neurotoxic pyroglutamate proteins in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease by pyroglutamase and pyroglutamyl peptidases"
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  • Schulz Charlotte
    Research Group von Klitzing
    Research Group White
    Research project: "Effects of child maltreatment on adolescent brain structure and function"
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  • ­Schulz Melanie
    Research Group Morawski
    Research project: "Extracellular matrix in the cochlea of the mouse"
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  • Schwarze Max
    Research Group Schmidt
    Research project: "Layer- and area specific differentiation of cortical synaptic coupling distances"
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  • Seelbach Anna
    Research Group Stassart
    Research project: "Axon-glia interactions in the injured peripheral nerve"
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  • ­Seiffer Sophie
    Research Group Bechmann
    Research project: "Regulation of GPR34 in microglia during Alzheimer's disease"
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  • Simon Miriam
    Research Group Widdig
    Research project: "Impact of pesticides on the gut microbiome of mammalian wildlife foraging in oil palm plantations"
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  • Sowoidnich Leonie
    Research Group Simon
    Research project: "Cerebellar circuit pathology in spinal muscular atrophy"
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  • ­Stephan Marie Luise
    Research Group Simon
    Research project: "Apoptotic mechanisms in motor neuron diseases"
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  • Svensson Frederike
    Research Group Exner
    Research project: "Adjustment processes after aquired brain injury"
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  • Tast Valentina
    Research Group Schröger
    Research project: "The auditive predictive coding framework in adults and children"
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  • Tebbe Anna-Lena
    Research Group Grosse Wiesmann
    Research project: "Neural correlates of the development of perspective taking"
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  • Wehle Sebastian
    Research Group Müller
    Research project: "Neuronal signals of visual attention in object processing"
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  • ­­­Weichard Iron
    Research Group Hallermann
    Research project: "Presynaptic mechanisms of long-term potentiation at rat neocortical synapses"
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  • Wender Magdalena
    Research Group Schmidt
    Research project: "Postnatal changes in functional calcium signaling at cerebellar synapses"
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  • Wolff Christopher
    Research Group Hirrlinger
    Research project: "Effects of obesity associated signals on astrocytic metabolism"
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  • Yarim Abdulmajeed
    Research Group Schmidt
    Research project: "Differences in functional synaptic nanotopography as a basis of area-specific specializations"
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  • ­Zieger Friedrich
    Research Group Hirrlinger
    Research project: "The pathophysiology of glycine metabolism in ASNS mutation-induced microcephaly"
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Brain Dynamics alumni

Dr Alessandro Braga
Research Group Schönwiesner
Doctoral thesis "Cortical substrates of auditory predictive processing" defended on 09.02.2024.
Next position: postdoc at the École de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec, Montréal, Québec, Canada.

Dr. Jannik Büttner 
Research Group Simon
Doctoral thesis "Pathophysiology of the sensory motor circuit in motor neuron diseases" defended on 28.11.2023.
Next position: internship at the Department of Neurological Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

Dr. Grochow Thomas
Research Group Fietz
Doctoral thesis: "Establishment and validation of a guinea pig model for (human) congenital toxoplasmosis" defended on 05.09.2023.
Next position: postdoc at the Institute of Veterinary Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University Leipzig.

Dr. Anja Schulz
Research Group Richter
Doctoral thesis: "In vivo optogenetics study of the role of striatal parvalbumin-reactive interneurons in the pathophysiology of distonia" defended on 23.05.2023.
Next position: postdoc at the Institute of Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University Leipzig.

Dr. Anika Lüttig
Research Group Richter
Doctoral thesis "Brevican-Expression in Dystoniemodellen (dtsz Hamster, DYT1 Knock-in-Maus) und Einflüsse tiefer Hirnstimulationen" defended on 11.04.2023.
Next position: postdoc at the Institute of Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Toxicology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University Leipzig.

Dr. Philip Ruthig
Research Group Schönwiesner
Doctoral thesis "Lateral specializations of microanatomy in the mammalian auditory cortex" defended on 03.02.2023.
Next position: postdoc at the Paul Flechsig Institute of Brain Research, Medical Faulty, University Leipzig.

Dr. Ole Bialas
Research Group Schönwiesner
Doctoral thesis "An electroencephalographic investigation of the encoding of sound source elevation in the human cortex" defended on 09.12.2022.
Next position: postdoc at the Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, NY, USA.

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