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(since 2008)
Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory
German Primate Center
Thesis Title: "Role of attention in processing of visual motion stimuli."
Thesis Committee: Prof. Treue, Dr. Gail, Prof. Wolf
(since 2008)
Circadian Rhythms Group (Dep. Genes and Behaviour)
Max Plack Institute of Biophysical Chemistry
Thesis Title: "Genetic interaction of Per- and Dec-genes in the mammalian circadian clock."
Thesis Committee: Dr. Oster, Prof. J. Fischer, Prof. Paulus
(since 2009)
Max-Planck-Institut für Experimentelle Medizin
Thesis Title: "Effect of Erythropoietin on neuronal mitochondrial function and morphology
in degenerative processes."
Thesis Committee: Prof. Ehrenreich, Prof. Nave, Jun.-Prof. Müller
(since 2009)
German Primate Center
Thesis Title: "Implicit and explicit processing of vocal expressions of emotions."
Thesis Committee: Prof. J. Fischer, Prof. Frahm, Prof. Thiel (Oldenburg)
(since 2007)
Max-Planck-Institut für Experimentelle Medizin
Thesis Title: "The assessment of higher brain functions of mice within the framework
of establishing genetic-environmental animal model of schizophrenia."
Thesis Committee: Prof. Ehrenreich, PD Dr. Gibbons, Prof. Brose
(since 2008)
Max-Planck-Institut für Experimentelle Medizin
Thesis Title: "Exploring subgroups of schizophrenic patients with respect to genetic
and environmental factors in the framework of the cross-sectional study of schizophrenia."
Thesis Committee: Prof. Ehrenreich, PD Dr. Gibbons, Prof. Nave
(since 2008)
Max-Planck-Institut für Experimentelle Medizin
Thesis Title: "Basic research on EPO in MS."
Thesis Committee: Prof. Ehrenreich, Prof. Nave, Prof. Bayer
(since 2008)
Max-Planck-Institut für Experimentelle Medizin, Göttingen
Thesis Title: "Genetics and Schizophrenia: sequencing analysis of Complexin 2 in patients and healthy controls."
Thesis Committee: Prof. Ehrenreich, Prof. Brose, Prof. Rehling
(since 2006)
Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Abteilung Kognitive Neurowissenschaften
Thesis Title: "The influence of attention on the processing of transparent motion."
Thesis Committee: Prof. Treue, Dr. Gail, Jun.-Prof. Heinrich
(since 2008)
Clinical Neurophysiology, Universitätsklinikum Göttingen
Thesis Title: "Cortical and subcortical mechanisms of speech motor disorders in individuals with stuttered and dysarthric speech."
Thesis Committee: Prof. Paulus, Prof. J. Fischer, Prof. Hasselhorn, PD Dr. Sommer
(since 2008)
Klinik für Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie, Abt. Systemische Neurowissenschaften, Universitätsklinikum Göttingen
Thesis Title: "The dynamic interaction between emotional processing and attentional top-down control:
Neural correlates and temporal characteristics."
Thesis Committee: Prof. Gruber, Prof. Mattler, Dr. Dechent, Prof. Treue
(since 2009)
Clinical Neurophysiology, Universitätsklinikum Göttingen
Thesis Title: "Cerebral plasticity induced by transcranial brain stimulation with weak current in
humans: insights from fMRI."
Thesis Committee: Prof. Paulus, Prof Wörgötter, Prof. Frahm, Prof. Gruber
(since 2008)
Max-Planck-Institut für Experimentelle Medizin, Göttingen
Thesis Title: "Geno-phenotype analyses of schizophrenic patients derived from the GRAS (Göttingen Research Association for Schizophrenia)
data collection in order to define biological subgroups."
Thesis Committee: Prof. Ehrenreich, PD Dr. Gibbons, Prof. J. Fischer
(since 2009)
Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Abt. Kognitive Ethologie
Thesis Title: "Social and Physical Cognition in Old World monkeys: a comparative perspective."
Thesis Committee: Prof. J. Fischer, Prof. Waldmann, Prof. Rakoczy, Prof. Nieder
(since 2008)
Deutsches Primatenzentrum, Abteilung Kognitive Neurowissenschaften
Thesis Title: "The influence of spatial attention on motion processing."
Thesis Committee: Prof. Treue, Dr. Gail, Prof. J. Fischer
(since 2009)
Max-Planck-Institut für Experimentelle Medizin
Thesis Title: "Mouse models of neuropsychiatric diseases: Genotype / phenotype relations in connection with additional environmental factors as second hits."
Thesis Committee: Prof. Ehrenreich, Prof. Brose, Prof. Bayer
(since 2008)
Clinical Neurophysiology, Universitätsklinikum Göttingen
Thesis Title: "Pathologically altered neuroplasticity in Multiple Sclerosis patients."
Thesis Committee: Dr. Nitsche, Prof. Fuchs, Prof. Kröner-Herwig
(since 2009)
Psychiatry and Psychotherapy/Molecular Psychiatry, Universitätsklinikum Göttingen
Thesis Title: "The contribution of Abeta N3pE to the etiology of Alzheimer´s disease."
Thesis Committee: Prof. Bayer, Prof. Ehrenreich, Dr. A. Fischer
(since 2008)
Clinical Neurophysiology, Universitätsklinikum Göttingen
Thesis Title: "Developmental, physiological and Pharmacological validation of a comprehensive model of stress-induced depression."
Thesis Committee: Prof. Fuchs, Prof. Hörner, Prof. Paulus