Faculty Members

Our faculty are the scientific heart of the GSN. Over 160 researchers from LMU Munich, TUM, Max Planck Society, and Helmholtz Center Munich bring expertise spanning the full breadth of systemic neuroscience.

Current Faculty Members

Name Title Email Website
Alcami, Pepe Dr. jalcami@orn.mpg.de

Alcami Lab

Bahrami, Bahador Dr. bahador.bahrami@psy.lmu.de

Bahrami Lab

Baier, Herwig Prof. Dr. herwig.baier@bi.mpg.de

Genes - Circuits - Behavior

Bareyre, Florence Prof. Dr. Florence.Bareyre@med.uni-muenchen.de

Bareyre Lab

Behrend, Oliver Prof. Dr. o.behrend@lmu.de

Munich Center for Neurosciences - Brain & Mind

Behrends, Christian Prof. Dr. christian.behrends@mail03.med.uni-muenchen.de

Behrends Lab

Benakis, Corinne Dr. corinne.benakis@med.uni-muenchen.de

Benakis Lab

Biel, Martin Prof. Dr. biel@lmu.de

Biel Lab

Binder, Elisabeth Prof. Dr. binder@psych.mpg.de

Dept. Genes and Environment

Böning, Guido PD Dr. guido.boening@med.uni-muenchen.de

Böning Lab

Bonev, Boyan Dr. boyan.bonev@helmholtz-munich.de

Bonev Lab

Bonhoeffer, Tobias Prof. Dr. office.bonhoeffer@neuro.mpg.de  
Borst, Alexander Prof. Dr. alexander.borst@bi.mpg.de

Circuits - Computation - Models

Brendel, Matthias Prof. Dr. Matthias.Brendel@med.uni-muenchen.de  
Burbulla, Lena Prof. Dr. lena.burbulla@med.uni-muenchen.de

Translational Disease Modeling

Busse, Laura Prof. Dr. busse@bio.lmu.de

Vision circuits lab

Cappello, Silvia Prof. Dr. silvia.cappello@bmc.med.lmu.de

Molecular Physiology of Neurogenesis

Cheng, Gordon Prof. Dr. gordon@tum.de

Cheng Lab

Conci, Markus Prof. Dr. conci@psy.lmu.de

Conci Lab

Deroy, Ophelia Prof. Dr. ophelia.deroy@lmu.de

Deroy Lab

Deussing, Jan PD Dr. deussing@psych.mpg.de

Deussing Lab

Dichgans, Martin Prof. Dr. martin.dichgans@med.uni-muenchen.de

Dichgans Lab

Düring, Marco Prof. Dr. marco.duering@med.lmu.de

Düring Lab

Edbauer, Dieter Prof. Dr. dieter.edbauer@dzne.de

Edbauer Lab

Eggert, Thomas Dr. eggert@lrz.uni-muenchen.de  
Enard, Wolfgang Prof. Dr. enard@bio.lmu.de

Evolution of Molecular Circuitries

Ertuerk, Ali Prof. Dr. erturk@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Ertuerk Lab

Ewers, Michael Prof. Dr. michael.ewers@med.uni-muenchen.de

Ewers Lab

Falkai, Peter Prof. Dr. Peter.Falkai@med.uni-muenchen.de  
Fenk, Lisa Dr. lisa.fenk@bi.mpg.de

Fenk Lab

Fenk, Lorenz Dr. lorenz.fenk@bi.mpg.de

Fenk Lab

Fenzl, Thomas PD Dr. thomas.fenzl@tum.de

Fenzl Lab

Flanagin, Virginia Dr. virginia.flanagin@lmu.de

Flanagin Lab

Franklin, David Prof. Dr. david.franklin@tum.de

Neuromuscular Diagnostics

Franzmeier, Nicolai Dr. nicolai.franzmeier@med.uni-muenchen.de

Franzmeier Lab

Freiherr, Jessica Prof. Dr. jessica.freiherr@ivv.fraunhofer.de  
Gahr, Manfred Prof. Dr. manfred.gahr@bi.mpg.de  
Geisler, Caroline Dr. geisler@biologie.uni-muenchen.de  
Georgakis, Marios Dr. marios.georgakis@med.uni-muenchen.de

Deep Vascular Phenotyping Lab

Geyer, Thomas Prof. Dr. geyer@lmu.de

MEMVIS (=MEMory in VIsual Search)

Gjorgjieva, Julijana Prof. Dr. gjorgjieva@tum.de

Gjorgjieva Lab

Glaß, Rainer Prof. Dr. rainer.glass@med.uni-muenchen.de

Glaß Lab

Godinho, Leanne Dr. leanne.godinho@tum.de

Godinho Lab

Götz, Magdalena Prof. Dr. magdalena.goetz@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

Götz Lab

Gogolla, Nadine Dr. ngogolla@psych.mpg.de

Gogolla Lab

Griesbeck, Oliver PD Dr. oliver.griesbeck@bi.mpg.de

Griesbeck Lab

Grosche, Antje Prof. Dr. Antje.Grosche@med.uni-muenchen.de

Grosche Lab

Grothe, Benedikt Prof. Dr. vizepraesidenten@lmu.de  
Haass, Christian Prof. Dr. Christian.Haass@mail03.med.uni-muenchen.de

Haass Lab

Harbauer, Angelika Prof. Dr. Angelika.Harbauer@bi.mpg.de

Harbauer Lab

Hartmann, Stephan Prof. Dr. s.hartmann@lmu.de

Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy

Hauck, Stefanie Dr. hauck@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Hauck Lab

Heinen, Florian Prof. Dr. florian.heinen@med.uni-muenchen.de  
Hemmert, Werner Prof. Dr. werner.hemmert@tum.de

Hemmert Lab

Herms, Jochen Prof. Dr. jochen.herms@med.uni-muenchen.de

Translational Neurodegeneration

Herz, Andreas Prof. Dr. herz@bio.lmu.de

Herz Lab

Hirche, Sandra Prof. Dr. hirche@tum.de

Hirche Lab

Höglinger, Günter Prof. Dr. Guenter.Hoeglinger@med.uni-muenchen.de

Höglinger Lab

Hoffmann, Susanne Dr. susanne.hoffmann@bi.mpg.de

Neural Mechanisms of Natural Behavior

Horn-Bochtler, Anja Prof. Dr. Anja.Bochtler@med.uni-muenchen.de

Horn-Bochtler Lab

Hübener, Mark Prof. Dr. mark.huebener@bi.mpg.de

Visual System Plasticity

Jacob, Simon Prof. Dr. simon.jacob@tum.de

Translational Neurotechnology Laboratory

Jaekel, Sarah Dr. sarah.jaekel@med.uni-muenchen.de

Jaekel Lab

Jahn, Klaus Prof. Dr. klaus.jahn@med.uni-muenchen.de

Jahn Lab

Kaiser, Alexander Dr. Kaiser.Alexander@lmu.de

Neurobiology LMU

Katzner, Steffen Dr. steffen.katzner@lmu.de

Vision circuits lab

Keays, David Prof. Dr. keays@bio.lmu.de

Sensory and Developmental Neuroscience

Keeser, Daniel Dr. daniel.keeser@med.uni-muenchen.de

Keeser Lab

Kerschensteiner, Martin Prof. Dr. martin.kerschensteiner@med.uni-muenchen.de

Kerschensteiner Lab

Kiebler, Michael Prof. Dr. michael.kiebler@med.uni-muenchen.de

Kiebler Lab

Klein, Rüdiger Prof. Dr. ruediger.klein@bi.mpg.de

Klein Lab

Knolle, Franziska PD Dr. franziska.knolle@tum.de

Knolle Lab

Koch, Kathrin Prof. Dr. Susanne.Koch@bmc.med.lmu.de

Koch Lab

Koch, Susanne Prof. Dr. kathrin.koch@tum.de

Koch Lab

Köglsperger, Thomas PD Dr. thomas.koeglsperger@med.uni-muenchen.de

Köglsperger Lab

Koerte, Inga Prof. Dr. ikoerte@med.lmu.de

Koerte Lab

Kopp-Scheinpflug, Conny Prof. Dr. cks@bio.lmu.de

Kopp-Scheinpflug Lab

Koutsouleris, Nikolaos Prof. Dr. nikolaos.koutsouleris@med.uni-muenchen.de

Koutsouleris Lab

Kunz, Lars PD Dr. Lars.Kunz@bio.lmu.de

Kunz Lab

Leischner-Brill, Monika PD Dr. monika.leischner-brill@tum.de  
Leitgeb, Hannes Prof. Dr. hannes.leitgeb@lmu.de

Leitgeb Lab

Levin, Johannes Prof. Dr. Johannes.levin@med.uni-muenchen.de

Clinical Neurodegeneration

Lichtenthaler, Stefan Prof. Dr. stefan.lichenthaler@dzne.de

Lichtenthaler Lab

Liesz, Arthur Prof. Dr. Arthur.Liesz@med.uni-muenchen.de

Stroke-Immunology Lab

Luksch, Harald Prof. Dr. harald.luksch@tum.de

Luksch Lab

Masserdotti, Giacomo Dr. giacomo.masserdotti@bmc.med.lmu.de

Cell Fate and Metabolism

Mauger, Oriane Dr. oriane_mauger@psych.mpg.de

RNA basis of Memory

Mayer, Christian Dr. christian.mayer@bi.mpg.de

Mayer Lab

Meinke, Peter PD Dr. Peter.Meinke@med.uni-muenchen.de

Meinke Lab

Michalakis, Stylianos Prof. Dr. michalakis@lmu.de

Michalakis Lab

Misgeld, Thomas Prof. Dr. thomas.misgeld@tum.de

Misgeld Lab

Mühlau, Mark Prof. Dr. mark.muehlau@tum.de

Mühlau Lab

Müller, Norbert Prof. Dr. hmueller@psy.lmu.de  
Myoga, Michael Prof. Dr. Michael.Myoga@bmc.med.lmu.de

Myoga Lab

Młynarski, Wiktor Prof. Dr. mlynarski@bio.lmu.de

Młynarski Lab

Neher, Jonas Prof. Dr. jonas.neher@lmu.de

Department of Metabolic Biochemistry

Nestvogel, Dennis Dr. nestvogel@psych.mpg.de  
Ninkovic, Jovica Prof. Dr. ninkovic@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Ninkovic Lab

Nussbaum-Krammer, Carmen Prof. Dr. carmen.nussbaum@med.uni-muenchen.de

Nussbaum-Krammer Lab

Ondracek, Janie Dr. janie.ondracek@tum.de

Sleep-dependent memory consolidation in birds

Oteiza, Pablo Dr. poteiza@bi.mpg.de

Oteiza Lab

Paquet, Dominik Prof. Dr. dominik.paquet@med.uni-muenchen.de

PaquetLab

Paulus, Markus Prof. Dr. markus.paulus@lmu.de  
Pecka, Michael PD Dr. pecka@bio.lmu.de

Pecka Lab

Pilz, Gregor Dr. gregor.pilz@bmc.med.lmu.de  
Plesnila, Nikolaus Prof. Dr. nikolaus.plesnila@med.uni-muenchen.de

Plesnila Lab

Ploner, Markus Prof. Dr. markus.ploner@tum.de

Ploner Lab

Potschka, Heidrun Prof. Dr. potschka@pharmtox.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de  
Rammes, Gerhard Prof. Dr. g.rammes@tum.de

Experimental Neuropharmacology

Ribeiro, Inês M.A. Dr. i.ribeiro@lmu.de

Ribeiro Lab

Riedl, Valentin Prof. Dr. valentin.riedl@tum.de

Neuroenergetics Lab

Robles, Maria Prof. Dr. charo.robles@med.uni-muenchen.de

Robles Lab

Rossner, Moritz Prof. Dr. Moritz.Rossner@med.uni-muenchen.de

Rossner Lab

Ruscheweyh, Ruth PD Dr. ruth.ruscheweyh@med.uni-muenchen.de  
Schenk, Thomas Prof. Dr. thomas.schenk@psy.lmu.de  
Schilbach, Leonhard Prof. Dr. leonhard.schilbach@med.uni-muenchen.de

Schilbach Lab

Schmidt, Mathias V. PD Dr. mschmidt@psych.mpg.de

Schmidt Lab

Schneider, Steffen Dr. steffen.schneider@helmholtz-munich.de

Schneider Lab

Schreiner, Thomas Dr. thomas.schreiner@psy.lmu.de

Schreiner Lab

Schroeder, Anna Prof. Dr. anna.schroeder@bio.lmu.de

Schroeder Lab

Schütz-Bosbach, Simone Prof. Dr. s.schuetz-bosbach@lmu.de

Schütz-Bosbach Lab

Schulz, Enrico PD Dr. es@pain.sc

Schulz Lab

Seeber, Bernhard Prof. Dr. aip@ei.tum.de

Audio Information Processing

Sellmaier, Stephan Prof. Dr. sellmaier@lmu.de

Sellmaier Lab

Serwane, Friedhelm Prof. Dr. f.serwane@lmu.de

Serwane Lab

Shi, Zhuanghua Prof. Dr. strongway@psy.lmu.de

MSense Lab

Simons, Mikael Prof. Dr. mikael.simons@dzne.de

Simons Lab

Sirota, Anton Prof. Dr. sirota@bio.lmu.de

Systems Neuroscience of Learning and Memory

Spitzer, Hannah Dr. hannah.spitzer@med.uni-muenchen.de

Machine learning and data analysis

Staudigl, Tobias Prof. Dr. tobias.staudigl@psy.lmu.de

Staudigl Lab

Stemmler, Martin Dr. stemmler@bio.lmu.de  
Stephan, Thomas Dr. Thomas.Stephan@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

Stephan Lab

Stoecklein, Sophia Prof. Dr. sophia.stoecklein@med.uni-muenchen.de

Stoecklein Lab

Stricker, Stefan Prof. Dr. stefan.stricker@med.uni-muenchen.de

Stricker Lab

Strupp, Michael Prof. Dr. michael.strupp@med.uni-muenchen.de

Strupp Lab

Tahirovic, Sabina Dr. Sabina.Tahirovic@dzne.de

Tahirovic Lab

Thaler, Franziska PD Dr. franziska.thaler@med.uni-muenchen.de

Thaler Lab

Thurley, Kay PD Dr. thurley@bio.lmu.de

Thurley Lab

Tiedt, Steffen PD Dr. steffen.tiedt@med.uni-muenchen.de

Tiedt Lab

Turck, Christoph Prof. Dr. turck@psych.mpg.de

Proteomics and Biomarkers

Vallentin, Daniela Dr. daniela.vallentin@bi.mpg.de

Neural Circuits for Vocal Communication

van der Smagt, Patrick Prof. Dr. smagt@cs.tum.edu

van der Smagt Lab

Võ, Melissa Prof. Dr. melissa.vo@psy.lmu.de

Võ Lab

Vogt-Weisenhorn, Daniela Dr. daniela.vogt@helmholtz-munich.de  
Wachtler-Kulla, Thomas Prof. Dr. wachtler@bio.lmu.de

Neural Mechanisms of Vision, Neuroinformatics

Wahl, Anna-Sophia Prof. Dr. AnnaSophia.Wahl@med.uni-muenchen.de

Wahl Lab

Wahl-Schott, Christian Prof. Dr. christian.wahlschott@med.uni-muenchen.de

Institute of Cardiovascular Physiology and Pathophysiology

Wohlschläger, Afra PD Dr. afra.wohlschlaeger@tum.de

Wohlschläger Lab

Wotjak, Carsten PD Dr. wotjak@psych.mpg.de  
Wühr, Max PD Dr. max.wuehr@med.uni-muenchen.de

Wühr Lab

Yakushev, Igor PD Dr. igor.yakushev@tum.de

Yakushev Lab

Zhou, Qihui Dr. qihui.zhou@dzne.de  
zu Eulenburg, Peter Prof. Dr. peter.zu.eulenburg@med.uni-muenchen.de

zu Eulenburg Lab

Zwergal, Andreas Prof. Dr. Andreas.Zwergal@med.uni-muenchen.de

Zwergal Lab

Guest Faculty Members