• Professor of Medical Psychology, Univ. Magdeburg, Medical Faculty (Germany), since 1992
• University Vice President for Research and Technology Transfer, 2008-2010;
• Member Governing Board, International Association of Brain Injury, since 2010
• Member Executive Committee, International Society of Low Vision, since 2011
Biography:
MA in psychobiology, University of Düsseldorf, Germany, 1982
PhD in psychobiology, Clark University, Worcester, USA, 1984;
Post-doctoral research fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) 1984-1986
Research scientist at the University of Munich (Germany) 1987-1992;
Visiting neuroscientist, Mass. General Hospital, Dept. of Neurology, Harvard Medical School in 1991;
Research Fellow, Department of Psychology, Princeton University, 1998-1999
• FULBRIGHT-Scholar; DAAD scholar
• Recipient of the Cinquegrani–Award for best innovation in information and communication technologies, awarded by Innovation Relay Center Pisa of the European Union (Florenz 2000);
• Leonardo DaVinci–Award, World Organization for the Achievement of Human Potential, Philadelphia (USA), 2005
Research interests: Brain plasticity and recovery of function following brain damage in animals and patients. Research and development in the field of recovery of low vision following brain damage; developed Vision Restoration Training (VRT), a vision training software for patients with visual field deficits; most recently, research on non-invasive electrical brain stimulation technology using alternating currents, useful for rehabilitation of visual impairment (e.g. visual field improvements in glaucoma and optic nerve damage. Animal research in the field of vision recovery to study recovery of vision after optic nerve crush as well as drug delivery and drug targeting to the brain using nanoparticle technology. Since 1998: Editor-in-Chief of the Journal RESTORATIVE NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSCIENCE; (IOS Press), IF 3.7