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Prof. Dr. Carsten Mehring

Carsten Mehring

 Professor of Neurobiology and Neurotechnology

 

 Research topics

  • brain-machine interface
  • motor adaptation and motor skill learning
  • neuronal dynamics
  • decision making
  • computational neuroscience


 
Techniques

  • behavioural experiments (using virtual reality)
  • electrophysiology and neuroimaging (EEG,ECoG,fNIRS)
  • transcranial electrical stimulation (tDCS&tACS)
  • advanced neural signal analysis
  • computational modelling

 

 Positions

  • Since 1/2018: Member of the board of directors of the Bernstein Centre Freiburg, University of Freiburg
  • Since 11/2013: Full professor and head of Neurobiology and Neurotechnology, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg
  • 2010 - 2013: Senior lecturer, Dept. of Bioengineering and Dept. of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Imperial College London
  • 2003 - 2010: Lecturer, Animal Physiology and Neurobiology, Institute of Biology I, University of Freiburg

 

Academic background

  • 1999 - 2003: PhD in Biology, Neurobiology and Biophysics, Institute of Biology III, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg (Germany), Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Aertsen
  • 1993 - 1998: Diploma in Physics, Ruprecht-Karls- University Heidelberg (Germany)

 

 Scientific honors, editorial boards, other scientific activities

  • Paxinos and Watson prize of the Australian Neuroscience Society (2011)
  • Top cited paper award from the Journal of Neuroscience Methods for the paper Pistohl et al. 2008
  • Go-Bio award (endowed with 2.1 M€) for the development of Brain-Machine Interfaces from the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research (2006) together with Dr. Tonio Ball and Dr. Jörn Rickert
  • Pfizer research award ("Pfizer Forschungspreis") for young scientists from the University of Freiburg  (2004)
  • Member of the Junior academy of young scholars and scientists of the Heidelberg Academy of Science and Humanities (2002-2007)
  • PhD scholarship from the Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds for basic medical research (1999-2003)
  • Scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation (1996-1998)
  • Associate editor for Frontiers in Neuroprosthetics

 

 Selected publications

  • Mehring, Akselrod, Bashford, Mace, Choi, Blüher et al. 2019. Augmented manipulation ability in humans with six-fingered hands. Nature communications 10 (1), 2401.
  • Mahmoodi, Bahrami, Mehring 2018. Reciprocity of social influence. Nature communications 9 (1), 1-9.
  • Kobak D, Mehring C, 2012, Adaptation paths to novel motor tasks are shaped by prior structure learning., J Neurosci, Vol:32, 0270-6474, Pages:9898-9908
  • further details see here.