PD Dr. rer nat. habil.

Jochem Rieger

Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg
Klinik für Neurologie II
Leipziger Str. 44
39120 Magdeburg

Tel. +49 (0)391 6117511 or -12
Fax. +49 (0)391 67290224
E-Mail: jochem.riegerATmed.ovgu.de
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University of California Berkeley
Knight Lab
132 Barker Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-3190

Lab phone: +1 510 643 9744
Lab fax. +1 510 642 3192
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Curriculum Vitae

Since 2002
Group Leader at the Department of Neurology (Head of department: Prof Dr. H.-J. Heinze). My workgroup focusses on Brain Machine Interfaces, the neural basis of visual perception, motor action and their interaction in "natural" every day life conditions. Methodologically we investigate ways using machine learning and engineering approaches to better understand brain function. Our methods include psychophysics, fMRI, ECoG, EEG/MEG, and eye movement measurements. See Research for more details.

Since 2009
Visiting Researcher in Robert T. Knight's Lab at the Hellen Will Neuroscience Institute, UC Berkeley, CA, USA

2008
Habilitation (postdoctoral university degree with lecturer qualification)

2006
Visiting Researcher with Prof. Bodis-Wollner, Center for Excellence in Parkinson's Disease, SUNY Downstate, NY, USA

2001
Visiting scholar with Brian Wandell, Dept. of Psychology, Stanford University, CA, USA

2000-2001
Assistant Professor at the Department of Biological Psychology at the Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg in Prof. Dr. Karl Gegenfurtner's Group.

1998
Course "Computational Neuroscience: Vision" at the Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA

1998-2000
Doctoral Thesis on: "Psychophysical and physiological (MEG) investigations on visual masking the prediction of the recognition of natural scenes." (Psychophysische und physiologische (MEG) Untersuchungen zur Maskierung und Vorhersage der Wiedererkennung natürlicher Szenen) at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen. Supervisors: PD Dr. Karl Gegenfurtner, Prof. Dr. Heinrich Bülthoff and Prof. Dr. Deszö Varju.

1991-1997
Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Diploma study of Biology ( Physiology, Physiological Psychology, Genetics) and Philosophy (theory of mind, applied ethics)
Diploma-thesis: "Psychophysical investigations on the spatial and temporal characteristics of contour interpolation" (Psychophysische Untersuchungen zu räumlichen und zeitlichen Eigenschaften der Konturvervollständigung) at the Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tübingen. Supervisors: PD. Dr. Karl Gegenfurtner and Prof. Dr. Heinrich Bülthoff, and Prof. Dr. Deszö Varju.

1987-1991 Vocational training and employment as a pattern maker

Funding:

Land Sachsen-Anhalt Landeszuwendung: „Brain Machine Interface: Nutzung virtueller Prothesen bei der Entwicklung von Verfahren zur Extraktion von Effektorsteuersignalen aus der Hirnaktivität“ 2009-2011

DFG-grant: RI 1511/1-3 „Neuronale Prozesse der räumlichen Informationsverarbeitung in natürlichen Szenen“ (Neuronal processing of spatial information in natural scenes) 2006-2010

BmBF-grant FKZ: 01GO0504 Center for Advanced Imaging. Sub-project „Perceptual and cognitive context factors in visual natural scene processing.“ 2005-2008

DFG-grant: RI 1511/1-1 „Neuronale Prozesse der räumlichen Informationsverarbeitung in natürlichen Szenen“ (Neuronal processing of spatial information in natural scenes) 2004-2006

Volkswagen-Stiftung: Financial support for the workshop „Bewusstsein“ (Consciousness) 2002

Boehringer-Ingelheim-Stiftung: Financial support for the workshop „Bewusstsein“ (Consciousness) 2002

Gustav Lienert Stitung zur Nachwuchsförderung: Stipend for research stay at the Stanford University 2001

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