Research interests
Neuroscience, human brain mapping, cytoarchitectonics, Big Data analytics, neuroanatomy of language and ethics
Vita
| 1981-1987 | Studies of biomedicine & biophysics, Diploma in 1987, Pirogov Institute Moscow |
| 1987-1991 | Scientific assistant, Research Centre Dummerstorf |
| 1989 | Doctorate (Dr.med.), Moscow International University |
| 1992 | Research associate, Frauenhofer Institute, Berlin |
| 1992-1999 | Research associate, C.&O. Vogt Institute of Brain Research, Heinrich-Heine-University (HHU) Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1999-2008 | Head of research group 'Brain Mapping', Institute of Medicine, Research Centre Jülich |
| 2000 | Habilitation in Anatomy, HHU Düsseldorf |
| 2004-2008 | Professor (C3) for Structural-Functional Brain Mapping, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, RWTH Aachen University |
| since 2006 | Member of the professional society 'Organization for Human Brain Mapping' (OHBM), from 2006-2013 programme chairperson |
| since 2006 | Member of the Board of Trustees of the European Academy for Women in Politics and Business (EAF) |
| since 2007 | Editorial Board, Brain Structure and Function |
| 2008-2011 | Handling Editor, later Section Editor, 'Anatomy and Physiology', Neuroimage |
| 2008-2013 | Professor (W3), Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, RWTH Aachen University |
| 2009-2012 | Strategy Board of RWTH Aachen University |
| 2012-2020 | Member of the German Ethics Council, vice chair since 2016 |
| since 2012 | Speaker of the programme 'Supercomputing and Modelling for the Human Brain', Helmholtz Association |
| since 2013 | Professor (W3) for Brain Research and Director of the C.&O. Vogt Institute of Brain Research, HHU Düsseldorf, and Director of the Institute for Neurosciences and Medicine, INM-1, Research Centre Jülich |
| since 2013 | Speaker of the programme 'Decoding the Human Brain', Helmholtz Association |
| since 2016 | Chair of the Science and Infrastructure Board (SIB), EU-FET Flagship 'The Human Brain Project' (HBP) |
Awards
- Federal Cross of Merit (1st Class)
- Hector Science Prize
- James Bull Lecture Award (British Society for Neuroradiology)
- Member of the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Natural Sciences and Medicine)
- Member of the German Academy of Science and Engineering (Acatech)
- Business Insider: Elected as one of the 50 most important scientists
- MIT Technology Review: "key player" and the high-resolution brain model "Big Brain" was electe as one of the ten most influential technologies of the year
- Member of the German Ethics Council, 2012-2020, vice chair since 2016
- competitive Helmholtz junior research group
Committees
- Speaker of the Helmholtz Joint Lab 'Supercomputing and Modeling of the Human Brain'.
- Speaker of the programme 'Decoding the Human Brain', Helmholtz Association
- Member of the founding commission for a founding directorate of a new AI institute, Hertie Foundation
- Member of the Helmholtz Pandemic Expert Group
- Chair of the Presidential Commission on §217 StGB, NRW Academy Düsseldorf
- Member of the Committee for Scientific Libraries and Information Systems of the DFG
- Expertise on neuroenhancement for the 8th Report on the Elderly of the German Federal Government
- Member of the Steering Committee and speaker of HIBALL
- Member of the Steering Committee of the Helmholtz Artifical Intelligence Cooperation Unit (HAICU Local)
- Member of the Advisory Board 'd|u|p' of the De Gruyter publishing group
- Member of the Scientific Steering Committee 'Global Brain Consortium'
- Member of the International Advisory Council 'Healthy Brains for Healthy Lives', Canada
- Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)
- Co-speaker of the graduate school Max Planck School of Cognition, with Prof. A. Villringer
- Head of Subproject 2: Human Brain Organization, The Human Brain Project (HBP)
- Managing Director of the Cécile and Oskar Vogt Institute of Brain Research
- Member of the Ethics Advisory Board of the National Cohort
Memberships
- German Anatomical Society
- German Neuroscience Society
- Society for Neuroscience
- Organization for Human Brain Mapping
- Society for Brain Mapping and Therapeutics
- Women's Bridge East West e.V.
- GFFU of the HHU e.V.
- Association of Friends and Sponsors of Research Centre Jülich
- German University Association
- Rotary Club Jülich (Duchy of Jülich)
Editorial activity in professional journals
- Journal of Brain Structure and Function (Editorial Board)