Research interests

• Animal models of psychiatric disorders
• Neurobiology (neuroimaging, neuronal circuits and neurotransmitter systems) 
• Treatment strategies and mechanisms 
• Preclinical testing of new technologies, biomaterials and multimodal neuroprosthetics

Career

since 2021	Habilitation, Clinical Neurosciences, Head Section Neurobiology of Psychiatric Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, TU Dresden
since 2017	Research Group Leader, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, TUD
2012-2016	Postdoctoral Researcher,  Experimental Psychiatry, TUD
2012-2015	Postdoctoral Researcher, Systems Neuroscience, TUD
2010-2011	Swedish Research Council Research Fellow, Yale University, New Haven, USA
2010	Ph.D. in Neurosciences, Uppsala University, Sweden
2004	Diploma Biochemistry, University Leipzig