Curriculum Vitae: Lars F. Muckli, PhD

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Personal        born October 10^th, 1969, Aachen, Germany,
                        married, two children

Research and Professional Experience

2009 -               Reader, Centre for Cognitive NeuroImaging (CCNi), Department of Psychology, Faculty of Information and Mathematical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK

2007 - 2009       Senior Lecturer, CCNi, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Information and Mathematical Sciences, University of Glasgow, UK

2005 - 2006       Teaching for Faculty of Medicine, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2003 - 2006       Teaching for Faculty of Psychology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2002 - 2007       Principal Investigator, Brain Imaging Center, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

2000 - 2007       Project group leader, functional magnetic resonance imaging group,
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

1997                 Ph.D. student, functional magnetic resonance imaging group,
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

1996                 Diploma student, functional magnetic resonance imaging group (Dr. Rainer Goebel),
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

1994                 Studied Cognitive Science in the Psychology Department at the University College London (UCL), UK (Research with Dr. David W Green)

University Education

2002                 Ph.D. (Neurophysiology/ Neurocognition), Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and Faculty of Psychology, University of Maastricht, the Netherlands – awarded with highest honours

1997                 Diploma degree in Psychology (Master of Science in Psychology), Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and University of Giessen

1994 – 1995      Cognitive Science, University College London, UK. Analytical Philosophy of Mind, Birkbeck College, University of London, UK.

1991 – 1997      Study of Psychology at the Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany.

Minor subject: Medicine for Psychology. Other subjects (without degree): Philosophy of Mind, Computer Science.

Summer Schools

1999                 McDonnell Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience (2 weeks), Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, MA, U.S.A

1995                 Summer School (1 week) on Methods in Physiological Psychology; Ruhr-University Bochum and Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf, Germany

Prior to University

1990-1991         Zivildienst (Alternative to German Military Service), Institute for Medical Information Processing, Computer system programmer for the blood bank system, University Medical School, Gießen.

1990                 Abitur (German School Graduation) Constantin-Vanotti-Schule, Überlingen.

Memberships

European Brain and Behaviour Society, Society for Neuroscience, Human Brain Mapping Society, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie

Reviewer for Journals

BMC-Neuroscience, Brain Topography, Cerebral Cortex, European Journal for Neuroscience, Human Brain Mapping, Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Vision, NeuroImage, Neuron, Neurophysiology, Neuropsychologia, NeuroReport, Neuroscience Letter, Proc. Nat. Acad. Science, PLoS Computational Biology, Proc. Roy. Soc. B., Psychological Science, Science, Vision Research

Reviewer for Funding Agencies

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC),
Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC)

Supervision of PhD Students

PhD students were full-time research assistant in the Max-Planck Department and their PhDs were awarded externally:

ongoing FRA    Alink, Arjen (since 2005); MPI- Frankfurt, 4^th year, one first-author paper (J.Neurosci) one first-author (pending final revision, J Neurosci), five co-authorships published (J Cogn Neurosci, Vis Res, Plos One, NeuroImage, Brain Res). Is expected to graduate successfully in autumn 2009

ongoing GLA    supervision for PhD exchange student from University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil: Fabiana Carvalho (In Glasgow lab 2008/09, expected end 2010) 3 abstracts (selected for oral presentations, one paper in preperation)

2008                 Weigelt, Sarah: Neurovision – Neuroimaging studies of illusory perception (2008, Maastricht – with highest honours). Now post-doc in Nancy Kanwisher Lab, MIT, Boston, MA, USA

2009                 Jurcoane, Alina: Interocular transfer of orientation specific fMRI adaptation in normal and amblyopic subjects (jointly supervised with R. Sireteanu, 2008 Frankfurt). Now: post-doc RA in Frankfurt

2008                 Hodzic, Amra: Differential responses to self and others in the human extrastriate body area: An fMRI study (jointly supervised With Prof. W. Singer, 2008, Frankfurt). Now: post-doc RA (DFG grant)

2007                 Wibral, Michael: The BOLD fMRI signal under anaesthesia and hyperoxia (2002-2007, Darmstadt); Now: MEG Lab Manager BIC Frankfurt

2006                 Naumer, Marcus Object perception by ear and eye (2001-2006, Maastricht). Assistant Professor University of Frankfurt

2006                 Axel Kohler: Motion, Attention, and visual awareness (2003-2006, Maastricht). Now Principal Investigator MPI –Frankfurt

2001                 Ariane, Meienbrock (Fiesser) Multisensory integration (2001 – 2002, broken off and left for Boston Consulting)

Supervision of Post Docs

2009                 Dr. Petra Vetter (from 2009, BBSRC grant)

2008                 Dr. Fraser Smith, we started a new research agenda on visual prediction that led to a successful BBSRC grant, and six conference abstracts, joined manuscripts (in preparation and one published 2008)

2006-2008         Dr. Amanda Kaas (Post-doc on DFG grant, now Post-doc in Rainer Goebel Lab Maastricht)

Funding (Selection)

2009-2012         Principal Investigator (Muckli) - Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) “Brain processes predicting forthcoming perception - cortical feedback and visual predictions” (BB/G005044/1): £ 331.000

2009                 Royal Society travel grant £ 3.400

2005-2008         Coordinator and Principal Investigator: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) “Perception – Processes, Pathology, and Plasticity” Brain Imaging Center (jointly with colleagues from Frankfurt University Hospital Dept. Psychiatry, Neuroradiology, Neurology, Med. Psychology – (DLR O1GO 0508) coordinator total € 2.000.000,

PI : approx € 220.000

2005-2007         Principal Investigator (Muckli) - German Research Foundation: (DFG) “Role of parietal cortex in spatial imagery” (DFG MU2358/1-2): € 220.000

2003-2005         Co-Investigator - German Research Foundation: (DFG) with Ruxandra Sireteanu: University Frankfurt, Dept. of Psychology: Dynamics of the two-dimensional distortions in strabismic amblyopia: psychophysics and neuroimaging (DFG Si 344/17-1,2)

2002-2004         Co-PI: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) “Center for functional imaging in clinical neurosciences Frankfurt” (total: € 2.000.000 Psychiatry, Neuroradiology, Neurology) - (DLR O1GO 0305): € 220.000

2002                 Co-PI German Research Foundation: (DFG) “3T – high field MRI system” (Brain Imaging Center Frankfurt): € 2.500.000

Research Interests keywords

Visual motion processing, visual prediction, cortical feedback, multimodal integration, natural visual scene perception, face perception, visual working memory, mental imagery, mental tracking, amblyopia, blindsight, hemispherectomy, fMRI, fMRI-adaptation, retinotopic mapping, cortex-based, multivariate pattern classifier, reverse correlation, EEG, TMS, monkey fMRI, multiunit recordings in non human primates, biological modelling.