
Valentin Riedl Principal Investigator
The human brain consumes around 20% of the energy produced by the body. While neuroscience research has immensely progressed in understanding the micro- and macroscopic architecture of the brain, the reason for its high energy demands is still a mystery. In my research on the Neuroenergetics of the human brain, I study how energy metabolism drives neural signaling and whether it is altered in neuropsychiatric disorders.
At TUM, I have therefore established simultaneous measurements of glucose and oxygen metabolism in the brain combining quantitative PET, calibrated fMRI and edited MRS. I received my MD (Dr.med.) from TUM and my PhD (Systemic Neurosciences) from LMU after working as a Research Fellow at the World Health Organization. I am currently a Junior Fellow and Associate Research Scientist at TUM.
Roman Belenya PhD-student
Antonia Bose PhD-student
Antonia studies the connection between cerebral and peripheral energy metabolism, using glucose-clamp procedures in the MRI. She has extensive experience in neuropsychological testing of human subjects while using different imaging methods. Antonia received a BSc in Psychology and her MSc in Cognitive Neuroscience from the Donders Institute before joining our group. If you want to learn sophisticated hip-hop moves, Antonia is your instructor.
Gabriel Castrillon PostDoc
Samira Epp PhD-student
Samira studies the changes in energy consumption of human brain networks when subjects perform cognitive tasks. During her PhD, she became an expert in quantitative BOLD imaging, which complements her extensive knowledge of fMRI data analysis, but also made her question the very basics of it. Samira received a BSc and MSc in Psychology before joining our group. If you want to know when the next big climate demonstration takes place, ask Samira.
Laura Fraticelli PhD-student
André Hechler PhD-student
Katarzyna Kurcyus PostDoc
PostDoc and PhD positions are regularly available.
- Systemic Neurosciences (GSN)
Riedl Lab
valentin.riedl@tum.de | |
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