Bio
Dr. Peter Tass investigates and develops neuromodulation techniques for understanding and treating neurologic conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, dysfunction following stroke and tinnitus. He creates invasive and non-invasive therapeutic procedures by means of comprehensive computational neuroscience studies and advanced data analysis techniques. The computational neuroscience studies guide experiments that use clinical electrophysiology measures, such as high density EEG recordings and MRI imaging, and various outcome measures. He has pioneered a neuromodulation approach based on thorough computational modelling that employs dynamic self-organization, plasticity and other neuromodulation principles to produce sustained effects after stimulation. To investigate stimulation effects and disease-related brain activity, he focuses on the development of stimulation methods that cause a sustained neural desynchronization by an unlearning of abnormal synaptic interactions. He also performs and contributes to pre-clinical and clinical research in related areas.
Honors & Awards
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Member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, European Academy of Sciences and Arts, Salzburg, Austria (2012)
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Nicolaus August Otto Innovation Prize, City of Cologne, Germany (2011)
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German Innovation Award in Medicine, Worch Foundation (2011)
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Rapid Response Innovation Award, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (2010)
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Rapid Response Innovation Award, The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (2009)
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Runner-up for the German future prize 2006, President of the Federal Republic of Germany (2006)
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Erwin Schrödinger prize, Hermann von Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres (2005)
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Fritz Winter prize, Fritz Winter foundation, Academy of Sciences of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (2000)
Professional Education
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Habilitation thesis, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, Physiology (2001)
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Diploma (master's degree), University of Stuttgart, Germany, Mathematics (1993)
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PhD, University of Stuttgart, Germany, Physics (1993)
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MD, Universities of Ulm and Heidelberg, Germany, Medicine (1989)