PhD in Computational Systems Neuroscience

Computational Systems Neuroscience, University of Cologne

Thesis: Circuit motifs for sensory integration, learning, and the initiation of adaptive behavior in Drosophila, with distinction (0.7)

Advisor: Martin Nawrot, Examiners: Martin Nawrot, Kei Ito

M. Sc. Neuroscience

University of Cologne

Thesis: Learning induced plasticity in a spiking network model inspired by the Drosophila olfactory system

Bc. Sc. Psychology

University of Mannheim

Thesis: The contribution of automatic and controlled cognitive processes in forming memory of valent stimuli and their context

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow

Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (Marta Zlatic & Albert Cardona), University of Cambridge

Visiting Researcher

Computational Neuroscience Laboratory (Claudia Clopath), Bioengineering, Imperial College London

Research Associate

Computational Neuroscience Laboratory (Claudia Clopath), Bioengineering, Imperial College London

Postdoctoral Researcher

Computational Systems Neuroscience (Martin Nawrot), Zoology, University of Cologne

Doctoral Student

Computational Systems Neuroscience (Martin Nawrot), Zoology, University of Cologne

Research Internship

Computational Systems Neuroscience (Martin Nawrot), Zoology, University of Cologne

Research Assistant

Systems Neuroscience (Christian Büchel), University Hospital Hamburg (UKE)

Research Internship

Clinical Psychology (Tania Lincoln), University of Hamburg

Research Internship

Cognitive Sciences (Sverker Sikström), Lund University

Research Assistant

Cognitive Psychology and Statistics (Thorsten Meiser), University of Mannheim

Panagiotis Sakagiannis, Anna-Maria Jürgensen, and Martin P. Nawrot

A behavioral architecture for realistic simulations of drosophila larva locomotion and foraging

eLife, page 14:RP104262

El Yazid Rachad, Stephan Hubertus Deimel, Lisa Epple, Yogesh Vasant Gadgil, Anna-Maria Jürgensen, Magdalena Springer, Chen-Han Lin, Martin Paul Nawrot, Suewei Lin, and André Fiala

Functional dissection of a neuronal brain circuit mediating higher-order associative learning

Cell Reports, volume 44, page 115593

Anna-Maria Jürgensen, Felix Johannes Schmitt, and Martin P. Nawrot

Minimal circuit motifs for second-order conditioning in the insect mushroom body

Frontiers in Physiology, volume 14, page 1326307

Anna-Maria Jürgensen, Panagiotis Sakagiannis, Michael Schleyer, Bertram Gerber, and Martin P. Nawrot

Prediction error drives associative olfactory learning and conditioned behavior in a spiking model of drosophila larva

iScience, volume 27, page 108640

Anna-Maria Jürgensen, Afshin Khalili, Elisabetta Chicca, Giacomo Indiveri, and Martin P. Nawrot

A neuromorphic model of olfactory processing and sparse coding in the drosophila larva brain

Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering, volume 1, page 024008

Sverker Sikström, Anna-Maria Jürgensen, Maryam Haghighi, Daniel Månsson, David Smidelik, and Thomas Habekost

Self-rated attentiveness interacts with transcranial direct current stimulation and noise stimulation in reaction time in a go/no-go task

Neural plasticity, volume 2016

Using circuit models to explore prediction error in insect learning

Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik und Selbstorganisation

A spiking model of drosophila larva olfactory learning

Arthropod Neuroscience Network, University of Cologne

Postdoctoral Fellowship - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Union

Postdoctoral Fellowship - Walter Benjamin, DFG (declined)

Postdoctoral Fellowship - Newton international fellowship, Royal Society (shortlisted)

RTG associated, Graduate school Neural circuit analysis on the cellular and subcellular level, University of Cologne

Cornelia Harte Mentoring PRO, University of Cologne

Erasmus+, European Union

Organizer Bernstein Conference workshop, Frankfurt, Germany, Shaping plasticity: Structural constraints and temporal dynamics in learning.

Co-organizer of Neuro DoWo Conference, Cologne, Germany, Cancelled due to Covid-19.