EDUCATION
2007 PhD: Disputation date: 27.07.2007.
University of Heidelberg, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany
2003 M.Sc.
University of Heidelberg, Max Planck Institute for Medical Research, Germany
2001 Bsc
Middle East Technical University, Turkey
CURRENT AND PREVIOUS POSITIONS
Since 2017 Current Position
Professor, Kavli Institute for Systems neuroscience, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
Director of the NTNU Master program in Neuroscience
2015 – 2017 Associate Professor, Kavli Institute for Systems neuroscience, NTNU, Trondheim, Norway
2011- 2016 Assistant Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Dept. of Neurophysiology, KULeuven, Belgium
2010 -2016 Group Leader, Neuroelectronics Research Flanders, VIB, Belgium
2013 -2014 Interim Department Director, Neuroelectronics Research Flanders, VIB, Belgium
2007- 2010 Post-doctoral Researcher, Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurobiology, USA
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS AND AWARDS
2018 Selected as NCMM Associate Investigator
2016 Mid-Norway regional health authorities research grant (8M NOK)
2015 Norwegian research council FRIPRO BIOMED young talent grant (7M NOK)
2015 Association for Chemoreception Sciences (AChemS) Young investigator award 2015
2014 Selected for FENS/Kavli Network of Excellence
2014 Federation of European Neuroscience Young Investigator Prize 2014
2013 European Research Commission (ERC) starting investigator grant (1.5M Euros)
2008-2010: Human Frontiers Science Program, Long-term Postdoctoral Fellowship, USA
2006 Marine Biological Laboratories, Neural Systems & Behavior Summer Course, USA
2003-2006 Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Fellowship, Heidelberg, Germany
2002-2003 Scholarship of Max Planck Society, Heidelberg, Germany
2001-2002 Msc Scholarship of DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service), Germany
1996-2001 Scholarship of TUBITAK (Turkish Science & Technology Association), Turkey
SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND RESEARCH FELLOWS
Post-docs
- Starting November 2017: Dr Laetitia Lalla
- Since September 2017: Dr Daniela Weth
- Since September 2015: Dr Pradeep Lal (Marie Curie Fellowship)
- Since September 2012: Dr Florence Kermen (Fyssens Fellowship, FIRPRO YI grant)
- Graduated March 2017: Dr Filip Janiak
- Graduated June 2015: Dr Cameron Wyatt (AXA Postdoctoral Fellowship)
- Graduated June 2013: Dr Elena Dreosti (Sir Henry Wellcome Fellowships)
PhD Students
- Since January 2017: Sverre Myren-Svelstad (samarbeidsorganet – Helse Midt-Norge)
- Since February 2015: Robrecht Pelgrims
- Since January 2015: Ewelina Bartoszek
- Since September 2013: Stephanie Fore
- will graduate Nov 2016: Carmen Verdugo Diaz
- Graduated October 2016: Luis Mendez Franco (VIB PhD Student Fellowship)
- Graduated November 2015: Suresh Kumar Jetti (Boehringer Ingelheim Fond Fellowship)
- Graduated March 2015: Nuria Vendrell Llopis
TEACHING ACTIVITIES
Since 2017 General Coordinator for the Masters in Neuroscience Program at NTNU
2016 Coordinator for the Masters in Neuroscience Program, Systems Neuroscience course
2013 Teaching and practical training during FLIACT workshop Jena, Marie Curie initial training network
2012-2013 Career guidance and teaching at VIB/NERF/KULeuven PhD School
ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2012-2013-2014 NERF, Neuro-technology Symposium, organizer
2012 VIB/NERF Neuroscience Summer School, co-organizer
2016 NRSN Summer School for Systems Neuroscience, organizer
2016 Kavli Prize Neuroscience Symposium, co-organizer
2017 FENS/Kavli Network Symposium, co-organizer
INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
2013 Interim Department Director for 1 year
Neuroelectronics Research Flanders/ VIB/ Belgium
COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
Referee service: Nature, Nature Methods, Nature Neuroscience, Current Biology, Journal of Neuroscience, Frontiers in Neural Circuits, Neuron, PLOS One, Behavioural Brain Research, EMBO Reports, Journal of Comparative Neurology, BMC Neuroscience,
MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Since 2015 FENS/Kavli Network of Excellence
Since 2015 Federation of European Neuroscience
Since 2015 Norwegian Neuroscience Society
Since 2016 Society for Neuroscience
