Dr. Gordon Pipa
Max Planck Institute for Brain Research
Deutschordenstraße 46
D-60528 Frankfurt/Main
Tel.: +49(0)6996769-289
Fax: +49(0)6996769-327
 Research Interests
Invited Talks
Publications
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Education
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4/2002
-8/2006
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PhD, supervisor Prof. Klaus Obermayer, Department of Neural Information Processing, Berlin
University of Technology, Berlin, Germany, Grade 1 (very good)
Thesis title: The Neuronal Code: Development of tools and hypotheses for understanding the role of synchronization of neuronal activity
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5/2001
-3/2002
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Diploma, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research and the Faculty of Physics, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Grade 1 (very good)
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9/1995
-5/2001
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Diploma-Studies in Physics, RWTH-Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
specialized on theoretical thermodynamics, stochastic processes, and information and image processing
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Positions
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since
01/2005
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Group leader with Prof. Wolf Singer, Department of Neurophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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since
08/2003
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Junior fellow (~Junior Professor), Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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10/2007
-1/2009
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Research fellow with Prof. Emery Brown, joint appointment: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, and Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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4/2002
-7/2003
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Research assistant with PD Dr. Sonja Grün, Department of Neurophysiology, Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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Professional Activities
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| Program Chair |
Bernstein Conference for Computational Neuroscience, 2009 (BCCN), Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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| Organizer |
Trends in Complex Systems - International Workshop on Synchronization and Multiscale Complex Dynamics in the Brain (BSYNC09), 2009, Dresden, Germany
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| Course Director |
FIAS Summer School on Theoretical Neuroscience and Complex Systems in 2006, 2007 and 2008, Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
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10-
11/2006 |
Guest scientist in Group of Prof. Claudio R. Mirasso at Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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12/2003 |
Visiting student in Group of Prof. Larry Abbott at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
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Patents
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| German |
DE9701454*
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| European |
EP0993657*
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| United States |
US6231185*
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| International |
PCT/DE1997/001454* and WO/1999/003066* for Canada, Japan, United States and European states: AT, BE, CH, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, IE, IT, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE)
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| German patent applications |
DE10008251A1, DE19601024A1, DE19800845A1
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* Copyright transfer to Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
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Grants
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| 2008 |
PENS Grant by the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies for running the FIAS Summer School on Theoretical Neuroscience and Complex Systems 2008
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2007
-2010 |
European Grant 04330: GABA ('Global Approach to Brain Activity')
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| 2006 |
Volkswagen Grant for running the FIAS Summer School on Theoretical Neuroscience and Complex Systems 2006
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Awards and Honors
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2008
-2010 |
MainCampus Educator Award, scholarship for young faculty by the Stiftung Polytechnische Gesellschaft Frankfurt am Main |
1995
-2001 |
Scholarship of the German National Academic Foundation, state scholarship |
1995
-1996 |
Triple prize winner in the German contest for young scientists (Jugend Forscht) |
Group members
Anja Amrouche
Marta Castellano
Jennifer Ehrnsberger
Felipe Gerhard
Dr. Raul Vicente
Wei Wu
Collaborators
 Prof. Emery N. Brown
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, and Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Prof. Ingo Fischer
Nonlinear Photonics Group, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, U.K.
Prof. Ralf Galuske
Department of Biology, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany
Prof. Ann Graybiel
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
PD Dr. Sonja Grün
Advanced Technology Development Core, Riken Brain Science Institute, Tokyo, Japan
Prof. Claudio R. Mirasso
Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
PD Dr. Matthias H. J. Munk, Department of Physiology of Cognitive Processes, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany
Dr. Sergio Neuenschwander
Dr. Bertram Scheller
Clinic for Anaesthesiology, J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Prof. Jochen Triesch
Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Prof. Jordi Garcia Ojalvo
Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeries Industrial i Aeronàutica de Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain
Prof. Carl van Vreeswijk
René Descartes University, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, Paris, France
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