Neurotechnology

In a very general sense, the term Neurotechnology defines any artificial means to interact with the workings of the brain. This means that pharmacological treatment and adjustments of brain activity are just as much a part of neurotechnology as technical and computational tools. These measure and analyse electrical and chemical signals in the nervous system, both in the brain and in the limbs. But it also entails technical tools which interact with the nervous system to change its activity, for example to restore sensory input such as with cochlea implants to restore hearing or deep brain stimulation to stop tremors and treat other pathological conditions.

Neurotechnology research in this context includes all research that contributes to these systems, including, for example, solving problems of encapsulation of electronic circuits, simulations of neuronal networks and cultural biological networks to understand their properties, and the development of surgical implantation techniques.

Principal Investigators

	Prof. em. Dr. Ad Aertsen Neurobiology and Biophysics ad.aertsen@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. med. Tonio Ball Neuromedical Artificial Intelligence Lab tonio.ball@uniklinik-freiburg.de
	Jun. Prof. Dr. Joschka Boedecker Neurorobotics jboedeck@informatik.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Johann Bollmann Systems Neuroscience johann.bollmann@bio.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. med. Volker Coenen Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery stereo@uniklinik-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. llka Diester Optophysiology ilka.diester@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Ulrich Egert Biomicrotechnology ulrich.egert@imtek.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Josif Grabocka Representation Learning grabocka@informatik.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Ulrich Hofmann Neuroelectronic Systems ulrich.hofmann@uniklinik-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Frank Hutter Machine Learning fh@cs.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Johannes Letzkus Neocortical Circuits and Behavior johannes.letzkus@physiologie.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Carsten Mehring Neurobiology and Neurotechnology carsten.mehring@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Natalie Mrachacz-Kersting Neuroplasticity and Brain-Computer-Interfaces natalie.mrachacz-kersting@sport.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Oliver Paul Microsystem Materials paul@imtek.de
	Dr. Patrick Ruther MEMS-based neural probe technology ruther@imtek.de
	Prof. Dr. Thomas Stieglitz Biomedical Microtechnology stieglitz@imtek.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Andrew Straw Neural Circuits and Behavior andrew.straw@biologie.uni-freiburg.de
	Prof. Dr. Abhinav Valada Robot Learning Lab valada@cs.uni-freiburg.de