Katrin Amunts is a German neuroscientist. She is the Professor of the C. and O. Vogt Institute for Brain Research at the University of Düsseldorf and is also Director of the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine in INM-1 in Forschungszentrum Jülich. She is one of the most prominent neuroscientists in brain mapping in the world.[1][2][3][4] She is Scientific Research Director of the Human Brain Project.[5]
Katrin Amunts | |
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| Born | 1962 Potsdam, East Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | Prominent neuroscientist in brain mapping |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscientist |
| Institutions | University of Düsseldorf, Forschungszentrum Jülich |
Career
editKatrin Amunts was born in Potsdam, East Germany in 1962. She studied medicine and biophysics at Pirogov Medical School in the Soviet Union. She earned a doctorate in neuroscience and anatomy at the Institute of Brain Research in Moscow in 1989. She later trained at a Fraunhofer Institute in Berlin and joined the C. & O. Vogt Institute for Brain Research at the University of Düsseldorf. She was a professor in Aachen University before rejoining the University of Düsseldorf in 2013.[6][7][8][9] Amunts is amongst the most important researchers in neuroscience today. In the recently published list of 10 Breakthrough Technologies 2014, the science magazine entitled JARA-BRAIN named her as a key player [citation needed]. Amunts works alongside a team of accomplished scientists, including a colleague named Professor Karl Zilles. Long term, Amunts’ goal in working with the human brain is to create a three-dimensional atlas mapped to the structures in the brain so as to allow its complicated configuration and functions to be imaged and understood microscopically. This would allow us to improve our understanding of the human's control center and advance our abilities to combat diseases or disorders such as depression, addiction, dementia, and Parkinson's disease. This construction is being called the "Big Brain".[10]
References
edit- ^ "Prof. Dr. Katrin Amunts Honoured by MIT Technology Review". jara.org. Archived from the original on 19 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "Katrin Amunts is building a 3D map of the human brain". Business Insider. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "Digital agenda for Europe Katrin Amunts". European Commission. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ Brain Mapping: An Encyclopedic Reference. Elsevier Science. 14 February 2015. pp. 1–. ISBN 978-0-12-397316-0. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "Human Brain Project: The Directorate". Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "Katrin Amunts". www.ethikrat.org. Archived from the original on 25 May 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "Katrin Amunts, brain cartographer". Human Brain Project. Archived from the original on 25 July 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "A Portrait of Brain Researcher Katrin Amunts". dw.com. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "€1B Human Brain Project back on track after Commission signs new contract". Éanna Kelly. Science Business. 3 November 2015. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ^ "10 Breakthrough Technologies 2014". technologyreview.com. Retrieved 1 June 2016.