Team

We are Pushing the Boundaries of Brain Research

Our Work Culture

We are an interdisciplinary and international team of brain researchers, physicists, computer scientists, technicians, management and communications professionals. Together, we develop new methods and technologies to unravel the complexity of the human brain at multiple scales. This requires more and more high-performance computing and close cooperation between the neuroscience and computing communities across the world.

Our vision

We want to shed light on the organisational principles of the human brain and establish the atlas as an open tool for the community to drive advances in neuroscience, medicine and technology alike. The atlas serves as a basis to integrate multi-levels and multi-scale brain data into a common reference space. With the Julich Brain Atlas we want to brin brain mapping into the 21st century and replace historical maps of the brain's microstructure.

Prof. Dr. med. Katrin Amunts
Head of Institute

Prof. Dr. med. Katrin Amunts

“Our work culture is characterized by mutual respect and appreciation for everyone's contributions. We work across different disciplines and cross borders, using our synergies on a daily basis.”

Katrin Amunts is a German neuroscientist and head of the Julich Brain Atlas. She and her team have developed the atlas to better understand the organisational principles of the human brain. It serves as a basis to integrate multi-level and multi-scale brain data into a common reference space.

Key Personell

Prof. Dr. Markus Axer
Prof. Dr.

Markus Axer

Deputy Director of INM-1, Leader of research group Fibre Architecture, Professor at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal

Phone: +49 2461 61-6314
Email: m.axer@fz-juelich.de

Dr. rer. medic. Nicola Palomero-Gallagher
Dr. rer. medic.

Nicola Palomero-Gallagher

Leader of research group Receptors, Lecturer at the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf

Phone: +49 2461 61-4790
Email: n.palomero-gallagher@fz-juelich.de

Dr. Timo Dickscheid
Dr.

Timo Dickscheid

Leader of research group Big Data Analytics, Lecturer at the Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf

Phone: +49 2461 61-1763
Email: t.dickscheid@fz-juelich.de

Dr. rer. nat. Sabine Ruland
Dr. rer. nat.

Sabine Helene Ruland

Science Manager

Phone: +49 2461 61-8615
Email: s.ruland@fz-juelich.de

Julia Kämpfer

Julia Kämpfer

Scientific Coordinator

Phone: 02461 61-85175
Email: j.kaempfer@fz-juelich.de

Dr. rer. nat. Lisa Vincenz-Donnelly
Dr. rer. nat.

Lisa Vincenz-Donnelly

Public Relations Officer

Phone: +49 2461 61-9335
Email: l.vincenz-donnelly@fz-juelich.de

Meet our staff

The Institute Structural and Functional Organization of the Brain (INM-1) consists of eight working groups and several project teams. It is part of the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine at the Research Centre Jülich.

The C. and O. Vogt Institute of Brain Research is located at Uniklinikum of the Heinrich Heine Universität Düsseldorf.