• Magnetic resonance imaging
• Morphometry and connectivity in clinical neuroscience
• Medical image analysis
• Neuroanatomy

Marc Tittgemeyer (born 1966), head of research group "Cortical Networks"

1987-1994

Studies of Physics (main focus: Geophysics), University of Karlsruhe

1995-1999

Physical Doctorate (Dr. rer. nat.), University of Karlsruhe, Department of Physics

1995

Guest scientist, Russian Academy of Science, Geological Branch, Moscow, Russia

1996

Guest scientist, University of Edinburgh, Department of Geology and Geophysics, Edinburgh. UK

1998

Guest scientist, Spanish research foundation (CSIC), Institut de Ciencies de la Terra, Barcelona, Spain

1999

PhD- Thesis accepted

1999-2000

Research employee, Seismological Group (Prof F Wenzel), Geophysical Institute, University of Karlsruhe

2000-2002

Research employee, Signal and Image Analysis Group, Max-Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science, Leipzig

Focus: Bio-mechanical Models

2003-2005

Research staff, Dept. of Neurology (Prof D.Y. von Cramon), Max-Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Science, Leipzig

Responsibility: MRI- based Morphometry

2006-today

Head of research group “Cortical Networks”, Max-Planck Institute for Neurological Research, Cologne

05/2011-

Section editor, section "Anatomy & Physiology", NeuroImage

07/2009-04/2011

Handling editor, section "Anatomy & Physiology", NeuroImage

05/2010-

Member of the Executive Board, Clinical Research Unit 219 - "Basal Ganglia Cortex Loops"

08/2010-

Advisory Board Member, EU PF7 Consortium CONNECT

International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM), Organization of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Society for Neuroscience (SfN)

• Journals: American Journal of Neuroradiology, Brain, Brain & Cognition, Brain Structure & Function, Cerebral Cortex, Human Brain Mapping, IEEE Transactions of Medical Imaging, Journal of Anatomy, Journal of Magnetic Resonace Imaging, Journal of Neuroscience, Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, NeuroImage
• Institutions: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German Research Counsel (DFG), German Israelic Foundation (GIF), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)

• Research Collaborative “Social gaze: Phenomenology and Neurobiology of Dysfunctions of High-Functioning Autism”, Subproject “Abnormal anatomical connections, abnormal functioning, or both?”, German Ministery of Education and Science (BMBF), 2007-2010
• Research Collaborative “Structure and function of the frontal opercular Region”, Subproject “Connectivity of the frontal opercular region” German Ministery of Education and Science (BMBF), 2008-2010
• Interdisciplinary Research Initiative “Cortical Networks and Modelling of Cognitive Function” Max-Planck-Society
• Research Project “Visualization in Parallel Manycore Environments” German Ministery of Education and Science (BMBF), 2008-2011
• Clinical Research Group KFG-219, Subproject “Basal ganglia satellite systems: Fibreanatomy infered by diffusion traktography”, 2010-2013, German Research Council (DFG)