Principal Investigator

Ophthalmic Research

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Thomas Euler

Surname Euler
First name Thomas
Nationality Germany
Present position and title CIN-Professor for Ophthalmic Research, Dr. rer. nat.
Deputy Director of the Institute for Ophthalmic Research

Business address

Werner Reichardt Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN)
Institute for Ophthalmic Research
University of Tübingen
Otfried-Müller-Str. 25
D-72076 Tübingen,
Germany

Phone: +49 (0)7071 29-85028
Fax: +49 (0)7071 29-25011
E-mail: thomas.euler[at]cin.uni-tuebingen.de

Academic Education

Year Degree University Field of study
2004 Teaching certificate
(Lehrzertifikat)
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg Zellbiology
1993 – 1996 Ph.D. (Magna cum laude) Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz;
MPI for Brain Research, Frankfurt/M.
Neurobiology
1992 – 1993 Diploma Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz;
MPI for Brain Research, Frankfurt/M.
Biology
1988 – 1992 Undergraduate studies Johannes-Gutenberg University, Mainz Biology

Professional Experience

Period Institution Position Discipline
2009 - Eberhard-Karls-University Tübingen, CIN-Professor Ophthalmic Research
2009 Offered a professorship (W3) at the University of Heidelberg    
2007 Offered a professorship (W2) at the University of Erlangen-Nürnberg    
2006 – 2009 Dept. of Biomedical Optics, MPI for Medical Research Heidelberg Research group leader Neuroscience
2007 – 2009 Member of the IZN (Interdisciplinary Center for Neurosciences) Ruprecht-Karls-Universität, Heidelberg    
2000 – 2006 Dept. of Biomedical Optics MPI for Medical Research, Heidelberg Research fellow Neuroscience
1997 – 2000 Harvard Medical School; Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA Post-Doctoral fellow Neuroscience
1996 – 1996  Dept. for Neuroanatomy, Max-Planck Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt/M. Post-Doctoral Fellow Neuroscience

Additional information

  • "Teaching award 2012 and 2013, Graduate School of Neural Information Processing, University of Tübingen"
  • Teaching award 2012, Graduate School of Neural Information Processing, University of Tübingen
  • Referee: Journal of Comparative Neurology; Journal of Neuroscience; Journal of Physiology; Journal of Neurophysiology; Nature; Nature Neuroscience; PLoS Biology; Neurocomputing, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience
  • Grant reviewer: Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung; New Zealand Optometric Vision Research Foundation, New Zealand; DFG (German Research Foundation); fortüne program of the University of Tübingen; Volkswagen-Stiftung
  • Member of steering committee of Bernstein Centre for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN) Tübingen, Board member of the Centre for Integrative Neuroscience (CIN), Tübingen