Dept. of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology
Center for Experimental Medicine
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
Martinistr. 52
20246 Hamburg
Tel: +49-40-7410-56170
Fax: +49-40-7410-57752
Email: ak.engel@uke.de
 

January 7, 1961
 

1979-1986

1983-1987

 
1987

1987-1995

 
1995

1995-2002

 
1996-2000

 
1997-1998

2000-2002

 
2002

2002-present

 
2004-present

Studies of Medicine, Saarland University, Homburg, and Technical University, München

Doctoral Student, Dept. of Neuromorphology, Max-Planck-Institute for Psychiatry, München

Medical Doctorate (Dr. med.), Technical University, München

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Neurobiology, Dept. of Neurophysiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt

Habilitation for Physiology, University of Frankfurt

Lecturer (Privatdozent) in Medical Physiology, Medical School,
University of Frankfurt

Heisenberg-Fellow (DFG) and head of research group, Dept. of Neurophysiology, Max-Planck-Institute for Brain Research, Frankfurt

Daimler-Benz Fellow, Institute for Advanced Study, Berlin

Head of Cellular Neurobiology Group, Institute of Medicine, Research Center Jülich

Specialist (Facharzt) in Medical Physiology, Medical Council, Düsseldorf

Full Professor of Physiology and Director of the Institute of Neurophysiology and Pathophysiology, University Medical Center, Hamburg-Eppendorf

Adjunct Professor of Psychology, Dept. of Psychology, Hamburg University
 

Since 1995 18 PhD-students and 7 MD students
 

Advisory Editorial Board Member of “Trends in Cognitive Sciences”

Associate Editor of “Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience”

Member of the Hamburg Academy of Sciences
 

Functional role of coherent neuronal oscillations for cognitive processes

Neural mechanisms of perception, attention, memory, consciousness

Altered temporal dynamics in neuropsychiatric disorders
 

• Gray CM, König P, Engel AK, Singer W (1989) Oscillatory responses in cat visual cortex exhibit inter-columnar synchronization which reflects global stimulus properties. Nature 338: 334-337

• Engel AK, König P, Kreiter AK, Singer W (1991) Interhemispheric synchronization of oscillatory neuronal responses in cat visual cortex. Science 252: 1177-1179

• Engel AK, König P, Kreiter AK, Schillen TB, Singer W (1992) Temporal coding in the visual cortex: new vistas on integration in the nervous system. Trends in Neurosciences 15: 218-226

• Munk MHJ, Roelfsema PR, König P, Engel AK, Singer W (1996) Role of reticular activation in the modulation of intracortical synchronization. Science 272: 271-274

• Roelfsema PR, Engel AK, König P, Singer W (1997) Visuomotor integration is associated with zero time-lag synchronization among cortical areas. Nature 385: 157-161

• Fries P, Neuenschwander S, Engel AK, Goebel R, Singer W (2001) Rapid feature selective neuronal synchronization through correlated latency shifting. Nature Neuroscience 4: 194-200

• Engel AK, Fries P, Singer W (2001) Dynamic predictions: oscillations and synchrony in top-down processing. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 2: 704-716

• Womelsdorf T, Schoffelen J-M, Oostenveld R, Singer W, Desimone R, Engel AK, Fries P (2007) Modulation of neuronal interactions through neuronal synchronization. Science 316: 1609-1612

• Siegel M, Donner TH, Oostenveld R, Fries P, Engel AK (2008) Neuronal synchronization along the dorsal visual pathway reflects the focus of spatial attention. Neuron 60: 709-719

• Senkowski D, Schneider TR, Foxe JJ, Engel AK (2008) Crossmodal binding through neural coherence: implications for multisensory processing. Trends in Neurosciences 31: 401-409