Prof. Dr. Katharina von Kriegstein

Kandidatin Sektionssprecherin "Kognitive Neurowissenschaften"

Professor for Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience
School of Science, Faculty of Psychology
Institute of General Psychology, Biopsychology and Methods of Psychology
Technische Universität Dresden
01069 Dresden

Tel.: (+49) 0351 463-43900
Fax:( +49) 0351 463-43910

E-Mail: katharina.von_kriegstein@tu-dresden.de
Webseite: https://tu-dresden.de/mn/psychologie/ifap/kknw/die-professur/inhaber-in

Curriculum Vitae

EDUCATION

1994-2001	Medical School, University of Göttingen, Germany; National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London, UK; Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain
1995-1997	Study of Philosophy, University of Göttingen, Germany
1996-2001	Medical doctoral student, Molecular Neurobiology Department, Max-Planck Institute for Experimental Medicine, Göttingen, Germany

EMPLOYMENT

2001-2004	House Officer and Research Associate Clinic for Neurology, University of Frankfurt, Germany
2004-2009	Research Associate Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging, University College London, UK and University of Newcastle, UK
2009-2018	Max Planck Research Group Leader, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
2013-2017	Professor of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences, Institute of Psychology, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
2017-now	Professor of Cognitive and Clinical Neurosciences, Faculty of Psychology, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany

RESEARCH FOCUS

The main aim of my research programme is to understand the sensory processes that enable us to communicate successfully with each other. In our experiments we acquire behavioural and neuroimaging data and employ neurostimulation techniques. We develop novel communication models based on findings in typically developed participants. We use these models to better explain developmental communication difficulties(i.e., developmental dyslexia, person recognition deficits, autism spectrum disorder).We are particularly interested in the role of thalamo-cortical interactionsas well as multisensory interactionsin the analysis of communication signals.

SELECTED HONOURS AND AWARDS

2015	ERC-Consolidator Grant
2009	Max Planck Research Group
2002	Award for best doctoral thesis 2001 in Experimental Medicine (University of Göttingen, Germany)

CURRENT COMMISSIONS OF TRUST

2021-now	Member of Faculty Council, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Germany
2022-now	Vice-Dean, Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden, Germany
2022-now	Faculty Member of the International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) on Cognitive Neuroimaging, https://imprs-coni.mpg.de/

SELECTED RECENT PUBLICATIONS

2024: Schelinski, S., Kauffmann, L., Tabas, A., Müller-Axt, C., & von Kriegstein, K..Functional alterations of the magnocellular subdivision of the visual sensory thalamus in autism, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 121(47), e2413409121. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2413409121
2024: Müller-Axt, C., Kauffmann, L., Eichner, C., & von Kriegstein, K..Dysfunction of the magnocellular subdivision of the visual thalamus in developmental dyslexia.Brain. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awae235
2023: Mathias, B., & von Kriegstein, K. (2023). Enriched learning: behavior, brain, and computation. Trends CognSci, 27(1), 81-97. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tics.2022.10.007
2020: Tabas, A., Mihai, G., Kiebel, S., Trampel, R., & von Kriegstein, K. (2020). Abstract rules drive adaptation in the subcortical sensory pathway. Elife, 9. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.64501
2019: Mihai, P. G., Moerel, M., de Martino, F., Trampel, R., Kiebel, S., & von Kriegstein, K. (2019). Modulation of tonotopic ventral medial geniculate body is behaviorally relevant for speech recognition. Elife, 8. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.44837.001
2018: Roswandowitz, C., Kappes, C., Obrig, H., & von Kriegstein, K. (2018). Obligatory and facultative brain regions for voice-identity recognition. Brain, 141(1), 234–247. https://doi.org/10.1093/brain/awx313
2017: Müller-Axt, C., Anwander, A., & von Kriegstein, K. (2017). Altered Structural Connectivity of the Left Visual Thalamus in Developmental Dyslexia. Current Biology, 27(23), 3692–3698.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.10.034

Prof. Dr. Katharina von Kriegstein