About me

I have a Ph.D. in physics and work as staff scientist in the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-2) of the Research Center Jülich, Germany. During almost two decades of research in PET methodology and quantitative neuroimaging, I became increasingly interested not only in measuring brain function but also in understanding the biological mechanisms behind these measurements.

Today, my research focuses on the impact of sleep, circadian variation and lifestyle on neurological disorders, and especially on the role of Aquaporin-4 and the glymphatic system. Working at the interface of neuroscience, molecular biology, genetics and computational science has been both intellectually challenging and deeply rewarding. I enjoy approaching biological questions from a quantitative and systems-oriented perspective, integrating experimental data with computational analyses to identify the regulatory mechanisms that shape brain physiology and neurodegeneration.

I believe that some of the most interesting scientific questions arise at the boundaries between disciplines, where different ways of thinking complement each other and open new perspectives on complex biological systems.