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Our next speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the summer semester 2026 is Ass. Prof. Dr. Christina de la Malla from the Universitat de Barcelona, Spain 

• Time:  June 10, 2026, 2:15 p.m.
• Location: Room Fl 30, Department of Psychology, Fliednerstraße 21, MasterClass directly afterwards

We congratulate Dr. Niklas Hypki on successfully defending his thesis "How We See, Perceive and Act: Analysing Eye Movements in
Virtual Reality" at the Institute of Psychology. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. Markus Lappe, Prof. Dr. Heiko Wagner and  Prof. Dr. Frank Steinicke.

We congratulate Dr. Marius Boeltzig on successfully defending his thesis "Learning From The Unexpected: How Prediction Error Size
Shapes Episodic Memory" at the Institute of Psychology. The thesis was supervised by Prof.'in Dr. Ricarda Schubotz, Prof.'in Dr. Kristina Liefke and  Dr. Ines Bramao.

Our first speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the summer semester 2026 is Prof. Dr. Ines Bramao from the Lund University, Sweden
 

• Time: April 23rd, 2026, 4:15 p.m.
• Location: Room Lecture Hall 40, Department of Psychology, Fliednerstraße 21, MasterClass directly afterwards

We congratulate Dr. Falko Mecklenbrauck on successfully defending his thesis "Still Dwelling in the Rich Club? - The Role of Structural Hubs and Cortical Chronoarchitecture in the Processing of Hierarchically Nested Stimuli" at the Institute of Psychology. The thesis was supervised by Prof.'in Dr. Ricarda Schubotz, Prof. Dr. Joachim Groß and Prof. Dr. Moritz Wurm.

We congratulate Dr. Rosari Naveena Selvan on successfully defending her thesis "The Predictive Brain in Action: Multimodal Evidence for Hierarchical Predictive Processing at Action Boundaries" at the Institute of Psychology. The thesis was supervised by Prof.'in Dr. Ricarda Schubotz, Prof. Dr. Markus Lappe and Prof. Dr. Florentin Wörgötter.

In our OCC PhD Program we welcome Larissa Stähler. Her PhD project is funded by the Innovative Medical Research (IMF) of the University Hospital Münster. The project is supervised by OCC members Prof. Dr. Thomas Straube, Apl. Prof. Dr. Jens Bölte and Dr. Insa Schloßmacher. 

 

We congratulate Dr. Jana Masselink on successfully defending her thesis "The Trinity of Oculomotor Learning: Recalibrating Visual Space, Motor Space, and Internal Movement Predictions" at the Institute of Psychology. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. Markus Lappe, Prof. Dr. Heiko Wagner and Prof.'in Dr. Rebekka Lencer.

Our next speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the winter semester 2025/26 is Prof. Dr. Guillaume S Masson from the Aix-Marseille University, France
 

• Time: January 21, 2026, 12:15 p.m.
• Location: Room 129, Department of Psychology, Fliednerstraße 21, MasterClass directly afterwards

Our next speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the winter semester 2025/26 is Prof. Dr. Clara Ferreira from the Northumbria University, UK
 

• Time: January 8th, 2026, 2:15 p.m.
• Location: MIC, Auditorium, Röntgenstraße 16, MasterClass directly afterwards

Our next speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the winter semester 2025/26 is Asst. Prof. Dr. Mesut Seker from the Dicle University, Diyarbakir, Turkey
 

• Time: December 17, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
• Location: Institute of Psychology, Fliednerstraße 21, Room Fl 35, MasterClass directly afterwards

Our first speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the winter semester 2025/26 is Prof. Dr. Albrecht Stroh from the University of Münster
 

• Time: November 26, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
• Location: Institute of Psychology, Fliednerstraße 21, Room Fl 35, MasterClass directly afterwards

In our OCC PhD Program we welcome Marc Dührkop. His PhD project revolves around the question: How relevant are sensory inputs and motor expertise for movement prediction?  The project is supervised by OCC members Prof. Dr. Ricarda Schubotz, Prof. Dr. Claudia Voelcker-Rehage and Dr. Sophie Siestrup. 

 

We welcome Prof. Albrecht Stroh from the Institute of Physiology I - Neurophysiology as a new member of the Otto Creutzfeldt Center in 2025.

He says of his research:
In collaboration with clinical scientists, I apply network-centered neurophysiological approaches in early-stage models of neurological diseases with the aim of defining the function of neural networks as independent pathophysiological units, thereby enabling new therapeutic strategies that focus on interventions based on the state of the brain.

We welcome Annika Lüttjohann from the Institute of Physiology as a new member of the Otto Creutzfeldt Center in 2025.

Annikas research interests are:

Cellular and network mechanisms of absence epilepsy, Electrophysiology: LFP-, multi- and single
neuron recordings in freely behaving or anaesthetized rodents, statistical analyses, brain-computer
interfaces, deep brain stimulation.

In our OCC PhD Program we welcome Theresa Rieger. Her PhD project, entitled “Neural Correlates of Consciousness in the context of illusory perception”, therefore focuses on illusion-based paradigms. The project is supervised by OCC members Prof. Dr. Thomas Straube, apl. Prof. Dr. Jens Bölte and Dr. phil. Maximilian Bruchmann. 

 

We are delighted to announce that two members of the OCC have been recognized with this year’s prestigious Research Awards from the Universitätsgesellschaft Münster, each endowed with a prize of €5,000:

Dr. Susanne Meinert conducts research at the intersection of neuroscience and psychotherapy, seeking to uncover how mental illnesses—such as depression—develop and cause changes in the brain.

Dr. Daniel Kluger’s research focuses on brain-respiratory coupling, illustrating how the interplay between breathing and brain activity plays a key role in conditions such as anxiety disorders and epilepsy.

We warmly congratulate both awardees on their outstanding achievements!
More Information: https://www.uni-muenster.de/news/view.php?cmdid=14807


 

We welcome Frauke Heins from the Institute of Psychology as a new member of the Otto Creutzfeldt Center in 2025.

Faukes research interests are:

Post-saccadic feedback signals in oculomotor learning

In our OCC PhD Program we welcome Mariam Huertas Radi. Her research is based on the contexts "Integration of sleep and feeding with the circadian clock and metabolism in Drosophila melanogaster." The project is supervised by OCC members Prof. Dr. Ralf Stanewsky, Prof. Dr. Christian Wegener and Dr. Anna Ziegler. 

 

We congratulate Dr. Jennifer Pomp on successfully defending her thesis "The Perception of Structure in Actions: Neural Signatures of Event Boundaries across Behavior and Computer Vision" at the Institute of Psychology. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. Ricarda Schubotz, Prof. Dr. Pienie Zwitserlood and Prof. Dr. Florentin Wörgötter.

We welcome Susanne Meinert from the Institute for Translational Psychiatry & Institute for Translational Neuroscience as a new member of the Otto Creutzfeldt Center in 2025.

Susanne Meinert works on questions about

• Diffusion Tensor Imaging
• Affective Disorders
• Translational Research
• Transitional periods (e.g., adolescence, postpartum)

We welcome Jessica Coenen from the Institute of Sport and Exercise Sciences as a new member of the Otto Creutzfeldt Center in 2025.

Jessica Coenen works on questions about

• Neurophysiology
• (Sport-) Psychology

Our next speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the summer semester 2025 is Prof. Dr. Sebastian Olbrich from the Psychiatric University Hospital Zurich
 

• Time: June 04, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
• Location: Institute of Psychology, Fliednerstraße 21, Room Fl 018, MasterClass directly afterwards

Our next speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the summer semester 2025 is Prof. Dr. Richard Henson from the University of Cambridge
 

• Time: May 21, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
• Location: Zoom Meeting, MasterClass directly afterwards, Registration Required (occinfo@uni-muenster.de)

We congratulate Dr. Krischan Koerfer on successfully defending his thesis "Nonrigid motion perception" at the Institute of Psychology. The thesis was supervised by Prof. Dr. Markus Lappe, Prof. Dr. Niko Busch and Prof. Dr. Heiko Wagner.

Our next speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the summer semester 2025 is Prof. Dr. Solveig Vieluf from the LMU Klinikum of München
 

• Time: May 14th, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
• Location: Institute of Psychology, Fliednerstraße 21, Room Fl 018

Our first speaker in the OCC Colloquium Series in the summer semester 2025 is Prof. Dr. Joel Levine from the University of Toronto
 

• Time: May 07, 2025, 4:15 p.m.
• Location: Institute of Psychology, Fliednerstraße 21, Room Fl 018