| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE | |
| 02/07 | Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Dartmouth College, with Prof. Jeffrey Taube |
| 03/06 - present | Postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Psychology, University of California Santa Barbara, with Prof. Jack Loomis and Prof. Mary Hegarty |
| 11/00 - 02/06 | Research fellow at NeuroImage Nord,
Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, with Prof. Christian
Büchel Project: Neural foundations of strategic effects during mental rotation and navigational learning |
| 01/99 - 12/00 | Research fellow at the
Neurological Therapy Centre (NTC), Düsseldorf, with Prof. V.
Hömberg Project: Evaluation of an interactive driving simulator for assessing and training driving fitness in neurological patients |
| 10/97 - 04/98 | Research assistant at the Center
for Neuroscience, UC Davis, California, with Prof. G.R. Mangun Project: ERP-effects of combined visual and auditory attention |
| EDUCATION | |
| 2001 - 2005 | Hamburg University: Ph.D. in Psychology (summa cum laude) Dissertation: A matter of strategy: Neural foundations of strategic effects during mental rotation and navigational learning |
| 1993 - 1999 | Free
University Berlin / Hamburg University: Diploma in Psychology Diploma thesis: An ERP-study on intermodal attention |
| TEACHING EXPERIENCE | |
| 2006 | 3-day fMRI methods course taught at IK 2006 (slides), Günne, Germany |
| 2002 | Lecturer for functional and structural neuroimaging. Department of Psychology, University of Hamburg, Germany |
| 10/01 - present | Lecturer for advanced statistics and experimental design. Annual German Course for Statistical Parametric Mapping (SPM). Hamburg, Germany |
| AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS | |
| 2007 | Harvey L. Karp Discovery Award |
| 2007 | UCSB Faculty Research Grant with Prof. Mary Hegarty |
| 2007 | UCSB Faculty Research Grant with Prof. Jack Loomis |
| 2006 - 2009 | European Commission: Marie Curie Outgoing International Fellowship |
| 2005 | Interdisciplinary College IK2005: Travel award |
| 2004 | European Science Foundation: Travel award for the ERC-Conference „Neural Mechanisms of Learning and Memory" |
| 2003 | COSIT 2003 Doctoral Colloquium: ESRI Student award |
| 2003 | German Neurological Society (DGN): Poster award |
| 2002 | European Brain and Behaviour Society (EBBS): Travel award |
| 2002 | Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM): HBM travel award |
| 2002 | Hans-Sauer-Stiftung: Travel award |
| 1997 | Emmy und Alfred B. Steffens Memorial Fund: Travel award |
| 1996 | German Academic Exchange Organization (DAAD): Exchange grant |
| INVITED PRESENTATIONS |
| Wolbers, T. (2008). Learning about space from visual information: behavioral processes and cortical mechanisms. Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, University College London, UK. |
| Wolbers, T. (2008). Dynamic representations of space in the human brain. Centre for Cognitive and Neural Systems, University of Edinburgh, UK. |
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Wolbers, T.; Hegarty, M.; Büchel, C.
& Loomis, J. (2007). Update your environment: characterizing the neural
system mediating visual spatial updating in humans. 37th Annual Meeting of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN),
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| Wolbers, T. (2007). Learning about space from visual information: behavioral processes and cortical mechanisms. Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience, München, Germany. |
| Wolbers, T. (2007). Pfadintegration und räumliches Aktualisieren: Wie das Gehirn Eigenbewegungen verarbeitet, damit wir unsere Orientierung nicht verlieren. KogWis 07, Saarbrücken, Germany. |
| Wolbers, T. (2007). Learning about virtual space: behavioral prinicples and cortical mechanisms. Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA. |
| Wolbers, T. (2006). Dynamic Causal Modelling. University of California Santa Barbara, USA. |
| Wolbers, T. (2006). Neural foundations of path integration and navigational learning in virtual space. University of California Santa Barbara, USA. |
| Wolbers, T. (2006). Neural foundations of path integration and navigational learning in virtual space. Collège de France, Paris, France. |
| Wolbers, T. (2006). Functional Neuroimaging. 3-day fMRI methods course taught at IK 2006 (www.ik2006.de/ik06), Günne, Germany. |
| Wolbers, T. (2005). Finding one's way or getting lost: How the brain accomplishes learning and navigation in complex environments. 20th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Neuropsychology (GNP). Bremen, Germany. |
| Wolbers, T. (2004). Strategy matters: On the cortical system subserving spatial learning in complex environments. University of California Santa Barbara, USA. |
| Wolbers, T. (2004). Emerging representations of complex spatial layouts: insights from functional neuroimaging. University of Tübingen, Germany. |
| Wolbers, T. (2003). Neural foundations of emerging representations of space. Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 03). Ittingen, Switzerland. |
| Wolbers, T. (2003). Neural foundations of spatial attention and topographical orientation. International Spatial Cognition Summer Institute (ISCSI). Bad Zwischenahn, Germany. |
| Wolbers, T.; Weiller, C.; Büchel, C. (2002). Contralateral coding of imagined body parts in the superior parietal lobe. 8th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM). Sendai, Japan. |
| Wolbers, T.; Küst, J.; Karbe, H.; Netz, J.; Hömberg, V. (2000). Interaktive Fahrsimulation – ein neuer Weg zur Diagnose und Rehabilitation der Fahrtauglichkeit. Neuro-Reha 2000 International Forum. Berlin, Germany. |
| Wolbers, T.; Küst, J.; Karbe, H.; Netz, J.; Hömberg, V. (1999). The use of an interactive driving simulator in the rehabilitation of neurological patients. 5th European Conference for the Advancement of Assistive Technology (AAATE). Düsseldorf, Germany. |
| Wolbers, T.; Kronemann, A.; Küst, J.; Karbe, H.; Netz, J.; Hömberg, V. (1999). Überprüfung der Fahrtauglichkeit von Hemianopsiepatienten unter Einsatz eines interaktiven Fahrsimulators. 14th Annual Meeting of the German Society for Neuropsychology (GNP). Köln, Germany. |
| Wolbers, T. & Mangun, R. (1998). Eine EKP-Studie zur intermodalen Aufmerksamkeit. University of Lübeck, Germany. |
| EDITORIAL SERVICE |
| Ad-hoc reviewer for Neuron, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, Hippocampus, NeuroImage, Cognitive Brain Research and Neuropsychologia |
| COLLABORATIONS |
| Prof. Dr. Christian Büchel, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Germany |
| Prof. Dr. Jeffrey Taube, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA |
| Prof. Dr. Hanspeter Mallot, University of Tübingen, Germany |
| Dr. Jan Wiener, Collège de France, Paris, France |
| PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS |
| Society for Neuroscience (SfN) |
| Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) |
| Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS) |
| Psychonomic Society |
| Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPS) |