Alexander Schielke

An innovative and resourceful vision scientist with a passion for translating theoretical principles from academia into real-world applications, and a proven track-record of generating impactful ideas. During my PhD I developed an animal model of schizophrenia that allowed me to show that ketamine induces changes in visual perception and electrophysiological signatures mimicking those found in people with schizophrenia. I use electrophysiology (LFP, EEG, etc.) and behavioral tasks in combination with eye tracking in behaving awake animals and humans. Depending on the question I train animals on behavioral tasks and use psychophysics to evaluate their performance. To analyze the electrophysiological recordings I use MATLAB and if necessary high performance computing. I enjoy to constantly teach myself new skills and the opportunity to identify which skills and what knowledge allow me to have the greatest impact on improving the quality of my work.