Christiane Thiel
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Christiane Thiel
Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Christiane Thiel
Date of Birth: 26.03.1969 (3 children *2001, *2004, *2007)
Department of Psychology
School of Medicine and Health Sciences
Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
26111 Oldenburg
+49 441 798-3641
Office: A07 0–59
Education
| 1995 - 1999 | PhD in Biological Psychology, University of Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 1988 - 1994 | Studies in Psychology and Neuroscience, Universities of Koblenz-Landau (Germany), Düsseldorf (Germany) and Sheffield (UK) |
Academic Appointments
| 2015 | Visiting Professor Department of Psychiatry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, US |
| since 2005 | Full professor (Cognitive Neurobiology), University of Oldenburg |
| 2001 - 2005 | Senior Scientist, Cognitive Neurology, Institute of Medicine, Research Centre Jülich, Germany |
| 1999 - 2001 | Visiting Scientist, Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, UCL, London, UK |
| 1995 - 1999 | Research Assistant, University of Düsseldorf, Germany |
Selected professional activities, honors
| since 2026 | Spokesperson the Cluster of Excellence “Hearing4all.connects” |
| 2022 - 2023 | Vice President for Research and Transfer, University of Oldenburg |
| since 2022 | Spokesperson of the RTG 2783 Neuromodulation of motor and cognitive function in brain health and disease |
| 2021 - 2025 | Member of the Governing Board of the German Neuroscience Society (NWG) |
| 2021 - 2023 | Director of the Neuroimaging Unit at Oldenburg University |
| since 2020 | Member of the Advisory Board of the Center of Brain, Behavior and Metabolism, University of Luebeck |
| since 2020 | Member of Review Board Psychology, German Research Association (DFG) |
| 2018 - 2025 | Member of the Board of Directors of the Cluster of Excellence “Hearing4all” |
| 2016 - 2019 | Dean of Research, Medical Faculty, University of Oldenburg |
| 2015 - 2018 | Member of the Board of Directors of the Research Centre for Neurosensory Science at the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg |
| 2013 - 2016 | Head of the Ethics Committee of the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg |
| 2013 | Call to University of Düsseldorf (declined) |
| since 2013 | Member of AcademiaNet |
| 2011 - 2022 | DGPs - member of the Ethics Committee and Data Security Task Force |
| 2009 - 2022 | Member of the Senate of the Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg |
| 2005 | Call to LMU Munich (declined) |
| 1989 - 2004 | Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes |
5 representative publications
Sönmez Ö, Holstein E, Puschmann S, Schmitt T, Witt K, Thiel CM. The Impact of Transcutaneous Vagus Nerve Stimulation on Anterior Cingulate Cortex Activity in a Cognitive Control Task. Psychophysiology. 2025 Jan;62(1):e14739. doi: 10.1111/psyp.14739. PMID: 39780300; PMCID: PMC11711293.
Puschmann S, Regev M, Fakhar K, Zatorre RJ, Thiel CM. Attention-Driven Modulation of Auditory Cortex Activity during Selective Listening in a Multispeaker Setting. J Neurosci. 2024 Apr 10;44(15):e1157232023. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1157-23.2023. PMID: 38388426; PMCID: PMC11007309.
Viering T, Hoekstra PJ, Philipsen A, Naaijen J, Dietrich A, Hartman CA, Buitelaar JK, Hildebrandt A, Gießing C, Thiel CM. Functional network topology of the right insula affects emotion dysregulation in hyperactive-impulsive attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Sci Rep. 2021 Jul 22;11(1):15045. doi:10.1038/s41598-021-94426-8.
Puschmann S, Steinkamp S, Gillich I, Mirkovic B, Debener S, Thiel CM. The Right Temporo-parietal Junction Supports Speech Tracking During Selective Listening: Evidence from Concurrent EEG-fMRI. J Neurosci. 2017 Nov 22;37(47):11505-11516. doi: 10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1007-17.2017.
Giessing C, Thiel CM, Alexander-Bloch AF, Patel AX, Bullmore ET. Human brain functional network changes associated with enhanced and impaired attentional task performance. J Neurosci. 2013 Apr 3;33(14):5903-14. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.4854-12.2013
Third party funding (last 5 years)
| 2026 - 2030 | RTG 2739 KD²School: Design of Biosignal-Adaptive Systems for Decision-Making Processes (DFG, Karlsruhe/Bremen/Oldenburg, Thiel PI, total 5.506 k€) |
| 2026 - 2032 | Hearing4all.connects EXC2177 (DFG, Thiel Spokesperson, total 40.632 k€) |
| 2025 - 2027 | SPP 2317 Metascientific programme to analyse and optimize replicability in the behavioural, social and cognitive sciences. Subproject METEOR 2.0 (Thiel PI, 60 k€) |
| 2022 - 2027 | RTG 2783 Neuromodulation of motor and cognitive function in brain health and disease (DFG, main applicant Thiel, total 6.490 k€) |
| 2021 - 2024 | SPP 2317 Metascientific programme to analyse and optimize replicability in the behavioural, social and cognitive sciences. Subproject METEOR (Thiel PI, 56 k€) |
| 2019 - 2025 | Hearing4all. Medicine, basic research and engineering solutions for personalized hearing care (H4A 2.0) EXC1077 (DFG, Thiel PI + Research Thread Leader, total 41.641 k€) |