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
christiane.thiel@uni-oldenburg.de
+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
| 2022 - 2023 | Vice President for Research and Transfer, University of Oldenburg |
| since 2021 | Member of the Governing Board of the German Neuroscience Society (NWG) |
| since 2021 | 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) |
| since 2018 | 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
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.
Ahrens S, Thiel CM. Effects of Nicotine on Task Switching and Distraction in Non-smokers. An fMRI Study. Neuroscience. 2020 Sep 15;444:43-53. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020. 07.029. Epub 2020 Jul 25.
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)
2022 - 2027 | RTG 2783 Neuromodulation of motor and cognitive function in brain health and disease (DFG, main applicant Thiel, total 6 Mio €) |
| 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€) |
| 2018 - 2019 | Hearing aid use, audiovisual integration and speech performance: probing the interplay (Thiel Co-Applicant, Hearing IRC Research Grant, 137 k€) |
| 2017 - 2020 | Cholinergic and dopaminergic modulation of cognitive flexibility and stability (Thiel Main Applicant, DFG, 297 k€) |
| 2016 - 2018 | Hearing4all 2.0 preparation: Lower Saxonian Initiative and competition (Thiel Co-Applicant, Ministry of Science and Education Lower Saxony, 1000 k€) |
| 2012 - 2017 | Cluster of Excellence “Hearing4all” EXC1077. (DFG, Thiel PI+ Task Group Leader, total 28.000 k€) |