Personal information

Graduate biologist (Diploma)

Scientific assistant, iEEG/fMRI research group, University Hospital Freiburg, Germany

Contact

email : marc-patrick.zapf@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Phone: +49-761-270-93300

Curriculum Vitae

Research experience

2011 - ongoing

Scientific assistant in the iEEG/fMRI research group at the University Hospital Freiburg

02/2010-10/2010

Student assistant position in sesam project, University of Basel, Switzerland: "Analysis of fMRI data from an emotion-related learning experiment”

12/2009-12/2010

Thesis research project in iEEG/fMRI research group, Freiburg: investigation of human sensorimotor BOLD responses using a novel surface-based, high-resolution fMRI analysis approach; development of an analysis toolbox

05/2008-12/2009

Student assistant position in iEEG/fMRI research group, Freiburg: high-resolution analysis of sensorimotor fMRI data

09/2006-07/2007

Exchange year at the University of La Coruña, Spain

Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry

Studies

2005-2010

Studies of Biology (diploma) at the University of Freiburg (advanced study period)

major subject: Neurobiology/Biophysics
minor subjects: Psychology, Developmental Biology, Cell Biology

2003-2005

Studies of Biology (diploma) at the University of Ulm (basic study period)

2001-2003

Studies of Computer Science at the University of Würzburg

Research Interests

High resolution fMRI data analysis

Surface-based smoothing techniques

Functional MRI of prefrontal and sensorimotor cortices

Properties of the BOLD response

Brain-Machine Interfaces

Publication History

12/2010

Diploma thesis

"High-Resolution Surface-Based Functional MR Imaging of the BOLD Response in the Human Cerebral Cortex"

09/2010

Wieckhorst B, Mutschler M, Zapf MP, Klarhöfer M, Wilhelm F, Müller-Spahn F, Seifritz E, Ball T.
The neural basis of affective habituation and novelty effects. PLoS (Biology), 2010 [submitted]

01/2010

Poster Presentation at the Human Brain Mapping Conference in Barcelona:

“Spatiotemporal Response Patterns in Sensory-Motor Cortex Using Surface-Based Smoothing of fMRI Data”

(Poster - Abstract)

01/2009

Poster Presentation at the Human Brain Mapping Conference in San Francisco:

“Observation Scale Dependent Variability in Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI)
at Conventional and High Spatial Resolution”

(Poster - Abstract)