Roland Berkemeier
Personal Information
Roland Eric Berkemeier
Born 1985 in Singapore
Fluent in English, German, French and Japanese
Research Interests
BCIs, EEG, fMRI, fNIRS, multiscale cortical activity, neurobotics, ethical frameworks for robotics, agency and intention, VR-based paradigms, NN/Deep Learning approaches to BCI.
Curriculum Vitae
since December 2017:
Visiting PhD student at the Intelligent Systems and Informatics Lab (ISI), the University of Tokyo, Japan.
Recipient of the TEAM Erasmus-Mundus Scholarship of the European Commission.
2017-December 2017:
PhD student at the Translational Neurotechnology Lab
Sponsored by BrainLinks-BrainTools Center of Excellence cluster
2013-2017: Research Associate
Translational Neurotechnology Lab
Projects: Investigation of scale effects in brain imaging; Intention, the neurophilosophy of action, and their implications for neuroprosthetic devices; VR applications in medical rehabilitation.
2012-2013: Diploma thesis
University Diploma student at the Translational Neurotechnology Lab
Supervisor: Prof. Ad Aertsen, Dr. Tonio Ball
2010-2012: Graduate study period
Student of Biology at the University of Freiburg, Germany
Focus: Neurobiology & Animal Physiology, Biomechanics, Microbiology
2009-2010: Study abroad
Exchange student at Matsuyama University, Japan
Recipient of the JASSO Scholarship of the Japanese MEXT (Monbukagakusho)
2005-2009: Undergraduate study period
Student of Biology at the University of Freiburg, Germany
Research Experience
Diploma Thesis
University Medical Center Freiburg, Translational Neurotechnology Lab
"Multi-scale surface-based analysis of movement-related network activity
in the human cerebral cortex using functional MRI"
Supervisors: Prof. Ad Aertsen, Dr. Tonio Ball
Research internship
University Medical Center Freiburg, Translational Neurotechnology Lab
"Number representation in the left parietal lobe: First investigations using ECoG"
Supervisors: Dr. Tonio Ball, Franziska Thinnes-Elker
Research internship
University Medical Center Freiburg, Dept. of Ophthalmology, Sect. Visual Function & Electrophysiology
"Functional imaging of the human retina - Study of pulsatile and functional components"
Supervisors: Prof. Michael Bach, Fabrice Moret
Publications
Peer-reviewed Conference Papers
- P. Kellmeyer, R. Berkemeier, T. Ball; Varying the spatial observation scale in the analysis of an fMRI language task leads to substantially differing functional interpretations. DGKN 61st Annual Conference, Leipzig 2017; published in: Clinical Neurophysiology 2017 Oct. 128(10)e342-344. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clinph.2017.06.112
Poster Presentations
- R. Berkemeier, O. Speck, T. Ball; Surface-based multi-scale network analysis of visuo-motor brain activity: a human 3T fMRI study. OHBM Annual Meeting, Honolulu 2015.
- T. Ball, B. Becker, J. Boedecker, W. Burgard, B. Nebel, J. Rickert, J. Trinkle; NeuroBots: brain-controlled intelligent robotic devices. 3rd Japan-EU Workshop on Neurorobotics, Geneva 2017.
- T. Ball, B. Becker, J. Boedecker, W. Burgard, B. Nebel, J. Rickert, J. Trinkle; NeuroBots: brain-controlled intelligent robotic devices. Human Brain Project Symposium "Building Bodies for Brains & Brains for Bodies", Geneva 2017.
Invited Talks
- R. Berkemeier, J. Hammer; Robust representation of movement speed in high-gamma EEG? Symposium on Cognitive Neuroscience, Motol University Hospital, Prague 2016.
- R. Berkemeier; Science Jam: Literatur und Wissenschaft treffen sich zum Jüngsten Gericht. Festival science+fiction, Basel 2017.
- R. Berkemeier; A bottom-up model of intention formation. NPAC Workshop on Interdisciplinary Action Theory, Albert-Ludwigs-University, Freiburg 2017.
Article published in Journal of neuroscience methods