The team
Michael Pecka's CV
· CONTACT INFORMATION
PD Dr. Michael Pecka
Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
Department Biology II
Großhaderner Straße 2
D-82152 Planegg-Martinsried
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8960-1651
· PERSONAL INFORMATION
Marital status: Married, two children
· CURRENT POSITION
Research group leader (Akademischer Ober-Rat a. Z.)
Neurobiology group, Department Biology II, LMU, Munich, Germany
· PREVIOUS POSITIONS
2012 – 2018 Junior research group leader (Akademischer Rat a. Z.)
Neurobiology group, Department Biology II, LMU, Munich, Germany
2011 – 2012 Postdoctoral Researcher (Fellow of the Alexander-von-Humboldt foundation)
Neurobiology, Department Biology II, LMU, Munich, Germany
2009 – 2011 Postdoctoral Researcher (Fellow of the Alexander-von-Humboldt foundation); Department of Neuroscience, University College London, UK
2008 – 2009 Postdoctoral Researcher
Neurobiology, Department Biology II, LMU, Germany
· EDUCATION
2018 Habilitation and Venia Legendi in Neurobiology
2008 PhD (Dr. rer. nat., summa cum laude)
Ludwig-Maximilians-University (LMU), Munich, Germany
2004 Master/Diploma in Zoology/Neurobiology
Biology, LMU, Munich, Germany
1997 Abitur
· FELLOWSHIPS AND AWARDS
2015 - 2018 Associated Member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
2014 – 2016 Elected as spokesman of the “Junges Kolleg” of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
2013&2014 Excellence in teaching award, LMU Munich
2012 – 2018 Elected member of the “Junges Kolleg” of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences
2008 Doctoral degree: Summa cum laude, LMU Munich
2005 – 2008 PhD student in the "International Max-Planck Research School", Munich, Germany
· SUPERVISION OF GRADUATE STUDENTS AND POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWS
Since 2011 current: 1/3/2 (Postdocs/ PhD/ Bachelor), Neurobiolgy, LMU
past: 1/2/7 (Postdocs/ PhD/ Bachelor), Neurobiology, LMU
· TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2018 Habilitation and Venia Legendi in Neurobiology
2012 – 2018 Animal/Human Physiology (lectures and practical course for Bachelor students)
2012 – 2018 Auditory Neurophysiology (practical course for Master and PhD students)
2013 – 2018 Basics in Neuroscience (practical/lecture for Bachelor students)
2013 – 2018 Audition and Communication (lectures for Master and PhD students)
2015 – 2018 Systematic Zoology (practical course Bachelor)
· ORGANISATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
2019 Organizer, international symposium: “Short‐term adaptation in early auditory processing: from synaptic depression to focal perception” at the 13th Goettingen Meeting of the German Neuroscience Society, Göttingen, Germany
2017 Organizer, International symposium: “Food for thought- thinking about healthy eating and the brain”; Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Munich, Germany
2014 Organizer, International symposium: “Towards spatial hearing with cochlear implants”; Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities, Munich, Germany
· INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND COMMISSIONS OF TRUST
Since 2015 Member of multiple Thesis Advisory Committees, LMU, Munich, Germany
2015 Member of selection committee for W2 Professorship, Neurobiology, LMU, Munich
2014 – 2016 Spokesman of the “Junge Kolleg” of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences, Germany
Since 2009 Ad-hoc reviewer for journals in the field (Neuron, Nature Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, Frontiers in Neuroscience, ect.)
· MEMBERSHIPS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES
Since 2018 Member of the Association for Research in Otolaryngology
Since 2018 Member of the German Neuroscience Society (NWG)
Since 2018 Member of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
2015 – 2018 Associated Member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Since 2012 Associated Member of the “Munich Center for Neurosciences” (MCN)
2005 – 2007 Member of the Bernstein Center for Computational Neuroscience (BCCN)
· MAJOR SCIENCTIFIC COLLABORATIONS
§ Prof. D. McAlpine PhD, Director of Hearing Research, Macquarie U., Australia
§ Prof. E. Friauf, Technische Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
§ Prof. N. Lesica, Ear Institute, University College London, UK
§ Prof. R.M. Burger, Lehigh University, USA
§ Prof. M. Dietz, Oldenburg University, Germany