Visiting Scientists
Clemens C. C. Bauer Hoss
Clemens received his MD from the Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara and his PhD from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma in Mexico. His research focuses on the neural correlates of subjective experience, particularly the interaction between mind/brain and body. At MIT, he developed real-time fMRI-based neurofeedback technology, creating personalized brain network fingerprints that capture individual spatiotemporal activity patterns. These serve as neurofeedback templates, enabling individuals to modulate specific mental states, such as meditation versus distraction. His work has been especially impactful in schizophrenia research, where enhanced meditation training has led to reductions in auditory hallucinations.
Clemens is now expanding this approach to other mental health conditions, including anxiety, depression, and dementia, while integrating EEG and fNIRS to refine neurofeedback applications. In 2024, he implemented this technology at cBRAIN in Munich to study pediatric patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders. Funded by the Center for Advanced Studies (CAS) at LMU Clemens was invited as a visiting fellow for a three-month period to cBRAIN.
Contact Carolina: c.bauer[at]northeastern [dot] edu
Dr. med. Annika Cecil Bertram, M.D., B.Sc.
Annika earned her B.Sc. in Business Administration from Otto-Friedrich-University Bamberg in 2014. In 2020, she successfully graduated from medical school at Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg. She has a keen interest in psychiatry and the potential to visualize psychopathologies through imaging techniques. In 2021, while working as a resident physician in neuroradiology at the University Hospital Heidelberg, she gained expertise in neuroimaging. Her doctoral thesis focused on imaging techniques in maxillofacial surgery and was successfully defended in 2022.
In the same year, Annika transitioned to Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich, aiming to expand her knowledge of mental disorders in childhood and adolescence. As an experienced resident physician in child and adolescent psychiatry, she joined cBRAIN in 2023. Her research revolves around integrating neuroimaging techniques and neuropsychology in the study of brain development.
Contact Annika: annika.bertram[at]med.uni-muenchen [dot] de
Elena Bonke, Ph.D.
Elena is a visiting scientist at cBRAIN since 2023 after completing her Ph.D. at cBRAIN and the Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences (GSN). In 2020, she additionally joined the Psychiatry Neuroimaging Laboratory at Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA as a research trainee. Her main interests are applying multimodal neuroimaging techniques to study both brain development in the healthy brain in association with motor development, as well as brain development in the injured brain after (sport-related) concussion.
Contact Elena: elena.bonke [at] med.uni-muenchen [dot] de
Julie Joyce, M.Sc.
Julie holds a Master’s degree in medical science with a specialization in medical imaging and a Bachelor’s degree in neuroscience from the University of Calgary. She joined cBRAIN in 2022 to investigate the effects of traumatic brain injury and repetitive head impacts on brain metabolism. In 2023, she additionally joined the Center for Clinical Spectroscopy at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Contact Julie: julie.joyce [at] med.uni-muenchen [dot] de
PD Dr. med. Elisabeth Kaufmann, M.D.
Dr. med. Vivian Schultz, M.D.
Dr. med. Johanna Seitz-Holland, M.D., B.Sc.
