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
Kate Rendall, MSc.
Kate graduated from the Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences at the LMU in 2025 with an M.Sc. in Neuroscience and from the University of Toronto in 2022 with a B.Sc. in Neuroscience, Psychology, and Physiology. Her master’s thesis at cBrain focused on developing a framework for the combined processing and analysis of magnetic resonance elastography and diffusion tensor imaging data in young adults to assess white matter health following sports-related repetitive head impacts. In her free time Kate enjoys running and being outside.
Contact Kate: kate.rendall [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.
