Alfons Schnitzler

Alfons Schnitzler is a Professor at the Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology and Centre for Movement Disorders and Neuromodulation within Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf. His research focuses on systems neuroscience, particularly the role of neural oscillations and synchronization in sensory, motor, and cognitive brain functions.

• Director of the Institute of Clinical Neuroscience and Medical Psychology
• Research on Parkinson's disease and movement disorders
• Methodologies: MEG, EEG, DBS, fMRI

Research Interests: Investigating pathophysiology of basal ganglia disorders, deep brain stimulation mechanisms, and neural oscillations in hepatic encephalopathy.

Advising: Leads a research group including Wiebke Fleischer, Jan Hirschmann, Stefan J. Groiss, Christian J. Hartmann, and other associate researchers.