Loreen Hertäg

Loreen Hertäg is an Independent Research Associate at TU Berlin since March 2022, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG). Previously, she held research associate positions at Imperial College London (2021) and TU Berlin/BCCN Berlin (2015), and worked at the Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim & BCCN Heidelberg (2014–2021). Her work bridges theoretical neuroscience and cognitive modeling, focusing on cortical microcircuits.

• Current affiliation: TU Berlin (Independent Research Associate, 2022–present)
• Past affiliations: Imperial College London (2021), TU Berlin/BCCN Berlin (2015–2022)
• Labs: Clopath Lab (Imperial), Sprekeler Lab (TU Berlin), Durstewitz Lab (Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim)

Her research explores the functional role of interneurons in cortical microcircuits, learning mechanisms in canonical interneuron circuits, and the formation of prediction-error neurons. She investigates predictive processing frameworks and their implications for cortical computation, with a focus on computational modeling of neural dynamics.