Markus Ploner

Markus Ploner is Professor of Human Pain Research and Head of the Interdisciplinary Center for Pain Medicine at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), affiliated with TUM University Hospital's Department of Neurology. He is a GSN full member and MCN regular member specializing in pain neuroscience.

His research centers on brain mechanisms of pain perception using EEG to investigate neuronal oscillations, cerebral connectivity, and non-invasive neuromodulation. Key interests include cognitive modulation of pain, open science methodologies, and clinical translation of neuroscientific findings for pain disorders.

Analysis of his 2022-2025 publications reveals consistent EEG-based investigations into alpha oscillations' role in pain processing, development of open-source analytical pipelines (e.g., DISCOVER-EEG), and exploration of sensory-cognitive pain interactions, demonstrating strong clinical neuroscience integration.

No scientific awards were specified in the source material.

Ploner has mentored doctoral researcher Cristina Gil Ávila and leads major institutional initiatives including the Interdisciplinary Center for Pain Medicine, indicating substantial grant leadership despite unlisted funding details.

He directs the Pain Lab Munich (www.painlabmunich.de) and collaborates through the Center for Interdisciplinary Pain Medicine, coordinating multidisciplinary teams of neuroscientists, neurologists, and engineers to advance pain diagnostics and therapeutics.