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Dr. Michael Denker is a Team Leader in the Computational and Systems Neuroscience department at the Institute for Advanced Simulation (IAS-6), Forschungszentrum Jülich. His research focuses on data analytics for electrophysiology and optophysiology in behavioral neuroscience, emphasizing reproducible science practices and collaborative workflows.
He leads the Data Science of Electro- and Optophysiology in Behavioural Neuroscience team, developing tools like Elephant, Neo, and Cobrawap to standardize data analysis across neuroscience experiments. His work addresses challenges in metadata management, provenance tracking, and interoperability between experimental and simulation datasets.
Key contributions include the Neuroelectrophysiology Analysis Ontology (NEAO) for structured data sharing and frameworks for validating neural network simulations. Denker actively promotes open science through initiatives like the German National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI-Neuro) and collaborates with the Human Brain Project (HBP) on EBRAINS services.
His research integrates multi-scale data from electrophysiological recordings and computational models to study cortical waves and spike patterns, particularly in rodent and primate systems.
