Michael Hanke

Michael Hanke is Professor at the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine at Research Center Jülich, leading research in Brain and Behavior (INM-7). His work focuses on neuroimaging, data management, and reproducible research methodologies in neuroscience.

Research interests include neuroinformatics, open science initiatives, computational neuroscience, and developing tools for reproducible analysis of large-scale neuroimaging datasets. Specializes in creating infrastructures for FAIR data management.

Recent publications focus on research data management (particularly DataLad ecosystem), neuroimaging workflow standardization, reproducible analysis pipelines, and applications in neuroimmunology. Work emphasizes open science practices and collaborative research infrastructure.

Developed HeuDiConv for DICOM conversion and contributed to BIDS standards for neuroimaging data organization. Active in community initiatives including OHBM Brainhack and NFDI Neuroscience.