Til Ole Bergmann

Prof. Dr. Til Ole Bergmann is a leading researcher in non-invasive brain stimulation and neuroimaging at the Neuroimaging Center (NIC) of the Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany. He is affiliated with the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR). His academic rank is Professor, and he leads the Neurostimulation Group, focusing on multimodal approaches like TMS-fMRI, TUS-EEG, and closed-loop brain state-dependent stimulation to study neuronal oscillations in cognition and synaptic plasticity during sleep.

• Research Interests: Combining transcranial brain stimulation (TMS, tES, TUS) with EEG/fMRI/MEG to investigate sleep spindle-related memory consolidation, cortical excitability modulation, and deep brain neuromodulation.
• Software Development: Creator of open-source tools like BEST Toolbox and PlanTUS for automating experiments and optimizing TUS targeting.

His recent publications (2025–2023) span TUS planning, TMS-fMRI protocols, stress-brain interaction studies, and methodological advancements. While no scientific awards are explicitly listed, his work has shaped consensus guidelines in Nature Protocols and Clinical Neurophysiology. He supervises PhD candidates such as Friederike Breuer and Sandra Schwarz, who investigate closed-loop stimulation during sleep and personalized rTMS for depression, respectively. The Neurostimulation Group also collaborates on international projects like the ITRUSST consortium and ContES checklist for tES-fMRI quality assessment.