Tim Gollisch

Prof. Tim Gollisch is a Professor of Sensory Processing in the Retina at the School of Medicine, University of Göttingen. His research focuses on understanding how retinal neural networks process visual information, emphasizing neural coding and computation. Key areas include retinal dysfunction analysis, optogenetic restoration of vision, and adaptive mechanisms in retinal circuits.

Education:

• Diploma in Physics, University of Heidelberg (2000)
• PhD in Biophysics, Humboldt University Berlin (2004)

Research Interests:

• Neural coding mechanisms in retinal neurons
• Synaptic connectivity and functional diversity
• Optogenetic therapies for degenerative retinal diseases
• Integration of experimental data with computational models

Research Trends in Publications:

• Advances in nonlinear signal processing and receptive field modeling
• Applications of machine learning in retinal circuit analysis
• Investigations into primate retinal responses to natural stimuli

Labs/Teams:

• Head of the Sensory Processing in the Retina research group at University Medical Center Göttingen
• Collaborations with Harvard University and the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology