Uwe Mayer

Dr. Uwe Mayer is an Associate Professor at the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC) and the Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology (CIBIO) at the University of Trento, Italy. His research focuses on the neurobiology of comparative cognition in birds, particularly examining hippocampal function, brain asymmetry, and neuronal mechanisms of behavior.

• 2019: Italian national habilitation to Associate Professor in Physiology
• 2012: PhD at University of Bielefeld, Germany
• 2008: M.Sc. in Systems Biology of Brain and Behavior
• 2006: B.Sc. in Biology

His work includes studies on domestic chicks' hippocampal activation, numerical cognition, and social interactions using electrophysiology and molecular neurobiology. Research trends highlight avian spatial navigation, environmental exploration, and sensory processing.

Scientific awards:

• Best poster at Avian Cognition Conference (2022)
• Best poster at DS DAY 2020 (2020)
• Best poster at DZG Annual Meeting (2012)

Mayer serves as editorial board member for Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience and Frontiers in Physiology. He reviews for journals like Nature Communications and Neuroscience.