CURRICULUM VITAE Name: Constanze Hofstötter Date of birth: 12 April 1975 Nationality: German Contact address: Institute of Neuroinformatics Winterthurerstrasse 190 CH-8057 Zürich Switzerland Tel.: +41 1 635 30 65 Fax: +41 1 635 30 53 Email:
[email protected] Web: www.ini.unizh.ch/~connie EDUCATION Oct. 2002 – present Ph.D. student at the Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH and University of Zurich, Switzerland Supervisors: Daniel C. Kiper and Christof Koch Topic: Neural correlates of visual awareness Jun. 2001 – Sept. 2002 Ph.D. student at the Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH and University of Zurich, Switzerland Supervisor: Paul F.M.J. Verschure Topic: Models of the neuronal substrate underlying classical conditioning Oct. 1997 – Feb. 2001 Diploma in Biology (with honors), University of Saarland, Germany Major: Technical Biology and Bionics Minor: Zoology, Computer Science Sept. 1996 – May 1997 Diploma of Arctic Studies (with honors), Artic Center, University of Lapland, Finland Oct. 1994 – Sept. 1996 Pre-diploma in Biology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany Aug. 1985 – Jun. 1994 High school, Anno-Gymnasium, Siegburg, Germany Jul. 1991 – Jul. 1992 Student Exchange, Woree High School, Cairns, Australia INTERNSHIPS AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Spring 2003 Reviewer for Christof Koch’s book “The Quest for Consciousness” (Roberts & Company Publishers) Mar. 2002 – May 2002 Visiting researcher at the Koch laboratory, Californian Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA Topic: Studies on fear conditioning in human subjects Apr. 2000 – Sept. 2000 Internship at the Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH and University of Zurich, Switzerland. Topic: Simulations and robotic studies on classical conditioning 1 Jul. 1998 – Jul. 1999 Research assistant for Werner Nachtigall, Zoological Institute, University of Saarland, Germany Topic: Aerodynamic measurements in wind tunnels Oct.