Studienleiter
Prof. Dr. Christian Klaes
Professor Dr. Christian Klaes is a neuroscientist at the Ruhr-University in Bochum. His research focuses on Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI), Virtual Reality, and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medicine. He has extensive experience in neurophysiology, working with non-human primates and tetraplegic human patients. In 2021, he became Professor for Neurotechnology at RUB. He also leads the Incubator Health+ des WorldFactory Start-up Centers.
Office Management
Silvia Wolko
Silvia is a trained publishing clerk and supports the KlaesLab and Incubator Health+ at RUB. She has set up two projects that guide schoolchildren and students in text entry and text correction and support companies in presentation layout design. Silvia enriches the team with her organizational activities, creative contributions, and strength in promoting key networking.
Postdoctoral Researcher
Xinyun Che
Xinyun completed her doctoral research in Neuroscience at the Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology in Magdeburg, where she focused on brain states underlying cognition using MEG and EEG. Her research interests lie at the intersection of neural signal decoding, brain-computer interfaces, and deep learning for neural data. At KlaesLab, Xinyun works on the BrainGuard project, contributing to the development of security concepts that protect sensitive neural data and safeguard user autonomy in neurotechnological systems.
Doktoranden
Namit Mishra
Namit has a Master's degree in Computational Mechanics from the University of Duisburg-Essen with specialization in mathematical modelling. He joined Klaeslab as a PhD student, associating with the Terahertz.nrw research network focused on using deep learning to uncover neuronal activity through terahertz waves. His interests are neurodegenerative diseases, bio-signals, neuroimaging, computational modelling, and virtual reality tests.
Lia Wagner
Lia completed her Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering at RWTH Aachen University and was already working in the KlaesLab during her Master's thesis. She conducted an exploratory analysis of EEG and eye-tracking data to investigate neural correlates of non-visual saccades. She is currently working on the collection and analysis of dense fMRI datasets using AI methods to develop individualized neurofunctional models.
Sebastian Wiedenski
Sebastian obtained his master's degree on hierarchical decoders and movement prediction based on novel features of biophysical signalling in humans. Interested in both technology and neurobiology, he joined KlaesLab to pursue his interests in the functionality and improvement of the human brain through neurotechnological research. He is also involved in planning and execution of the VR Summit, especially the Hackathon organization.
Srishti Mittal
Srishti completed her Master's degree in Behaviour (from Neural Mechanisms to Evolution) at Bielefeld University. Her Master's thesis focused on EEG-based decoding of neural dynamics during bistable perception. Driven by a long-standing interest in BCIs and neural signal decoding, she joined KlaesLab as a PhD student. Her current research explores neural signatures for EEG-based authentication and investigates the security, robustness, and privacy of neural decoding systems.
Maximilian Oberhoff
Maximilian holds a medical degree from Charles University in Prague and a B.Sc. in Medical Informatics. He joined KlaesLab as part of the BrainGuard project, where he works at the intersection of neurotechnology and clinical applications. His work focuses on securing current neurotechnological devices and systems, while also contributing to the future-proofing of diagnostic and therapeutic methods. His interests include clinical neuroscience, neurotechnology, medical informatics, cybersecurity in medical devices, and the translation of emerging technologies into clinical practice.
Wissenschaftliche Hilfskräfte
Rasti Salam
Rasti is currently doing his Master's degree in Physics at Ruhr University Bochum, specializing in Nuclear and Particle Physics. At Klaeslab, Rasti works as a PR & Communications representative for the VR Summit project, an initiative by RUB that focuses on advancing virtual reality technologies and their applications.
Research Group CATlab
Visit the lab site →The people below are members of CATlab. For the group's full research, projects, and publications, visit the dedicated CATlab site.
Dr. Artur Pilacinski
Art received his PhD from University of Tuebingen. At Klaeslab he works on number processing in single neurons, phantom touch, intuitive biomechanics, and collaborative robotics. He runs the VRS conference and occasionally posts on Bluesky.
Inga Scheidemann
Inga completed her Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Engineering at FH Dortmund and is currently pursuing her Master's degree in Translational Neuroscience at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. She joined KlaesLab for a preparatory internship leading into her master's thesis. Her research focuses on collaborative robotics with the goal of improving human-robot interaction, utilizing technologies such as EEG.
Tunahan Kanik
Psychology MSc Student
Merve Çelik
Merve completed her Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation at Istanbul University and is currently a Master's student in Applied Neurosciences in Sports and Exercise at Paderborn University. She completed her internship at KlaesLab and continues her work as part of her Master's thesis. Her current research focuses on submovement decomposition and analysis using the data collected within the WAVES project. She has a strong research interest in neurorehabilitation, neurotechnology, and the application of computational methods to the analysis of human movement.
Alumni
Former members who have contributed to our research