Michael H. Hofmann
University of Missouri, St. Louis
Department of Biology
Center for Neurodynamics



Curriculum

Education

1982-1989 Biology studies, University of Goettingen, Germany
1989 Diplom in Biology
1989-1992 Ph.D. student at Center of Anatomy, University of Goettingen, Germany
1992 Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Goettingen
2000 Habilitation at the University of Bonn, Germany
2004 Promotion to Hochschuldozent

Research training and experience
1984-1992 Graduate student in the lab of Prof. D.L. Meyer, Center of Anatomy, University of Goettingen, Germany.
1987 One month predoctoral fellow with Prof. S.O.E.Ebbesson at the University of Fairbanks, Alaska.
1987-1993 Part time hard- and software developer at HEEDFELD Electronics, Bielefeld, Germany.
1988-1992 Tutor of Physiology and Psychophysics at the University of Goettingen
1988 Predoctoral fellow in the lab of Prof. T.H. Bullock at the University of California, San Diego for three months.
1989 Predoctoral fellow in the lab of Prof. T.H. Bullock at the University of California, San Diego for three months.
1990 Predoctoral fellow in the lab of Prof. T.H. Bullock at the University of California, San Diego for three months.
1991 Three months predoctoral fellow with Prof. S.O.E.Ebbesson at the University of Fairbanks, Alaska
1993-1995 Postdoctoral fellow in the lab of Prof. T.H. Bullock and Prof. R.G. Northcutt at the University of California, San Diego and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA, USA.
1995-2000 Postdoc position at the University of Bonn, Germany, with Prof. Horst Bleckmann.
2001-2004 Assistant Professor at the University of Bonn, Institute of Zoology, Germany
2004-2006 Associate Professor, at the University of Bonn, Germany
2006- Research assistant Professor, University of Missouri, St. Louis.

Grants
1991-1992 Ph.D. fellowship in the Graduiertencolleg: "Dynamic and Organization of Neuronal Networks".
1993-1995 Postdoctoral fellowship from the German Science Foundation
1995 September 1st to November 30th Grass Fellowship at Friday Harbor, University of Washington, Washington State, USA.
2002 Grant from the University of Bonn for a research trip to Brisbane, Australia
2003 DFG grant “The electrosensory system of the paddlefish”
2005-2008 Co-PI on a grant from the NSF: “Physiology of the electrosensory system in the paddlefish” to Lon Wilkens, UMSL

Teaching experience
2004-2006 Lecture „Biology of Fishes“
2000-2006 Courses of neuroanatomical techniques (4 weeks full-time block course each year)
1995-2002 Courses of neurophysiological techniques (4 weeks full-time block course each year)
1995-2000 Courses in Animal Behavior (4 weeks full-time block course each year)
1995-1997 Seminar: Physiology of Sensory and Motor Systems in the Vertebrate Brain (2 h per week)
1998-2002 Sensory physiology for undergraduates (4 h per week)
1995-2002 Anatomy and Histology of animals (4 h per week)
1991-1992 Course in neuroanatomy of the human brain for medical students
1988-1992 Courses in Physiology and Psychophysics at the University of Göttingen, Germany

Conferences
2000 Co-Organizer of the Congress of the German Zoology Society
2001 Co-Organizer of the 6th International Congress of Neuroethology in Bonn, Germany
2004 Co-Organizer of the Workshop of on Hair Cells and Electroreception at the MPI Dresden