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PhD Lesson #2: Improve yourself through repetition

6h ago · 5 min read · Improving yourself sounds hard. Repetition sounds simple. Both are directly connected: Through healthy habits. PhD journeys are unstructured: You don’t have a fixed working schedule and no one can tel

PhD lessons #1: To-Do lists are amazing!

4d ago · 3 min read · Starting a PhD means learning to become a lonely captain. Ideally, your supervisor guides you— and I was very lucky to receive strong support. But most PhDs get limited guidance, and even with regular

Noise as a Signal – A New Electrical Signature of Parkinson’s Disease

6d ago · 5 min read · Some brain signals are rhythmic, others non‑rhythmic – the latter long dismissed as mere neural noise. Now, an international research team led by the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain

When Bridges and Brains Start to Oscillate

Oct 17, 2025 · 2 min read · Only two days after London’s Millennium Bridge opened in June 2000, it was closed again. Like coupled oscillators, pedestrians started to synchronize their walking, and as a result, the bridge began to swing from side to side—a phenomenon later analy...

Bridging Structure and Function

Oct 16, 2025 · 5 min read · Between March and April 2023, I had the privilege of spending a month at the University of Oxford, hosted by Dr. Ashwini Oswal at the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences. This visit was supported by a NENS Exchange Grant, and though it was ...