THEODOR RÜBER, M.D.
Principal Investigator
„If the human brain were so simple that we could understand it, we would be so simple that we couldn’t“. I have always felt challenged by this famous quote attributed to the US engineering pioneer Emerson Pugh. Now, I am honored to coordinate a multidisciplinary young group which aims to overcome this contradiction with limitless curiosity, full dedication, versatile talent, and a clear orientation towards the patient and their pathology, both of which stand at the center of our research efforts.
Background
2022-present Attending physician with Professor Rainer Surges, Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn Medical Center, Bonn, Germany
2022 Examinaton as neurological specialist
2022 Foundation of Bonn Global Epileptology Working Group together with Professor Alon Friedman and Professor Walter Bruchhausen
2021-2022 Resident physician with Professor Alexandra Philipsen at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Bonn Medical Center, Bonn, Germany
2020-2021 Resident physician with Professor Thomas Klockgether at the Department of Neurology, University of Bonn Medical Center, Bonn, Germany
2020 Venia legendi in experimental neuroscience
2019-present Head of the research group for Translational Neuroimaging with Professor Rainer Surges, Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn Medical Center, Bonn, Germany
2018-2022 Head of CePTER young scientist group for Translational Neuroimaging with Professor Felix Rosenow, Department of Neurology, Goethe University Medical Center, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2015-2018 Resident physician and junior research group leader with Professor Christian Elger, Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn Medical Center, Bonn, Germany
2015 M.D. graduation, supervisor: Professor Christian Elger
2006-2015 Studied medicine, philosophy and catholic theology in Bonn, Germany, Boston, MA and Cali, Colombia
2009-2010 M.D. thesis research work at Professor Gottfried Schlaug’s laboratory, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Funding & Awards
2019 GEROK-award of the BONFOR-commission of the Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn
2017 Start-up funding for Junior Research Groups of the BONFOR-commission of the Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn
2015 GEROK-stipend of the BONFOR-commission of the Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn
2014 Incentive award (second place) of the Bernd und Ingeborg-Hentschel-Foundation, Bonn
2013 SciMed-Award (first place) of the Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn
2012 Medical Excellence Special Award in Neuroscience of the Manfred-Lautenschläger-Foundation, Heidelberg
2012 North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) Young Scientist Award, Düsseldorf
2011 student stipend of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging
2011 OHBM Trainee Abstract Award, Québec City, Canada
2011 SciMed Grant of the Medical Faculty of the University of Bonn
2008 Cusanuswerk student scholarship for academic excellence funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Contact
+49 (0) 228 6885-260