Ulrich G. Hofmann

Former Research Associate

Research Interests

HUMAN-MACHINE-INTERFACING

NEURO-ENGINEERING

Goal: Bridging the gap between experimental and simulation approaches for the neuro- and medical sciences.

• Novel high-performance and realtime data acquisition systems for many channels (and neurons).

• Realtime visualization, analysis and data mining in huge neuronal data volumes.

• Modelling of big realistic neuron networks.

CV

2008 Professor, University of Lübeck

2008 Call for a professorate in Biomedical Engineering/Neural Engineering, Reykjavik University, Iceland

2007 Co-Founder of "pro-MedTec GmbH", Lübeck, medical robotics

2005/06 Co-Author "Graduate School Lübeck", DFG-Exzellenzinitiative

2003 Habilitation in Computer Science

1999-2000 Member of the Board of Directors of BioTuL AG, München, Germany

since 1999    Research Associate, University of Lübeck

1997-1998 Postdoctoral Scholar, Feodor-Lynen-Fellow, Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA. "Technology for multisite neuronal recordings"

1996 Research Associate, HCM-Fellow, Institutionen för Fysikalisk Kemi, Åbo Akademi, Turku, Finland. "Ultra-microscopy and surface functionalization of semiconducors"

1993-1996 Research Assistant; Physics Department, Technische Universität München.

Biosensors, ultra-microscopy, ultra-thin films, bio-functionalization, cell culture

1993-1994 Co-founder and part-time manager of the scientific services company MiNT, München

1992-1993 Graduation in Physics, Diploma. Technische Universität München.

Thesis: " Polymerizable diacetylene lipids on the air/water interface"

1987-1992 Undergraduate studies in Technical Physics, Technische Universität München. Specializing in medical electronics and medical radiological physics.

1985-1987 Officer track in the German Army medical service

 

1985 High School Graduation

 

2001

D. W. Britt, U. G. Hofmann, D. Möbius, and S. W. Hell,
Influence of substrate properties on the topochemical polymerization of diacetylene monolayers, Langmuir , vol. 17, pp. 3757-3765, 2001.
File: la001240v_Britt.pdf
Bibtex: BibTeX
@ARTICLE{LA17Britt2001,
  author = {D. W. Britt and U. G. Hofmann and D. Möbius and S. W. Hell},
  title = {Influence of substrate properties on the topochemical polymerization
	of diacetylene monolayers},
  journal = {Langmuir},
  year = {2001},
  volume = {17},
  pages = {3757-3765}
}
W. Jensen, T. Malina, U. G. Hofmann, and K. Yoshida,
Measurement of intrafascicular insertion force of a tungsten needle into peripheral nerve, in Proc. IEEE EMBS, PaperID 517, Istanbul, Turkey , Istanbul, Turkey , 2001.
File: Jensen_ieee2001.pdf
Bibtex: BibTeX
@INPROCEEDINGS{JensenIEEE01,
  author = {W. Jensen and T. Malina and U. G. Hofmann and K. Yoshida},
  title = {Measurement of intrafascicular insertion force of a tungsten needle
	into peripheral nerve},
  booktitle = {Proc. IEEE EMBS, PaperID 517, Istanbul, Turkey},
  year = {2001},
  address = {Istanbul, Turkey},
  note = {PaperID 517}
}

2000

U. G. Hofmann, F. Hertlein, U. Knopp, and E. Langer,
On the design of intracranial multi-site microelectrodes for electro impedance tomography, Biomedizinische Technik , vol. 45, no. E 1, pp. 167-168, 2000.
File: Hofmann-Knopp_etal.BMT00.pdf
Bibtex: BibTeX
@ARTICLE{HofmannKnoppBMT00,
  author = {U. G. Hofmann and F. Hertlein and U. Knopp and E. Langer},
  title = {On the design of intracranial multi-site microelectrodes for electro
	impedance tomography},
  journal = {Biomedizinische Technik},
  year = {2000},
  volume = {45},
  pages = {167-168},
  number = {E 1}
}
U. G. Hofmann, E. De Schutter, M. Curtis, K. Yoshida, U. Thomas, and P. Norlin,
On the design of multi-site microelectrodes for neuronal recordings, in World Conference on Microtechnologies: MICRO.tec 2000 , VDE-Verlag, 2000. pp. 283-288.
File: Hofmann_etal.Micro.tec00_01.pdf
Bibtex: BibTeX
@INPROCEEDINGS{HofmannMicroTec00,
  author = {U. G. Hofmann and E. De Schutter and M. de Curtis and K. Yoshida
	and U. Thomas and P. Norlin},
  title = {On the design of multi-site microelectrodes for neuronal recordings},
  booktitle = {World Conference on Microtechnologies: MICRO.tec 2000},
  year = {2000},
  volume = {1/2},
  pages = {283-288},
  publisher = {VDE-Verlag}
}
S. D. Hooser, U. G. Hofmann, D. T. Kewley, and J. M. Bower,
Relationship between field potentials and spike activity in rat SI: Multi-site cortical recordings and simulations, Neurocomputing , vol. 32-33, pp. 591-596, 2000.
File: VanHooser_NEUCOM_01.pdf
Bibtex: BibTeX
@ARTICLE{VanHooserNEUCOM00,
  author = {S. D. van Hooser and U. G. Hofmann and D. T. Kewley and J. M. Bower},
  title = {Relationship between field potentials and spike activity in rat SI:
	Multi-site cortical recordings and simulations},
  journal = {Neurocomputing},
  year = {2000},
  volume = {32-33},
  pages = {591-596}
}
U. G. Hofmann, A. Folkers, T. Malina, G. Biella, M. Curtis, E. DeSchutter, K. Yoshida, U. Thomas, D. Höhl, and P. Norlin,
Towards a versatile system for advanced neuronal recordings using silicon multisite microelectrodes, Biomedizinische Technik , vol. 45, no. E 1, pp. 169-170, 2000.
File: Hofmann_Folkers_etal.BMT00_01.pdf
Bibtex: BibTeX
@ARTICLE{HofmannFolkersBMT00,
  author = {U. G. Hofmann and A. Folkers and T. Malina and G. Biella and M. de
	Curtis and E. DeSchutter and K. Yoshida and U. Thomas and D. Höhl and P. Norlin},
  title = {Towards a versatile system for advanced neuronal recordings using
	silicon multisite microelectrodes},
  journal = {Biomedizinische Technik},
  year = {2000},
  volume = {45},
  pages = {169-170},
  number = {E 1}
}

1999

U.H. Hofmann, D.T. Kewley, and J.M. Bower,
Connector for semiconductor microelectrodes and flexible wiring., .... US Patent, California Institute of Technology, USA, 1999.
Bibtex: BibTeX
@Book{HofmannUSPatent1999,
  title     = {Connector for semiconductor microelectrodes and flexible wiring},
  publisher = {US Patent, California Institute of Technology, USA},
  year      = {1999},
  author    = {Hofmann, U.H. and Kewley, D.T. and Bower, J.M.},
  number    = {5, 951,323},
}