Markus Siegel, MD PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
Miller Lab
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave 46-6241
Cambrige, MA 02139
phone: +1 617 252 1469
fax: +1 617 258 7978
email: siegelm@mit.edu
web: www.markussiegel.net
Scientific Focus
Mechanisms regulating neural interactions during goal directed behavior
Functional role of neural oscillations and synchronization
Microelectrode recordings in non-human primates, MEG, EEG, visual psychophysics
Signal processing and spectral analysis; One of the main developers of the "FieldTrip" toolbox for Matlab (Fieldtrip Website)
Research Positions
since 2007
Postdoctoral Fellow with Earl K. Miller
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge USA; multielectrode recordings in awake behaving monkeys; cognitive control of cortical interations during goal directed behavior
2006
Head of research group MEG; Dept. of Neurophysiology & Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg (tenured)
2003-2006
Postdoctoral Fellow with Andreas K. Engel and Pascal Fries
Dept. of Neurophysiology & Pathophysiology, University Medical Center Hamburg; F.C. Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Nijmegen; MEG, EEG, visual psychophysics; visual motion processing and decision making
1998-2001
PhD studies with Peter König
Institute of Neuroinformatics, University/ETH Zurich; multielectrode recordings in awake behaving cats; feature specific neuronal synchronization in primary visual cortex
simulations of large scale neural networks; integrating top-downand bottom-up processing by somato-dendritic interactions
Education
1998-2005
PhD, Charité, Humboldt University Berlin (summa cum laude)
Institute of Neuroinformatics, ETH/University of Zurich (1998-2001)
1994-2002
MD, Charité, Humboldt University Berlin (with distinction)
Harvard Medical School, Boston; University Hospital Zurich; Charité, Humboldt University Berlin (Clinical Electives 2001-2002)
University of Zurich (1997-1998)
Charité, Humboldt University Berlin (1996-2002)
Free University Berlin (1994-1996)
1994-1997
Bachelor Philosophy, Free University Berlin
Fellowships and Awards
2005
Robert-Koch-Award for the best PhD thesis, Charité, Humboldt University Berlin
2002
Scholarship award of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes)
1997-1999
Scholarship award of the German National Academic Foundation
1997-1998
Scholarship award of the University of Zurich
1995-2002
Fellow of the German National Academic Foundation
1982-1988
Fellow of the German Society for Highly Gifted Children
Publications
M Siegel and TH Donner (2010) Linking band-limited cortical activity to fMRI and behavior. In: M Ullsperger and S Debener (Edt.) Simultaneous EEG and fMRI: Recording, Analysis, and Application. Oxford University Press. (in press)
M Siegel, MR Warden and EK Miller (2009) Phase-Dependent Neuronal Coding of Objects in Short-Term Memory. PNAS 106: 21341–21346 (PDF)
Commentary: EK Vogel and K Fukuda (2009) In mind and out of phase. PNAS 106: 21017–21018 (PDF)
TH Donner, M Siegel, P Fries and AK Engel (2009) Build-up of choice-predictive activity in human motor cortex during perceptual decision-making. Current Biology 19:1581-1585 (PDF)
Commentary: J Gross and M Ploner (2009) Perceptual Decisions: From Sensory Signals to Behavior. Current Biology 19: R847-R849 (PDF)
M Siegel, TH Donner, R Oostenveld, P Fries and AK Engel (2008) Neuronal Synchronization along the Dorsal Visual Pathway Reflects the Focus of Spatial Attention. Neuron 60: 709-719 (PDF)
S Debener, M Ullsperger, M Siegel and AK Engel (2007) Towards single-trial analysis in cognitive brain research. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 11(12): 502-503 (PDF)
Response to: C Bledowski, DE Linden and M Wibral (2007) Combining electrophysiology and functional imaging – different methods for different questions. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 11(12): 500-502 (PDF)
TH Donner, M Siegel, R Oostenveld, P Fries and AK Engel (2007) Population Activity in the Human Dorsal Pathway Predicts the Accuracy of Visual Motion Detection. Journal of Neurophysiology: 98: 345-359 (PDF)
GN Schmidt, E Scharein, M Siegel, J Müller, S Debener, R Nitzschke, AK Engel and P Bischoff (2007) Identification of sensory blockade by somatosensory and pain induced evoked potentials. Anesthesiology 106(4):707-714 (PDF)
M Siegel, TH Donner, R Oostenveld, P Fries and AK Engel (2007) High-Frequency Activity in Human Visual Cortex Is Modulated by Visual Motion Strength. Cerebral Cortex 17:732--741 (PDF)
S Debener, M Ullsperger, M Siegel and AK Engel (2006) Single-trial EEG/fRMI reveals the dynamics of cognitive function. Trends in Cognitive Sciences 10(12): 558-563 (PDF)
S Debener, M Ullsperger, M Siegel, K Fiehler, DY von Cramon and AK Engel (2005) Trial-by-trial coupling of concurrent electroencephalogram and functional magnetic resonance imaging identifies the dynamics of performance monitoring. Journal of Neuroscience 25: 11730-7. (PDF)
M Siegel and P König (2003) A functional Gamma-Band Defined by Stimulus-Dependent Synchronization in Area 18 of Awake Behaving Cats. Journal of Neuroscience 23: 4251-4260. (PDF)
M Siegel, KP Körding, P König (2000) Integrating top-down and bottom-up sensory processing by somato-dendritic interactions. Journal of Computational Neuroscience 8:161-173. (PDF)
Reviewer
Cognition
European Journal of Neuroscience
Human Brain Mapping
IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering
International Journal of Psychophysiology
Journal of Neurophysiology
Journal of Vision
Neuron
PLoS Biology
PLoS Computational Biology
PNAS