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Prof. Dr. Georg M. Klump

Prof. Dr. Georg M. Klump

Sektionssprecher "Systemneurobiologie"

AG Zoophysiologie & Verhalten
Department für Neurowissenschaften
Fakultät für Medizin und Gesundheitswissenschaften
Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg
26111 Oldenburg
Tel.: 0441-798-3400
Fax : 0441-798-5615
Email: Georg.Klump@uni-oldenburg.de
Homepage: http://www.uni-oldenburg.de/zoophysiologie/

 

Curriculum Vitae

1974-79: Student of biology and chemistry at the universities of Freiburg and Bochum
1979: Teacher’s state examination
1980-84: PhD Student at the Ruhr University of Bochum, 1984 degree Dr. rer. nat.
1984-85: Postdoctoral fellow with H. Carl Gerhardt, Biology, University of Missouri, Columbia
1985-89: Research Associate at the TUM (Technical University of Munich, Institute for Zoology)
1989-99: Head of Laboratory (~Assistant Professor) at the TUM
1992: Degree Dr. habil. in zoology at the Technical University of Munich,
Thesis: A study of information processing in the European starling's
(Sturnus vulgaris L., Aves) auditory system
1999-2001: Extraordinary Professor for Zoology (comparable to Associate Professor) at the TUM
Seit 2001: Professor for Animal Physiology & Behavior at Oldenburg University
Seit 2009: Director of the Graduate School “Science and Technology” at Oldenburg University

 

Wissenschaftliche Schwerpunkte

  • Fundamental hearing mechanisms, auditory scene analysis, evolution of communication signals
  • Extracellular recording at different levels of the rodent and bird auditory system, animal psychophysics using operant conditioning and reflex modification techniques, human psychophysics

Förderpreise und Auszeichnungen

1994-85: Heinrich-Hertz Research Stipend
1998-2004: Coordinator of the DFG Research Unit FOR 306 “Auditory Objects”
Seit 2005: Coordinator of the Transregional Collaborative Research Center
SFB/TRR 31 “The Active Auditory System”

Ausgewählte Publikationen

  • Itatani N, Klump GM (2011) Neural correlates of auditory streaming of harmonic complex sounds with different phase relations in the songbird forebrain. J Neurophysiol 105: 188-199
  • Klink KB, Dierker H, Beutelmann R, Klump GM (2010) Comodulation masking release determined in the mouse (Mus musculus) using a flanking-band paradigm. J Assoc Res Otolaryngol 11: 79-88
  • Klinge A, Klump GM (2009) Frequency difference limens of pure tones and harmonics within complex stimuli in Mongolian gerbils and humans. J Acoust Soc Am 125: 304-314
  • Seeba F, Klump GM (2009) Stimulus familiarity affects perceptual restoration in the European starling (Sturnus vulgaris). Plos One 4: e5974
  • Bee MA, Buschermöhle M, Klump GM (2007) Detecting modulated signals in modulated noise: (II) neural thresholds in the songbird forebrain. Eur J Neurosci 26: 1979-1994
  • Langemann U, Klump GM (2007) Detecting modulated signals in modulated noise: (I) behavioural auditory thresholds in a songbird. Eur J Neurosci 26: 1969-1978
  • Maier JK, Klump GM (2006) Resolution in azimuth sound localization in the Mongolian gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus). J Acoust Soc Am 119: 1029-1036
  • Hofer SB, Klump GM (2003) Within- and across-channel processing in auditory masking: a physiological study in the songbird forebrain. J Neurosci 23: 5732-5739