HIH Paper of the Year 2026
Award at The Hertie Center for Neurology, Tübingen, Deutschland
Curriculum Vitae
Employment and Education Experience
- 11.2024 - Present : Postdoctoral Researcher, RG Translational Imaging of Cortical Microstructure
- Hertie-Institut für klinische Hirnforschung, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
- Research focus: Clinical intervention on somatic symptoms and tactile memory modulation networks
- Current projects: Body memory and Mental health
- 11.2019 – 11.2024: Doctoral Researcher, RG Cortical Microstructure
- Institut für Kognitive Neurologie und Demenzforschung, Otto-von-Guericke Universität Magdeburg
- Degree: Dr. rer. nat (Summa cum laude)
- Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Esther Kühn
- Thesis: Age-related changes in the architecture of human primary somatosensory cortex
- 05.2019 – 08.2019: Brain Science Technical Engineer
- Shanghai PsyTech Electronic Technology Co., Ltd, China
- Responsible for pre-sale demonstration and after-sale installation and training for EEG, NIRS, TMS, neuronavigation and other neuroscience equipment.
- Providing technical support for the development of EEG, NIRS, TMS, neuronavigation and other neuroscience devices and equipment.
- 08.2017 – 10.2018: M.Sc. Student Neuroimaging for Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience
- The University of Manchester, UK
- Degree: M.Sc. (Merit)
- 09.2013 – 06.2017: B.Sc. Student Psychology
- Harbin Normal University, China
- Degree: B.Sc.
Fellowships and Awards
- 01.2026 – Present: Hertie Network of Excellence in Clinical Neuroscience Fellowship
- Gemeinnützige Hertie-Stiftung, Funding 247,500 €
Awards
China-Europe Outstanding Young Scientist Award 2025
Award at China-Europe Scientist Forum, Heidelberg, Deutschland
Attempto-Preis 2025
Award at Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Deutschland
Brain Sciences 2024 Travel Award
Award at MDPI, Basel, Switzerland
CBBS Best Paper of The Year 2021
Award at Center for Behavioral Brain Sciences, Magdeburg, Deutschland
Teaching
Invited Talks
Professional Affiliations and Memberships
- 03.2025 – Present: Technology and Commerce Association of Chinese in Germany (TeCAC e.V. )
- Member
- 11.2024 – Present: Youth Committee on Brain-Computer Interfaces and Neuromodulation
- Association of Chinese Computer Scientists in Germany
- Member
- 03.2021 – Present: The Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)
- Member
Science Communications and Outreach
- 11.2024 – 06.2025: Pint of Science Deutschland
- Team Tübingen, Event manager
Publications
Body-centered encoding of passive tactile pattern memories
Indurkar, S., Kayacik, B., Liu, P., & Kuehn, E. (2026). Body-centered encoding of passive tactile pattern memories. Scientific Reports, 16(1), 16589.
Modeling 2D Spatio-Tactile Population Receptive Fields of the Fingertip in Human Primary Somatosensory Cortex
Stoll, S., Luesebrink, F., Schwarzkopf, D. S., Mattern, H., Liu, P., Noelle, J., & Kuehn, E. (2026). Modeling 2D spatio-tactile population receptive fields of the fingertip in human primary somatosensory cortex. Imaging Neuroscience.
Linking Reflective Functioning to Somatic Symptoms in Daily Life: A Smartphone-Based Digital Health Study
Gülbahçe, B., Mokhtari, N., Stengel, A., Liu, P., Gentsch, A., & Kuehn, E. (2026). Linking reflective functioning to somatic symptoms in daily life: A smartphone-based digital health study (p. 2026.03.17.26348630). medRxiv.
Layer-specific changes in sensory cortex across the lifespan in mice and humans
Liu, P., Doehler, J., Henschke, J. U., Northall, A., Knaf-Serian, A., Loaiza-Carvajal, L. C., Budinger, E., Schwarzkopf, D. S., Speck, O., Pakan, J. M. P., & Kuehn, E. (2025). Layer-specific changes in sensory cortex across the lifespan in mice and humans. Nature Neuroscience, 28(9)，1978-1989.
Tactile memory impairments in younger and older adults
Lange, L. S., Chrysidou, A., Liu, P., and Kuehn, E. (2024). Tactile memory impairments in younger and older adults. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 11766.
The 3D Structural Architecture of the Human Hand Area is Non-Topographic.
Doehler, J., Northall, A., Liu, P., Fracasso, A., Chrysidou, A., Speck, O., Lohmann, G., Wolbers, T., and Kuehn, E. (2023). The 3D Structural Architecture of the Human Hand Area is Non-Topographic. Journal of Neuroscience, 43(19), 3456-3476.
The organizational principles of de-differentiated topographic maps in somatosensory cortex
Liu, P., Chrysidou, A., Doehler, J., Hebart, M. N., Wolbers, T., and Kuehn, E. (2021). The organizational principles of de-differentiated topographic maps in somatosensory cortex. Elife, 10, e60090.
Conference Presentations
Neural Mechanisms of Voluntary Body Memory Control
Poster at 32th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Bordeaux, France
A layer-specific model of cortical sensory aging
Poster at 30th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Seoul, South Korea
A layer-specific model of cortical sensory aging
Poster at Brain In Depth (BID) Symposium 2021, Tübingen, Germany
Ageing of topographic tactile maps and their behavioural implications
Talk at Psychologie and Gehirn (PuG) 2023, Tübingen, Deutschland
The fine-grained inhibitory functional architecture of neighboring representations in primary somatosensory cortex of humans and mice
Poster at Society for Neuroscience (SfN) 2022, San Diego, US
Functional Mechanisms of Aging in S1 using Bayesian Population Receptive Field Mapping at 7T MRI.
Poster at 27th Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Virtual
The organizational principle of aging topographic maps.
Talk at Brain In Depth (BID) Symposium 2021, Virtual
Functional Mechanisms of Aging in S1 using Bayesian Population Receptive Field Mapping at 7T MRI.
Poster at Brain In Depth (BID) Symposium 2021, Virtual