Göttingen Graduate Center for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences

Moser, Tobias, Prof. Dr.

Professor of Auditory Neuroscience


  • 1995: M.D. University of Jena
  • 1994-1997: Postdoc with E. Neher at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry
  • 1997-2001: Junior Group Leader at the MPI for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen
  • since 2001: Leader of the InnerEarLab and Clinical Work at the Department of Otolaryngology, University Medical Center Göttingen
  • since 2014: Group leader at the Max Planck Institutes for Experimental Medicine and Biophysical Chemistry (now Max Planck Institute for Multidisciplinary Sciences)
  • since 2014: Group leader at the German Primate Center (DPZ)
  • since 2015: Director of the Institute for Auditory Neuroscience, University Medical Center Göttingen
  • since 2019: Spokesperson of the Multiscale BioImaging Cluster of Excellence (MBExC)
  • since 2024: Spokesperson of the Else Kröner Fresenius Center for Optogenetic Therapies



Major Research Interests
Auditory Neuroscience - Synaptic Physiology and Pathophysiology - Audiology and Neuroprosthetics
Our work focuses on the molecular anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology of sound encoding and information processing in the auditory system as well as the restoration of hearing by gene replacement therapy and optogenetic stimulation. We combine various techniques to characterize synapses of hair cells and the auditory brainstem from the molecular to the systems level. This way we have contributed to the understanding of structure and function of auditory synapses and initiated the concept of auditory synaptopathy. Towards restoration of hearing we aim to establish virus-mediated gene replacement therapy of auditory synaptopathy and pursue the optogenetic stimulation of auditory nerve for improving the performance of the cochlear implant.

Homepage Department/Research Group
http://www.auditory-neuroscience.uni-goettingen.de/
http://www.innerearlab.uni-goettingen.de/
https://www.dpz.eu/de/abteilung/auditorische-neurowissenschaften-und-optogenetik/ueber-uns.html
https://www.mpinat.mpg.de/moser
https://mbexc.de/
https://ekfz.uni-goettingen.de/

ORCID: 0000-0001-7145-0533