Leonard Frederik Engels

EDUCATION

College / University

University of Cologne

Highest Degree

Bachelor of Science

Major Subjects

Neurosciences

Country

Germany

Lab Experience

EyeTracker, behavioral techniques (mice), retrograde labeling of trigeminal neurons in mice, dissection of mice, cell culture (muscle cells), confocal microscopy, immunofluorescence staining, western blot.

Projects / Research

Apr - Aug 2012: How to plan and conduct a neuropsychological experiment. Internship at the University Hospital of Cologne, Neuroimaging group, Prof. Dr. Dr. Kai Vogeley
Mar - Sep 2013: Cold transduction in TRPM8 -/- mice, effects of hyaluronic acid on nociception. Internship at the Instituto de Neurociencias in Alicante, Spain, Sensory transduction and nociception group, Dr. Carlos Belmonte
Feb - July 2014: Studies on Neuromuscular Junction Maturation (Bachelor thesis). Internship at the Center for Brain Research in Vienna, Austria, Synapse Formation group, Dr. Ruth Herbst

Scholarships / Awards

2014 – 2015:	Stipend by the International Max Planck Research School
Feb – July 2014:	PROMOS stipend
Mar – Sep 2013:	Erasmus stipend

SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS AND GOALS

I would love to work on the improvement of limb prostheses and brain-machine interfaces to facilitate the lives of amputees.