Dennis Goldschmidt
I am currently working in the trinational
triangle of Basel, Switzerland.
Mission
The brain is one of the most complex systems in
the universe and we have not yet reached a full
understanding of its working principles.
I apply my background in physics to questions
from neuroscience, in order to develop
experimentally testable and predictive
models.
I want to find out about how brains evolved to
perform adaptation and canonical computations
under physical constraints.
During my PhD, I studied the complex
interactions between the brain and body while
foraging for food using the fruit fly
Drosophila melanogaster as a model
organism.
Now I am interested in how cognitive
representations of context modulate the
mechanisms that underlie how memories are
retrieved. Continuing research in flies, I
specifically dissect the neuronal and behavioral
mechanisms of the learning & memory fly
brain region, called the mushroom body and its
interactions with other higher-order brain
regions, such as the central complex.
