Short CV

Since 03/2023 Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute for Biomagnetism and Biosignalanalysis, University of Münster

2017-2023 Reasearch Associate at the Hertie Insitute for Clinical Neuroscience, Tübingen and the University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany

2017-2022 Dr.rer.nat. in Systems Neuroscience (summa cum laude), Göttingen Graduate Center for Neurosciences, Biophysics, and Molecular Biosciences; University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany

2014-2016 Master of Science in Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Basel, Switzerland

2010-2013 Bachelor of Science in Psychology, University of Basel, Switzerland

2012-2016 Student Research Assistant, Division of Cognitive and Molecular Neuroscience, University of Basel, Switzerland

2012 Student Research Assistant, Division of Neuropsychology, University of Zurich, Switzerland

Research Areas

  • Interindividual variability in brain structure, function, and cognition
  • Brain development and aging
  • Neural dynamics and morphology in genetic epilepsies and their heritability

Selected Publications

Stier, C., Braun, C., Focke, N. K. Adult lifespan trajectories of neuromagnetic signals and interrelations with cortical thickness (2023). NeuroImage 278, 120275. DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120275

Kreilkamp, B., Stier, C., Rauf, E., Martin, P., Ethofer, S., Lerche, H., Kotikalapudi, R., Marquetand, J., Dechent, P., Focke, N.K. Multi-spectral Diffusion MRI Mega-Analysis in Genetic Generalized Epilepsy: Relation to Outcomes (2023). NeuroImage Clinical 39, 103474. DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2023.103474

Stier, C., Loose, M., Kotikalapudi, R., Elshahabi, A., Li Hegner, Y., Marquetand, J., Braun, C., Lerche, H., Focke, N. K. (2022). Combined electrophysiological and morphological phenotypes in patients with genetic generalized epilepsy and their healthy siblings. Epilepsia, 63(7), 1643-1657. DOI: 10.1111/epi.17258

Stier, C., Elshahabi, A., Li Hegner, Y., Kotikalapudi, R., Marquetand, J., Braun, C., Lerche, H., Focke, N. K. (2021). Heritability of Magnetoencephalography Phenotypes Among Patients With Genetic Generalized Epilepsy and Their Siblings. Neurology, 97(2), e166-e177. DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000012144

Ott, C. G., Stier, C., Herrmann, C. S., Jäncke, L. (2013). Musical expertise affects attention as reflected by auditory-evoked gamma-band activity in human EEG. NeuroReport, 24(9), 445-450. DOI: 10.1097/WNR.0b013e328360abdb

Honours and Special Recognitions

Young Investigator Award Functional Imaging; Issued by German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging (DGKN) March 2022

Scientific Poster Award; Issued by German Psychological Society (DGPS) at the Annual Meeting Psychology and the Brain (PuG) June 2021