Wolf Singer, FIAS, Frankfurt
Singer is a global leading figure in neuro science research. He has been Director and Scientific Member at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research (since 1981), founder of the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies (FIAS), the Ernst Strüngmann Forum, and of the Ernst Strüngmann Institute (ESI). His work is focused on elucidating the neuronal processes in the case of so-called higher cognitive performance, such as in the case of visual perception, in memory, or in other ways of cognition.