Daniel Mietchen, Ph.D.

Research interests
Magnetic Resonance-based brain morphometry
Evolution of cognition and animal communication,
especially vocal learning
Structural brain plasticity, learning and Applied
Cognitive Science
Sustainable science and steady-state economics

Education
06/2006 Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in Physics
Thesis: 3D Magnetic Resonance Microscopy of Dehydrated Biological Specimens,
University of the Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany.
04/2001 M.Sc. (Diplom) in Biophysics
Thesis: Temperature dependence of electrorotation,
Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
11/1991 – 08/2003 Maths, Medicine, Central Asian, Korean and Japanese studies
in Berlin (HU and FU), Sendai, Paris, Duisburg and Sana’a.

Academic appointments (including visiting appointments)
07/2007 – Postdoc here in the Independent Junior Research Group “Structural Brain Mapping”,
University of Jena, Jena, Germany.
10/2007 Visiting Scientist, Magnetic Resonance Group,
Korea Basic Science Institute in Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
02/2006 – 06/2007 Postdoc, Independent Junior Research Group “Neurocognition of Music”,
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany.
07/2002 – 09/2002 Visiting Scientist, Magnetic Resonance Group,
Korea Basic Science Institute in Daejeon, Republic of Korea.
11/2001 – 01/2006 Doctoral Researcher, Magnetic Resonance Group,
Fraunhofer Institute for Biomedical Engineering in St. Ingbert, Germany.
07/2001 – 08/2002 Visiting Scientist, Magnetic Resonance Group,
Korea Basic Science Institute in Daejeon, Republic of Korea.

Daniel Mietchen, Ph.D.
Address Center for Neuroimaging
Department of Psychiatry
University of Jena
Jahnstr. 3
D – 07743 Jena
Germany

Phone: ++49-3641-934751
Fax: ++49-3641-934755
Email: daniel (dot) mietchen (at) uni-jena (dot) de