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Herwig Baier | |
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 Herwig Baier in March 2017 | |
| Education | University of Konstanz Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | University of California, San Francisco Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence |
| Doctoral advisor | Friedrich Bonhoeffer |
| Other academic advisors | Bill Harris Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard |
Herwig Baier is a German-American neuroscientist and biologist. He is Director at the Max Planck Institute for Biological Intelligence and head of the department Genes – Circuits – Behavior. Herwig Baier's research aims to understand how animal brains convert sensory inputs into behavioral responses and how evolution has shaped neuronal circuits.
Herwig Baier studied biology at the University of Konstanz. In 1990, he joined Friedrich Bonhoeffer's laboratory at the Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology in Tübingen, where he obtained his diploma (1990) and PhD degree (1995). For his post-doctoral training, he moved to the University of California, San Diego, to work with William (Bill) Harris. In 1997, Baier was offered a faculty position by the University of California, San Francisco, where he remained as Full Professor until 2012. In 2011, the Max Planck Society recruited him as a Scientific Member and Director at the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried (Germany).