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Univ.-Prof. Dr. Albrecht Erich Stroh

Current affiliations

Academic profiles

Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Research Focus

  • Resilienz neuronaler Netzwerke
  • frühe Dysregulationen des Gehirns bei neuropsychiatrischen Erkrankungen
  • systemische Neurophysiologie

Academic Education

2015Erfolgreiche Zwischenevaluation, Feststellung der Bewährung als Juniorprofessor in Forschung und Lehre nach § 55 HochSchG
2006Dr. rer. nat. (Ph.D.) in Experimental Biophysics (summa cum laude) on “MR Imaging of magnetically labelled stem cells in rodent models of neurological disorders”
2002 - 2005PhD student at Charité Medical School Berlin, with Ulrich Dirnagl and Claus Zimmer, Member of Graduate school "Damage cascades in neurological disorders - studies with imaging techniques”
2001Diploma in Biophysics, Humboldt University Berlin
1996 - 2001Studies in Biophysics at the Humboldt University Berlin
1996Vordiplom in Biologie an der Freien Universität Berlin, Gesamtnote „sehr gut“
1994 - 1996Studies in Biology at the Free University Berlin
1993Abitur am Arndt-Gymnasium Dahlem, Berlin

Work Experience

since 2024Professor of Physiology, Director of the Institute of Physiology I – Neurophysiology, University Hospital Muenster
since 2020Leiter des Forschungsverbundes “Learning Resilience“ LIR Mainz, UM Mainz, LIN Magdeburg, OvGU Magdeburg und TU München
since 2018Co-appointment as Group Leader at the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research, Mainz
2018 - 2024Associate Professor (W2) of Molecular Imaging and Optogenetics, Institute of Pathophysiology, Univ. Medical Center of JGU Mainz
2012 - 2018Assistant Professor of Molecular Imaging and Optogenetics, Institute for Microscopic Anatomy and Neurobiology, Univ. Medical Center of JGU Mainz
04/2018 - 10/2018Visiting Professor at the University of Washington, Seattle, and the Center for Integrative Brain Research, Seattle Children´s Hospital
2007 - 2012Postdoctoral scholar at the Institute of Neuroscience, University Hospital, Technical Univ. Munich, with Arthur Konnerth
2005 - 2007Postdoctoral scholar at the University Medical Center, Stanford University, with Karl Deisseroth

Functions and Memberships

since 2020Associate Editor , Journal of Neurophysiology
since 2020Sprecher, Initiative for Systems Analysis in Neuroscience (ISyN), Mainz
2014 - 2024Fakultätsmitglied, des MD/PhD-PhD Program Translational Biomedicine, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz

Publications

A Translational Neural Network Mechanism of Resilience: Top-Down Control and Plasticity of the Visual Cortex Relates to Resilient Outcome and Performance.
Backhaus H; Pinzuti E; Altahini S; Dietrich A; Tsutsui KI; Sasaki T; Kitajo K; Ruffini N; Wierczeiko A; Tevosian M; Wibral M; Stroh A; Tüscher O (2026)
In: Research, 9, 1215-1215. doi:10.34133/research.1215
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Altered network recruitment in Multiple Sclerosis patients during resting state
Lüttjohann, A; Räuber, S*; Korsen, M; Willison, AG; Elben, S; Schroeter, CB; Ruck, T; Albrecht, P; Pawlitzki, M; Stroh, A; Melzer, M; Budde, T; Meuth, SG  (2026)
In: Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders, 109. doi:10.1016/j.msard.2026.107111
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Diagnosis-independent contribution of low-grade inflammation to cortical atrophy across psychiatric disorders.
Rau M; Claaß LV; Steinmann L; Herpertz J; Richter M; Leenings R; Goltermann J; Meinert S; Melzer N; Meuth S; Klotz L; Stroh A; Grotegerd D; Leehr EJ; Hahn T; Flinkenflügel K; Borgers T; Stein F; Thomas-Odenthal F; Usemann P; Teutenberg L; Nenadić I; Straube B; Alexander N; Jamalabadi H; Jansen A; Renz H; Denkert C; Kircher T; Dannlowski U; Opel N (2026)
In: Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 137, 106792-106792. doi:10.1016/j.bbi.2026.106792
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Crossing the scales: Single-neuron recruitment and continuous cortical propagation of slow wave events revealed by integrative opto-magnetic imaging.
Cleppien D; Schwalm M; Backhaus H; Fu T; Aedo-Jury F; Schneider G; Stroh A (2025)
In: NeuroImage, 321, 121513-121513. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2025.121513
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
Differential inflammation, oxidative stress and cardiovascular damage markers of nano- and micro-particle exposure in mice: Implications for human disease burden.
Kuntic M; Kuntic I; Cleppien D; Pozzer A; Nußbaum D; Oelze M; Junglas T; Strohm L; Ubbens H; Daub S; Bayo Jimenez MT; Danckwardt S; Berkemeier T; Hahad O; Kohl M; Steven S; Stroh A; Lelieveld J; Münzel T; Daiber A (2025)
In: Redox Biology, 83, 103644-103644. doi:10.1016/j.redox.2025.103644
Research article (journal) | Peer reviewed | Published
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Projects

Investigating the role of NMDA receptor hypofunction in psychosis using neuroimaging across scales and species
Duration: 01/10/2025 - 30/09/2028 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project
Making extinction last: mechanistically understanding and causally probing the role of the ventromedial prefrontal cortex in extinction memory consolidation
Duration: 01/01/2025 - 30/11/2026 | 1st Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Individual Grants Programme
Type of project: Individual project