Academic Education
2005	PhD
1989 - 1996	Master studies in biology
1993	Study year abroad at the Massey University of New Zealand
Work Experience
since 1996	Scientist an the department of Neurology, WWU Münster-
2003 - 2006	Scientific work at the Institute for Arterioskleroseforschung, WWU Münster
1997	Working year abroad in Antwerp/Belgium

Behr Syndrome - Complicated hereditary infantile optic atrophy Kleffner I., Meyer C., Gess B., Korsukewitz C., Allkemper T., Schirmacher A., Young P., Husstedt I. (2013) In: Klinische Neurophysiologie, 44(1). Research article (journal)
Interaction of BDNF and COMT polymorphisms on paired-associative stimulation-induced cortical plasticity. Witte AV, Kürten J, Jansen S, Schirmacher A, Brand E, Sommer J, Flöel A (2012) In: Journal of Neuroscience, 32(13). Research article (journal)
Enhanced rapid-onset cortical plasticity in CADASIL as a possible mechanism of preserved cognition. List J, Duning T, Meinzer M, Kürten J, Schirmacher A, Deppe M, Evers S, Young P, Flöel A (2011) In: Cerebral cortex, 21(12). Research article (journal)
Specific pattern of early white-matter changes in pure hereditary spastic paraplegia. Duning T, Warnecke T, Schirmacher A, Schiffbauer H, Lohmann H, Mohammadi S, Young P, Deppe M (2010) In: Movement Disorders, 25(12). Research article (journal)
A novel splice site mutation in the SPG7 gene causing widespread fiber damage in homozygous and heterozygous subjects. Warnecke T, Duning T, Schirmacher A, Mohammadi S, Schwindt W, Lohmann H, Dziewas R, Deppe M, Ringelstein EB, Young P (2010) In: Movement Disorders, 25(4). Research article (journal)