Friedhelm Christoph Hummel

Friedhelm Christoph Hummel

Full Professor

Defitech Chair

Clinical Neuroengineering

Neuro-X Institute and Brain Mind Institute

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Switzerland

About the Speaker:

Prof. Hummel is a fully trained neurologist. After his PostDoc at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS, NIH, Bethesda, USA) and the Depart of Neurology in Tuebingen, he established 2006 the BrainImaging and NeuroStimulation (BINS) Laboratory at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. Furthermore, he worked clinically as Leading Senior Attending and from 2013 as Vice-Director of the Depart of Neurology at the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf. Since September 2016, he is appointed as Full Professor and Director of the Defitech Foundation Chair in Clinical Neuroengineering and leads the Hummel-Laboratory at the BrainMind Institute (BMI) and the Center of Neuroprosthetics (CNP) at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL). He further holds an Associate Professorship of the Department of Clinical Neuroscience, University Medical Center of Geneva.

Fields of expertise:

Prof. Hummel's systems neuroscience research is focused on neuroplasticity, motor control, learning, brain stimulation and neuroimaging to better understand the mechanisms of functional recovery after stroke and healthy aging with a strong focus on the development of novel, innovative treatment strategies to enhance functional recovery after brain lesions and to support healthy cognitive aging.

Selected Recent Publications:

1. Vassiliadis P, Beanato E, Popa T, Windel F, Morishita T, Neufeld E, Duque J, Derosiere G, Wessel MJ, Hummel FC (2024) Non-invasive stimulation of the human striatum disrupts reinforcement learning of motor skills. Nat Hum Behav 8:1581-1598.

2. Beanato E, Moon HJ, Windel F, Vassiliadis P, Wessel MJ, Popa T, Pauline M, Neufeld E, De Falco E, Gauthier B, Steiner M, Blanke O, Hummel FC (2024) Noninvasive modulation of the hippocampal-entorhinal complex during spatial navigation in humans. Sci Adv 10:eado4103.

3. Wessel MJ, Beanato E, Popa T, Windel F, Vassiliadis P, Menoud P, Beliaeva V, Violante IR, Abderrahmane H, Dzialecka P, Park CH, Maceira-Elvira P, Morishita T, Cassara AM, Steiner M, Grossman N, Neufeld E, Hummel FC (2023) Noninvasive theta-burst stimulation of the human striatum enhances striatal activity and motor skill learning. Nat Neurosci. 26:2005-2016.

4. Antonenko D, Rocke M, Thams F, Hummel FC, Maceira-Elvira P, Meinzer M, Flöel A (2022) Complementary practical considerations to home-based, remotely-controlled and independently self-applied tES combined with cognitive training. Brain Stimul 15:1351-1353.

5. Koch PJ, Park CH, Girard G, Beanato E, Egger P, Evangelista GG, Lee J, Wessel MJ, Morishita T, Koch G, Thiran JP, Guggisberg AG, Rosso C, Kim YH, Hummel FC (2021) The structural connectome and motor recovery after stroke: predicting natural recovery. Brain 144:2107-2119.