Prof. Dr Til Ole Bergmann
Research Group Leader LIR, Deptuy Head of Neuroimaging Center (NIC), Mainz, Professor of Neurostimulation
Non-invasive neurostimulation and multimodal imaging, function of neural oscillations, memory, sleep
1980
Professor of Neurostimulation and Deputy Head of Neuroimaging Center (NIC), Mainz, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
Research Group Leader, Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany
University of Kiel, Germany; Diploma in Psychology
Dr. phil. (Psycholgie); summa cum laude
Professor of Neurostimulation and Deputy Head of Neuroimaging Center (NIC), Mainz, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany
Research Group Leader at the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany
Research Group Leader at the German Resilience Center (DRZ) Mainz, Germany
Senior Researcher, Department of Neurology & Stroke, and Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain Research; Institute of Medical Psychology and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Tübingen, Germany (Profs. Ziemann/Born)
Postdoc, Institute of Psychology, University of Kiel, Germany (Prof. Pedersen)
Postdoc, Donders Institute for Cognitive Neuroimaging, Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands (Prof. Jensen)
Postdoc, Department of Neurology, University of Kiel, Germany (Prof. Siebner)
Ph.D. student, Department of Neurology, University of Kiel, Germany (Prof. Siebner)
Editorial Board Member for 'Brain Stimulation'
European Society for Brain Stimulation (ESPS)
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Hirnstimulation in der Psychiatrie (DGHP)
Senior Editor for 'Imaging Neuroscience'
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Klinische Neurophysiologie (DGKN)
International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN)
Editor-in-Chief of the Journal 'NeuroImage:Reports'
International Transcranial Ultrasonic Stimulation Safety and Standards (ITRUSST)
John Rothwell Award (for outstanding contributions to non-invasive brain stimulation research)
Consulting Editor for the Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Handling Editor for the Journal 'NeuroImage'
Editorial Board member for the Journal 'NeuroImage'
Editorial Board member for 'The Journal of Neuroscience'
Member of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS)
Member of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM)
Member of the German Neuroscience Society (GNS)
Member of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
Member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs)
Member of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
DGPA Poster Award 2010
Travel Award of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS)
Travel Award of the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
Professor Dr. Til Ole Bergmann has been a university professor for neurostimulation at the University Medical Center Mainz since 2020 and has been an associated group leader at the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research since 2020. In addition, he works part-time at the University of Tübingen and in Fribourg, Switzerland. Since 2018, he has not received any personal honoraria for consulting, continuing education events, lectures, or statements from pharmaceutical companies or medical device manufacturers. Between 2018 and 2020, he received research funding from the non-profit Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation to establish the Neurostimulation Research Group at the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research, and from 2020 to 2023, he received further funding for the University of Mainz to provide seed funding as part of a BMBF call for proposals: funding component Structural Professorship "Neurostimulation".
This statement ensures full transparency regarding his financial and professional interests.
Hassan U, Okyere P, Masouleh MA, Zrenner C, Ziemann U, Bergmann TO (2025) Pulsed inhibition of corticospinal excitability by the thalamocortical sleep spindle. Brain Stimul. 18(2):265–275. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2025.02.015
>> Link to PubmedMurphy KR, Nandi T, Kop B, Osada T, Lueckel M, N'Djin WA, Caulfield KA, Fomenko A, Siebner HR, Ugawa Y, Verhagen L, Bestmann S, Martin E, Butts Pauly K, Fouragnan E, Bergmann TO (2025) A practical guide to transcranial ultrasonic stimulation from the IFCN-endorsed ITRUSST consortium. Clin Neurophysiol. 171:192–226. doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2025.01.004
>> Link to PubmedKop BR, Shamli Oghli Y, Grippe TC, Nandi T, Lefkes J, Meijer SW, Farboud S, Engels M, Hamani M, Null M, Radetz A, Hassan U, Darmani G, Chetverikov A, den Ouden HEM, Bergmann TO, Chen R, Verhagen L (2024) Auditory confounds can drive online effects of transcranial ultrasonic stimulation in humans. eLife. 12:RP88762. doi:10.7554/eLife.88762
>> Link to articleWoolgar A, Feredoes E, Assem M, Bassil Y, Bergmann TO, Beynel L, et al. (2024) Concurrent TMS-fMRI: An international consensus and functional guide for current and future researchers [Internet]. PsyArXiv. doi:10.31234/osf.io/9fyxb
>> Link to articleDarmani G, Bergmann TO, Butts Pauly K, Caskey CF, de Lecea L, Fomenko A, Fouragnan E, Legon W, Murphy KR, Nandi T, Phipps MA, Pinton G, Ramezanpour H, Sallet J, Yaakub SN, Yoo SS, Chen R (2022) Non-invasive transcranial ultrasound stimulation for neuromodulation. Clin Neurophysiol. 133:174–187. doi:10.1016/j.clinph.2021.12.010
>> Link to PubmedHassan U, Pillen S, Zrenner C, Bergmann TO (2022) The Brain Electrophysiological recording & STimulation (BEST) toolbox. Brain Stimul. 15:109–115. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2021.11.017
>> Link to PubmedPillen S, Knodel N, Hermle D, Hanke M, Ziemann U, Bergmann TO (2022) No robust online effects of transcranial direct current stimulation on corticospinal excitability. Brain Stimul. 15(5):1254–1268. doi:10.1016/j.brs.2022.08.024
>> Link to PubmedBergmann TO, Varatheeswaran R, Hanlon CA, Madsen KH, Thielscher A, Siebner HR (2021) Concurrent TMS-fMRI for causal network perturbation and proof of target engagement. Neuroimage. 239:118093. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2021.118093
>> Link to PubmedBergmann TO, Hartwigsen G (2020) Inferring causality from noninvasive brain stimulation in cognitive neuroscience. J Cogn Neurosci. 1–29. doi:10.1162/jocn_a_01591
>> Link to PubmedBergmann TO, Lieb A, Zrenner C, Ziemann U (2019) Pulsed facilitation of corticospinal excitability by the sensorimotor mu-alpha rhythm. J Neurosci. 39(50):10034–10043. doi:10.1523/JNEUROSCI.1730-19.2019
>> Link to PubmedThies M, Zrenner C, Ziemann U, Bergmann TO (2018) Sensorimotor mu-alpha power is positively related to corticospinal excitability. Brain Stimul. 11:1119–1122
>> Link to PubmedBergmann TO, Karabanov AN, Hartwigsen G, Thielscher A, Siebner HR (2016) Combining non-invasive transcranial brain stimulation with neuroimaging and electrophysiology: current approaches and future perspectives. Neuroimage. 140:4–19. doi:10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.02.012
>> Link to PubmedStaresina BP*, Bergmann TO*, Bonnefond M, van der Meij R, Jensen O, Deuker L, Elger CE, Axmacher N, Fell J (2015) Hierarchical nesting of slow oscillations, spindles and ripples in the human hippocampus during sleep. Nat Neurosci. 18(11):1679–1686 (*equal contribution)
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