Gabriel Ziegler

Research interests
Lifespan Development and Structural Brain Aging
Analysis of Inter-Individual Differences
Multivariate Methods and Nonparametric Regression
Gaussian Processes in Neuroimaging

Education
2007 Diploma Degree in Psychology: University of Jena, Germany
2011 Bachelor of Science in Mathematics: University of Jena, Germany

Academic appointments (including visiting appointments)
2007 Research Assistent, Autonomic Function Group (Prof. Bär), Department of Psychiatry, Jena University Hospital
2008 Phd Student in Structural Brain Mapping Group (Prof. Gaser), Department of Psychiatry, Jena University Hospital, and Department of Psychology, University of Zuerich

Publications and Proceedings

G. Ziegler, R. Dahnke, C. Gaser, Models of Structural Brain Aging and Individual Decline, Frontiers in Neuroinformatics, (submitted).
R. A. Yotter, I. Nenadic, G. Ziegler, P. M. Thompson, C. Gaser, Local cortical surface complexity maps from spherical harmonic reconstructions, Neuroimage, 56 (3), 961-73, 2011.
G. Ziegler, R. A. Yotter, C. Gaser, Multivariate Realtion of Brain Structure and Cognitive Performance in Healthy Children, Human Brain Mapping 2011 Quebec City, Poster.
G. Ziegler, R. Dahnke, L. Jäncke, R. A. Yotter, A. May, C. Gaser, Brain Structural Trajectories over the Adult Lifespan, Human Brain Mapping, in press, 2011.
G. Ziegler, R. Dahnke, R. A. Yotter, C. Gaser, Preservation Effects and Hippocampal Increases of Grey Matter During Healthy Adulthood, Human Brain Mapping 2010 Barcelona, Invited Speaker/Poster.
K. Franke, G. Ziegler, S. Klöppel, C. Gaser, Estimating the age of healthy subjects from T1-weighted MRI scans using kernel methods: exploring the influence of various parameters, Neuroimage, 50 (3), 883-92, 2010.
G. Ziegler, R. Dahnke, V. K. Yeragani, K. J. Bär, The relation of ventromedial prefrontal cortex activity and heart rate fluctuations at rest, Eur J Neurosci, 30 (11), 2205-10, 2009.

Contact
Department of Psychiatry
University of Jena
Jahnstr. 3
D – 07743 Jena
Germany
Tel: ++49-3641-933944
Fax: ++49-3641-934755
Email: Gabriel.Ziegler@uni-jena.de