Following a Diploma (comparable to an MSc) in Biochemistry (1999, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany) and a PhD in Behavioral Neuroscience (2002, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich), Tobias held research positions at the University of Edinburgh (2003-2008), including a Caledonian Research Foundation Fellowship (2005-2008). In 2008, he was appointed as Lecturer in the School of Psychology at the University of Nottingham, where he was promoted to Associate Professor in 2018.
Tobias’ research examines brain mechanisms of cognition and behaviour and of clinically relevant cognitive and behavioural impairments, with a focus on a brain circuit consisting of hippocampus, prefrontal cortex and subcortical sites. Methodologically, his main approach is to combine behavioural testing with neurobiological methods to analyse and manipulate brain function in rat models to determine causal brain-behaviour relations. To facilitate translation of findings to humans, he uses cross-species/translational methods that can be similarly used in rodent models and humans. More recently, he has also begun research with human participants and collaborations with mathematicians and computational neuroscientists to develop quantitative models of neuro-behavioural processes and to apply advanced analyses to his neuro-behavioural data..
Understanding neural mechanisms
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