Curriculum Vitae, Tim C. Kietzmann

Employment & education

2022 to present: Full Professor for Machine Learning/NeuroAI, Institute of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück University, Germany
2020 to 2022: Associate Principal Investigator, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, DCC Department for Artificial Intelligence, Radboud University, Nijmegen, NL
2019 to 2022: Assistant Professor for Artificial Intelligence, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Radboud University, Nijmegen, NL
2016 to 2019: Research Associate and graduate supervisor, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, University of Cambridge, UK
2014 to 2016: Postdoctoral Researcher, Neurobiopsychology Lab, Institute of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück University, Germany
2011 to 2014: Visiting Graduate Student, Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Vanderbilt University, USA
2009 to 2014: Dr. rer. nat. in Cognitive Science, summa cum laude, Institute of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück University, Germany
2007 to 2009: M.Sc. Cognitive Science, distinction, Osnabrück University, Germany
2006 to 2009: Research Assistant, Neuroinformatics Group, Institute of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück University, Germany
2005: Computer Science exchange student, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
2003 to 2006: B.Sc. Cognitive Science, distinction, Osnabrück University, Germany

2026 to 2029: BMFTR project SELF: Self-directed learning: a neuro-inspired path toward resource-efficient multi-task AI, with Junior Professors Musslick and Nieters, 1.5 Mio. EUR
2025 to 2028: Leverhulme Grant RPG-2024-408: Everything we touch: determining the neural basis of material perception, with Fraser Smith, University of East Anglia, 364k EUR
2022 to 2027: ERC Starting Grant TIME: It’s about time: Towards a dynamic account of natural vision, 1.5 Mio. EUR
2022 to 2027: IT infrastructure and research funds from the transfer negotiations for the move to Osnabrück, 375k EUR
2022 to 2027: Five-year postdoctoral position for the group, State of Lower Saxony, 450k EUR
2020 to 2023: Swiss Science Foundation project: Towards machines that see like us, with Adrien Doerig, 188k EUR
2019 to 2023: Donders Centre for Cognition excellence funding: Bio-inspired deep recurrent neural networks for data- and energy-efficient information processing, 235k EUR
2016 to 2019: DFG Research Fellowship DynaVision: Representational Dynamics in Vision
2011: Fulbright Fellowship, Vanderbilt University, USA
2009: PhD scholarship, Graduiertenkolleg Adaptivity in Hybrid Cognitive Systems, Osnabrück University

2026 to present: Initiator and lead of MIND: Machine Intelligence, Neuroscientific Discovery, Institute of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück University
2026 to present: Deputy Director, Institute of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück University
2026 to present: Member of the PhD committee, School of Human Sciences, Osnabrück University
2024 to present: Member of the Board of Directors, Institute of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück University
2024 to present: Deputy Chair, Examination Board, Institute of Cognitive Science, Osnabrück University
2023, 2024, 2026: Founder and organiser of NEAT, the Neuro-AI-Talks workshop series
2020 to 2022: Program leader, Cognitive Computing track, MSc in Artificial Intelligence, Radboud University
2016 to present: Scientific reviewer, Fulbright PhD Fellowship Program
Supervision: Supervision of 43 B.Sc. theses, 38 M.Sc. theses and 9 doctoral projects

2025 and 2026: Nominated for the MWK Wissenschaftspreis, Kategorie 1
2023: Nominated by the student body for the Hans Mühlenhoff Prize for good academic teaching, Osnabrück University
2021: Nominated by student representatives for the Faculty Teaching Award in Social Sciences at Radboud University
2020: Professor evaluation, Radboud University: average score of 9.8/10
2020: Brain for A.I. course evaluation: 9.1/10
2016: Nominated by the student body for the Hans Mühlenhoff Prize for good academic teaching
2015: STEM Excellence Award for PhD, Manfred Lautenschläger Foundation
2015: OLB Science Award for PhD thesis
2012: Student Travel Award, Vision Sciences Society
2011: Weser-Ems Science Award for MSc thesis