Speakers - NWC 2024

Biography

Peter A. Tass studied medicine (MD, Ulm and Heidelberg Univ., Germany), physics (PhD, Stuttgart Univ., Germany), and mathematics (diploma, Stuttgart Univ.). It made a Habilitation in Physiology (RWTH Aachen University, Germany). Since 2017, he has been a Professor of Neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, CA, USA. Peter A. Tass investigates and develops neuromodulation techniques for understanding and treating neurologic conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, epilepsy, dysfunction following stroke, and tinnitus. He creates invasive and non-invasive therapeutic procedures through comprehensive computational neuroscience studies and advanced data analysis techniques. Peter A. Tass has published more than 170 peer-reviewed papers, is the inventor or co-inventor of more than 270 patents, and has received several national and international awards.