Ofner, Patrick

Patrick Ofner Postdoctoral Researcher   Arbeitsbereich: Neurowissenschaft in Sport und Bewegung Institut für Sport und Sportwissenschaft Hauptgebäude, Raum 01007 (1. OG) Sandfangweg 4 79102 Freiburg Tel.: 0761-203 4550 E-Mail: patrick.ofner@sport.uni-freiburg.de

Research Topics

• Brain-Computer Interfaces
• Movement Augmentation
• Motor Control
• Spinal Cord Injury

Techniques

• Neurophysiological recordings (EEG, high-density EMG)
• Motor-Unit decoding
• IMU-based kinematic analysis
• Functional Electrical Stimulation
• Behavioural experiments
• Signal analysis, machine learning 

Research Positions

• Since 2025 (50%): Postdoc, Department Sport and Sport Science, University of Freiburg, Germany
• Since 2025 (50%): Postdoc, Department of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Germany
• 2021 – 2025: Postdoc, Bernstein Center Freiburg, University of Freiburg, Germany
• 2019 – 2021: Senior Researcher, Area Knowledge Discovery, Know-Center, Austria
• 2011 – 2018: University Project Assistant, Institute of Neural Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Austria
  
  

Academic Background

• 2011 – 2019: PhD, Doctoral School of Computer Science, Graz University of Technology, Austria, Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Gernot R. Müller-Putz
• 2008 – 2011: MSc., Information and Computer Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Austria
• 2004 – 2008: BSc., Information and Computer Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Austria
  
  

Award and Nominations

• 2020: INGE St. Research Award 2019, in the category “Dissertation”, awarded by INGE St. - the Styrian Brain Research Initiative
• 2020: alumniTUGraz 1887 award 2020, 3rd place in the category “Dissertation”, awarded by alumniTUGraz 1887
• 2020: nominated for the Heinz Zemanek Award 2020 by Graz University of Technology

Publications & Submissions

see Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=IwaVrYAAAAAJ