Department of Biological Cybernetics Faculty of Biology, University of Bielefeld PO Box 10 01 31 D-33501 Bielefeld Phone: . . . +49-521-106-5532 Fax: . . . . . +49-521-106-89010 e-mail: . . . josef.schmitz@uni-bielefeld.de

born in 1953; studied Chemistry and Biology from 1975-1980 at the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany; received his Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) in 1985 and his Habilitation (venia legendi in Zoology/Neurobiology) in 1993 from the University of Bielefeld, Germany; currently Professor at the Department of Biological Cybernetics / Theoretical Biology

neurobiology, invertebrate neurophysiology, neuroethology, biological cybernetics and systems theory, motor control, control of legged locomotion in insects and crustaceans, biorobotics

stick insect walking
crayfish walking

list of publications

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