Ryszard Auksztulewicz

After postdoctoral training across disciplines (human cognitive neuroscience, theoretical neurobiology, rodent electrophysiology) I returned to the Netherlands (where I previously obtained my MSc) to join the Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience at Maastricht University as an assistant professor. 

Having previously focused on the neural mechanisms of cognitive influences on perception across methods (neuroimaging, electrophysiology), species (humans, rodents), and analytic approaches (empirical studies, computational modelling), I recently expanded my research interests to the interactions between perception, prediction, and learning. 

To approach this topic from multiple empirical and theoretical perspectives, I started my independent research group, funded by a grant from the German Science Foundation at the Freie Universität Berlin, and the associated Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience Berlin. Since my move to the Netherlands, our lab members have started new projects and collaborations in Maastricht.

For an up-to-date list of publications, please check my Google Scholar profile. I sometimes post on Bluesky and rarely on X. 

In my free time I enjoy adventurous music, contemporary art, meditation, and hiking. I'm lucky to share these experiences with my husband Chung.

Education / degrees:

2024 Habilitation Free University Berlin “Neural correlates and mechanisms of predictive processing across cognitive states and stimulus domains”

2013 PhD Humboldt University Berlin "Spatiotemporal profile of cortical processing associated with somatosensory awareness" (Supervisor: Felix Blankenburg)

2009 MSc University of Amsterdam "Weibull Statistics and the Efficiency of Natural Image Categorisation" (Supervisor: Steven Scholte)

2008 MA Adam Mickiewicz University "Cognitive Science of Creativity: Hopes and Limitations" (Supervisor: Michał Stasiakiewicz)

Experience:

2024 - now Assistant Professor Maastricht University Embedded in: BAND Lab (Sonja Kotz)

2022 - 2024 Visiting Professor Free University Berlin Embedded in: NNU Lab (Felix Blankenburg)

2021 - 2022 Postdoc European Neuroscience Institute Göttingen Advisor: Caspar Schwiedrzik

2017 - 2021 Postdoc MPIEA Frankfurt & City University Hong Kong Advisors: Lucia Melloni, David Poeppel, Jan Schnupp

2015 - 2017 Postdoc University of Oxford Advisor: Kia Nobre

2013 - 2015 Postdoc University College London Advisor: Karl Friston