Andrej Kral, MD, PhD

Professor of Auditory Neuroscience, Medical University Hanover
Adjunct Professor of Neuroscience and Cognition, The University of Texas

Andrej Kral was born in Bratislava, studied general medicine at the Comenius University (MD 1993). He joined the Institute of Pathological Physiology (1992 – 1995), in collaboration with the Mathematical Institute (Prof. V. Majernik) worked on models of neuronal networks. In 1995, he moved to the Institute of Sensory Physiology, J.W.Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main (Head: Prof. R. Klinke) to focus on cochlear implants. He was appointed associate professor of physiology (“Priv.-Doz.”) at J.W.Goethe University in 2002. In 2004 he moved to Hamburg to become a professor of neurophysiology at the Institute of Neurophysiology, University of Hamburg. In 2009 he was appointed chair and professor of auditory neurophysiology at the Medical University Hannover. He is currently the director of research of the ENT clinics, the director of the Dept. of Experimental Otology and Institute of AudioNeuroTechnology. Since 2004 he has been adjunct professor of neuroscience and cognition at The University of Texas at Dallas, USA. His articles appeared in New Engl J Med, Science, Nature Neuroscience, Trends Neurosci, Brain, J Neurosci and Cereb Cortex.