Valentin Riedl

Background

About Valentin Riedl

I study the human brain, particularly its communication in large-scale, macroscopic networks. Recently, I established "neuroenergetics of the human brain" as a novel research field at Technische Universität München (TUM). The human brain consumes around 20% of the energy produced by the body. The energy profile and efficiency of the human brain is, however, still largely unknown. In my group, we study how energy metabolism drives neural signaling and whether it is altered in neuropsychiatric disorders. Using multimodal brain imaging, we generate large-scale datasets of human brain metabolism and signaling that we analyze with various data analyses methods that recently gained importance in the field of big data analysis, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. As a filmmaker I use my scientific background to tell stories related to the brain with insight and in unexpected ways.