Axel Thielscher obtained the Doctoral degrees in electrical engineering and biomedical sciences from the University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany), and the Postdoc degree from Brown University, Providence, RI, USA. He was a Research Group Leader with the Max-Planck-Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany. He currently holds a shared position as an Associate Professor at the Danish Research Center for Magnetic Resonance, Hvidovre, Denmark, Copenhagen University Hospital Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark, and the Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark. His research interests include the biophysics of transcranial brain stimulation, combined neurostimulation-neuroimaging approaches, and the application of these methods to study human sensorimotor integration and motor control processes.