Markus Axer

Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Markus Axer is head of the group ‘Fibre Architecture’ at the INM-1, Forschungszentrum Julich. He is physicist, and oversees the development of the 3D-polarized light imaging technology to reveal the brain’s fiber architecture, including the design of polarimetric microscopes, the implementation of image processing algorithms, and big data analytics utilizing HPC. Markus’ group is developing simulation tools to investigate the interaction of polarized light with brain tissue