Michael Bach (physicist)

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Michael Bach (* 1950 in Berlin ) is a German physicist . Until his retirement he was professor for functional vision research.

Career

From 1970 to 1977, Bach studied physics, computer science and psychology, first in Bochum and later in Freiburg . After graduating in physics , he did his doctorate in 1981 under Burkhart Fischer and Jürgen Krüger on "Interaction between neurones in the visual cortex with a multi-microelectrode". In 1983, Bach took over the management of the electrophysiological laboratory of the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of Freiburg. Bach completed his habilitation in 1991 in the field of neurobiophysics. In 1998 he was appointed professor and in the following year took over the management of the section “Functional Vision Research / Electrophysiology” at the Clinic for Ophthalmology in Freiburg, a position that he held until his retirement in 2015. Since then he has been working there as a freelancer.

His main area of ​​interest and focus of Bach's research are optical illusions and pathological disorders of visual perception. The collection of optical illusions on its homepage has over 10,000 visitors every day.

Bach was President of the International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV) from 2004 to 2011 . He is a member of the Science Council of the Society for Scientific Investigations of Parasciences (GWUP).

Bach is married and has three children. In his spare time he is involved in an amateur drama group and plays the guitar.

Awards (selection)

  • 2006: Elfriede Aulhorn Prize
  • 2015: Adachi Award from the International Society for Clinical Electrophysiology of Vision (ISCEV)
  • 2015: Augenstern Research Award
  • 2017: Alumni medal from the University Eye Clinic Munich
  • 2018: Honorary membership in the ISCEV

Publications (selection)

  • MF Marmor, AB Fulton, GE Holder, Y. Miyake, M. Brigell, M. Bach: ISCEV Standard for full-field clinical electroretinography (2008 update) . In: Documenta Ophthalmologica . Volume 118, No. 1, 2009. pp. 69-77.
  • M. Bach: The Freiburg Visual Acuity test - automatic measurement of visual acuity . In: Optometry and vision science . Volume 73, No. 1, 1996. pp. 49-53
  • JV Odom, M. Bach, M. Brigell, GE Holder, DL McCulloch, AP Tormene: ISCEV standard for clinical visual evoked potentials (2009 update) . In: Documenta ophthalmologica . Volume 120, No. 1, 2010. pp. 111-119.
  • DL McCulloch, MF Marmor, MG Brigell, R. Hamilton, GE Holder, R. Tzekov, M. Bach: ISCEV Standard for full-field clinical electroretinography (2015 update) . In: Documenta ophthalmologica . Volume 130, No. 1, 2015. pp. 1-12.
  • JV Odom, M. Bach, C. Barber, M. Brigell, MF Marmor, AP Tormene, GE Holder: Visual evoked potentials standard (2004) . In: Documenta ophthalmologica . Volume 108, No. 2, 2004. pp. 115-123.
  • K. Schulze-Bonsel, N. Feltgen, H. Burau, L. Hansen, M. Bach: Visual acuities “hand motion” and “counting fingers” can be quantified with the Freiburg visual acuity test . In: Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science . Volume 47, No. 3, 2006. pp. 1236-1240.
  • DC Hood, M. Bach, M. Brigell, D. Keating, M. Kondo, JS Lyons, MF Marmor, DL McCulloch, AM Palmowski-Wolfe: ISCEV standard for clinical multifocal electroretinography (mfERG) (2011 edition) . In: Documenta Ophthalmologica . Volume 124, No. 1, 2012. pp. 1-13.
  • R. Heckenlively, GB Arden, (Eds.), S. Nusinowitz, G. Holder, M. Bach (Co-ed.): Principles and practice of clinical electrophysiology of vision . MIT press 2006.
  • M. Bach, MG Brigell, M. Hawlina, GE Holder, MA Johnson, DL McCulloch, T. Meigen, S. Viswanathan: ISCEV standard for clinical pattern electroretinography (PERG) : 2012 update. In: Documenta Ophthalmologica . Volume 126, No. 1, 2013. pp. 1-7.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Michael Bach: CV Michael Bach. Retrieved August 7, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Michael Bach - Doubt makes the scientist. Retrieved August 7, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c Badische Zeitung: Optical illusions: Do you see Michael Bach? - Freiburg - fudder.de. Retrieved August 7, 2019 .
  4. ^ GWUP - The Skeptics - Science Council. Retrieved August 7, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Bach, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German physicist
DATE OF BIRTH 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin