Dieter Jaeger received his college education with a specialization in Biochemistry in Tübingen, Germany. He joined the PhD program in neuroscience at the University of Michigan in 1984. His dissertation research investigated the function of the basal ganglia in behaving primates. Dr. Jaeger joined the California Institute of Technology as postdoctoral fellow in 1991, and pursued research in computer modeling and electrical recordings of single neurons. Since 1997 Dr. Jaeger has been assistant professor at the Department of Biology at Emory University. His research is concerned with the single neuron and network function of basal ganglia and cerebellar brain structures. He combines methods of computer modeling with electrophysiological investigations.