Klaus is a Group Leader at the Centre de Recerca Matemàtica, Barcelona. He received a Ph.D. in computational neuroscience from Technische Universität Berlin (supervised by Klaus Obermayer), and was a postdoc at IDIBAPS, Barcelona (Albert Compte, Jaime de la Rocha) and Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Gustavo Deco) before he started his research group as a Ramón y Cajal Researcher at the CRM in May 2017.

He studies the neural circuit dynamics underlying cognitive function in a research program that combines approaches from mathematical modeling, statistical data analysis and systems neuroscience to discover the neural mechanisms that control our cognitive abilities and behavior. A particular research focus of the group is on developing computational models of cortical circuits underlying working memory and perceptual decision making to answer the key question of how multiple brain areas coordinate to give rise to flexible behavior.

Ibanez, S., Sengupta, N., Luebke, J., Wimmer, K., Weaver, C.M. (2024). Myelin dystrophy impairs signal transmission and working memory in a multiscale model of the aging prefrontal cortex. eLife. doi: 10.7554/eLife.90964.

Esnaola-Acebes, J.M., Roxin, A., Wimmer, K. (2022). Flexible integration of continuous sensory evidence in perceptual estimation tasks. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2214441119.

Prat-Ortega, G., Wimmer, K., Roxin, A., de la Rocha, J. (2021). Flexible categorization in perceptual decision making. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-21501-z.

K. Wimmer, A. Compte, A. Roxin, D. Peixoto, A. Renart and J. de la Rocha (2015). Sensory integration dynamics in a hierarchical network explains choice probabilities in cortical area MT. Nature Communications 6, 6177. Link

K. Wimmer, D.Q. Nykamp, C. Constantinidis, A. Compte (2014). Bump attractor dynamics in prefrontal cortex explains behavioral precision in spatial working memory. Nature Neuroscience 17 (3), 431–439. Link