Digital Biomarkers in Parkinson’s disease

Priv.-Doz. Dr. Michael Sommerauer

Curriculum Vitae

Degrees
2019Habilitation, Venia Legendi for Neurology, Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne (Title: Sleep-Wake-Disorders in Parkinson’s disease - Assessment with quantitative polysomnography and multimodal imaging)
2012MD thesis, RWTH Aachen, Germany 

Major previous appointments
since 05/2024Senior Consultant Neurologist, Section Head, Neurological Sleep Medicine, University of Bonn, University Hospital Bonn, Center for Neurology, Department of Parkinson’s, Sleep and Movement Disorders 
2017-2024Specialist Neurologist and Senior Consultant Neurologist, Research Group Leader, Department of Neurology, University Hospital Cologne, Germany
2016-2017Postdoc (Prof. P Borghammer, Prof. D. Brooks), Aarhus PET Center, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

Activities in the Scientific Community / Professional Memberships
since 2025Founding Member of the Cologne/Bonn Bernstein Node
since 2025Vice Chairman RBD e.V.
since 2022Member of the International RBD Study Group

Honors and Awards
2025ERC Consolidator Grant: Re-Defining early Parkinson’s disease - Re-Start PD 
04/2025ERA4health Partnership Coordinator of ALPHA-FITSlowing cognitive decline in alpha-synucleinopathies by enhancing physical activity
02/2020Else Kröner Exzellenz Stipendium: Multimodal imaging and sleep assessments in Parkinson’s disease at different disease stages: pre-motor, early motor and late motor