Tomas Eichler

Tomas Eichler is a science popularizer and scientist - neurogeneticist, PhD student at the University of Vienna. He studies sleep. In his scientific work he has elucidated the mechanisms of sleep and waking at the Research Institute of Molecular Pathology and the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Research on Evolution and Cognition in Vienna. The results of this research have been published in the prestigious scientific journal Science. He has received the Vienna Biocenter Prize for Science and Art and a Boehringer Ingelheim Fonds Fellowship. He studied genetics at Comenius University under the guidance of his supervisor Professor Lubomir Tomáška, winner of the ESET Science Award. He writes scientific and popular science articles, He has been working on popularizing science, meditation and critical thinking. He regularly appears in media and lectures at professional conferences and universities. www.tomaseichler.com