Professor Walter Paulus started his career in neurology at the University Hospital for Neurology in Düsseldorf in 1979. In 1980 he spent 6 months at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery in London. From 1982 he worked at the Alfried Krupp Hospital in Essen and then from 1984 at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. He was appointed as Professor and Chair and Clinical Director of the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Germany from 1992 to 2021. After retirement in Göttingen he continues at present research at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich, Department of Neurology as a research professor with EU funded projects there. 

His research focus involved development of new stimulation methods for induction of neuroplasticity such as tDCS, tACS and tRNS and covering many other aspects in non-invasive brain stimulation (researcher ID Web of Science: A-3544-2009, highly cited; “Walter Paulus” on Google scholar). His clinical oriented research focus encompasses epilepsy, restless legs syndrome, Parkinson’s disease and pain. Awards: Price for the best thesis of the University of Düsseldorf (1979); Hans Berger Preis of the DGKN (2016) and Pierre Gloor award of the ACNS (2022). From 2014 to 2018 he was chairman of the European and African Chapter of the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology (IFCN) and from 2018 to 2022 President of the IFCN, at present serving as past president.