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Neuroscientist · Founder · PilotEd. 2026
Portrait of Martin Wimmers
Fig. 1 — The author.

About

Neuroscience PhD candidate with a technical streak. I also build software and fly.

I've always been fascinated by how the world works. That curiosity took me from a technical Abitur to psychology to neuroscience. Today I'm a PhD candidate at TU/e and the Donders Institute, I co-founded the pilot platform Aviatr, and I fly out of Teuge.

One question, three fields

2015 → now

2015 – 2018 · Wesel

Abitur, engineering science

German A-levels with a technical focus: construction, mechanical and electrical engineering.

2018 – 2022 · Nijmegen

Psychology

From how machines work to how people think and behave.

2022 → now · Nijmegen + Eindhoven

Neuroscience

Using EEG, MR and ultrasound to study the brain.

Path

Three sections, one timeline.

  1. 2025 → nowFreetimePrivate pilot, PPL(A) · E-Flight Academy, Teuge
  2. 2025 → nowAcademiaPhD candidate · TU/e + Donders Institute
  3. 2024 → nowEntrepreneurshipCo-founder & lead developer · Aviatr
  4. 2023 – 2024AcademiaResearch assistant · Cognitive Neuromodulation Lab
  5. 2022 – 2025AcademiaMSc Cognitive Neuroscience · Donders Institute
  6. 2020 – 2023EntrepreneurshipFounder · Bamji brand & web studio
  7. 2019 – 2020EntrepreneurshipCo-founder & head organizer · Symposium Synesthesia
  8. 2018 – 2022AcademiaBSc Psychology · Radboud University
  9. 2015 – 2018AcademiaAbitur, engineering science · Berufskolleg Wesel

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