Dr Muhle-Karbe obtained a Diploma (MSc equivalent) in Cognitive Neuroscience from the Humboldt University of Berlin and a PhD in Experimental Psychology at Ghent University under the supervision of Prof Marcel Brass. He then undertook postdoctoral research at Duke University (with Prof Tobias Egner), and Oxford University (with Prof Mark Stokes and Prof Christopher Summerfield), funded by fellowships from the Wellcome Trust, Research Foundation Flanders, and Linacre College Oxford. In 2022, he joined the School of Psychology and the CHBH as Assistant Professor.