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Curriculum vitae

 

1983 Training in Psychology, University of Muenster, FRG
1988 
Diploma (equivalent to MA in Psychology)

Thesis: Classical conditioning of a cellular immune parameter in humans.

 

1990-1995 Research assistant, Dept. of Psychology, University of Giessen, FRG
1993
Sabbatical Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Dept. of Neurology and Neuroimmunology, USA
1994 Doctoral degree (Dr.rer.nat. = PhD)

Thesis: The psychobiological significance of secretory immunoglobulin A in saliva

 

1995-2001 Training in “Human Biology”, University of Marburg, FRG
1995-2001
Assistant professor, Dept. of Psychology, University of Giessen
1998 Venia legendi for psychology (Habilitation)

Thesis: Maladaptability as a major characteristic of neuroticism and the relation to the serotonin system

 

2000 2nd doctoral degree for “Human Biology”, University of Marburg (= PhD in human biology)

Thesis: Mechanisms of lymphocyte homing after psychological stress

 

12/2000 Associate Professor (C2) at the Dept. of Psychology, University of Giessen, Section Differential Psychology.
2002-2007 Full Professor for Personality Psychology (C4), Dept. of Psychology, University of Giessen
04/2007
Job Offer University of Freiburg (FRG): Full professorship (W3) for Differential and Biological Psychology
10/2007       Full Professor for Differentielle and Biological Psychology, University of Giessen.

Evaluation of research projects for:

 

2004, 2007 Israel Science Foundation
2005 Medical Research Council, UK
2005 Swiss National Fond

2006,2007, 2008

 
German Research Foundation (DFG)
2006 
Austria National Bank (ÖNB)
2007
ESRC (Economic & Social Research Council, UK)
2008 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
2008 University of Graz
2008                  German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development

 

Duties at the University of Giessen

1990 - 2001 Member of gremium for Teaching and Learning
1993 - 1999 Member of the Faculty counsil
1994-1998 Co-editor of faculty newsletter
since 2001 Coordinator for public relations.
2002-2005 Dean (study affairs)
2005-2006 Dean
since 2006 Director of the Institute of Psychobiology and Behavioral Medicine, Univ. of Giessen.
04/2018 – 10/2008 Dean (study affairs)
Member and chairman of several appointment commitees and
since 2011 Speaker section Neuroscience of the Giessener Graduate Center for the Life Sciences (GGL)
since 2011 Managing director of the Institute of Psychobiology and Behavioral Medicine, Univ. of Giessen.
04/2015 - 03/2018 Dean
since 04/2021 Dean (study affairs)
since 11/2021 Member in the center council of the Giessener Graduate Center for the Life Sciences (GGL)

                     

Memberships

 

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (German Psychological Association)

Deutsche Gesellschaft f. Psychophysiologie und ihre Anwendungen (DGPA) (German Society for Psychophysiology and its applications)

International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology, ISPNE

Psychophysiology in Ergonomics

Deutscher Hochschulverband

Institut f. Psychobiologie und Verhaltensmedizin (IPV) der JLU-Gießen (Inst. for Psychobiology and Behavioral Medicine, University of Giessen)

International Society for Individual Differences (ISSID)