PUBLICATIONS
(Peer-reviewed) Publications: >150
Citations: >14.000
h-Index: 55
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Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information | Nationality: Austria Place of birth: Salzburg, Austria Laboratory homepage: www.sleepscience.at |
Education | December 21st 2009 Habilitation in Psychology (Priv.-Doz., Dr.) at the University of Salzburg (Austria). Habilitation thesis: “Residual cognitive processing in altered states of consciousness” June 23rd 2004 Graduation with Doctor of Science (PhD; ‘Mag. Dr. rer. nat’) in Psychology (summa cum laude) at the University of Salzburg (Austria). Doctoral thesis: “The significance of sleep spindles for declarative memory consolidation” September 3rd 2001 Graduation with Master of Science (MSc; ‘Mag. rer. nat.’) in Psychology* (summa cum laude) at the University of Salzburg (Austria). Master thesis: “Cognitive electrophysiology and attention: Early evoked EEG components, attention and brain oscillations” 10/1996 – 06/1999 Undergratuate studies in Psychology at the University of Salzburg (Austria), the Virginia Tech University (Blacksburg, Virginia, USA) and the University of Evansville (Indiana, USA) 09/1995 -09/1996 Undergraduate study in medicine, University of Innsbruck (Austria) |
Professional Experience | 5/2015 – current Full professor for “Consciousness and Cognition” at the Univ. of Salzburg 12/2019 – current 12/2018 – current Organization of the 4th Wintersymposium „Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness“ (February. 27nd – 29th 2017) in Werfenweng, Austria. 03/2017 01/2015 11/2014 – 4/2015 9/2014 12/2012 11/2011 6/2009 – 9/2011 10/2010 – 10/2014 10/2008 – 9/2010 9/2004 – 5/2005 6/2002 – 7/2004 10/2001 – 6/2002 07/2000 – 10/2001 01/1999 – 06/1999 Granted research projects 10/2020 – 8/2022 10/2020 – 9/2024 3/2019 – 8/2024 Start 07/2018 11/2015 – 2017 3/2015 – 3/2019 2/2015 – 2/2018 10/2014 – 2021 8/2012 – 9/2016 10/2009 – 9/2013 09/2012 – 09/2017 1/2009 – 1/2012 6/2005 – 10/2007 3/2007 – 2/2008 Awards
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Reviewer for the following Journals and Societies |
Brain Research, Brain Sciences, Cerebral Cortex, Clinical EEG & Neuroscience, Clin. Neurophysiology, Current Biology, European J. of Neuroscience, Functional Neurology, Frontiers, Human Brain Mapping, IEEE J. of Biomedical and Health Informatics, International J. of Psychophysiology, J. of Cognitive Neuroscience, J. of Neuroscience, J. of Psychiatric Research, J. of Sleep Research, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Nature, Neuroimage, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Neuroscience Letters, PLoS One, Psychophysiology, Science, SLEEP, Sleep Medicine Reviews. Danish Council for Independent Research, German Science Fund (DFG), “Jubiläumsfond der Österreichischen Nationalbank”(ÖNB), Medical Research Council UK ( (NMHB), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) |
Additional academic activities |
Lecturer at the University of Salzburg (Austria); University of Bucharest, Romania ( “Open Mind” Programme: An International School of Advanced Studies in Cognitive Science & Therapeutic Interaction Analysis); University of Fribourg, Switzerland (“Neural Correlates of Consciousness”) and others.
Erasmus/Socrates Coordinator Commissioner for Science and Research (BMWFW) and Member of the Scientific Committee of the „Austrian Society for Scientific, Client-centred Psychotherapy and Counselling“ (ÖGWG) DK+ Speaker and Faculty Member for the FWF-sponsored doctoral programme (DK+) “Imaging the mind: Consciousness, Higher Mental and Social Processes” (since 1/2015; since 12/2012). Head of the Method Unit and Core Facility “EEG” at the University of Salzburg (since 2013) |
Clinical experience (selected) |
10/2007 – present Freelance psychotherapist at the TAF GmbH (Therapeutically, Ambulant Family Counselling) (Salzburg, Austria) 6/2013 – present Training in therapeutic interaction analysis of early childhood (BASKET)1/2004 – 11/2011 Training and certification in Person-Centred Psychotherapy (Austria) |
Memberships & other functions |
Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC)
COST delegate for Austria in the EU Action “Consciousness: A Transdisciplinary, Integrated Approach” (BM0605) European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) Österreichische Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche, klientenzentrierte Psychotherapie und personorientierte Gesprächsführung (ÖGWG) / Austrian Client-Centred Psychotherapy ÖGWG-Delegierter für Zusammenarbeit mit dem Österreichischen Bundesinstitut für Gesundheitswesen (ÖBIG) Österreichische Gesellschaft für Psychologie (ÖGP) / Austrian Society for Psychology Österreichische Gesellschaft für Schlafmedizin & Schlafforschung (ÖGSM) / Austrian Sleep Research Association (ASRA). Österreichische Wachkoma Gesellschaft / Austrian Coma Science Society International Organization of Psychophysiology (IOP) Sleep Research Society (SRS) |