Short CV
Academic Degrees
- 24/01/1997 M.Sc., Psychology (with distinction), University of Vienna, Austria
- 20/07/2001 Ph.D., Psychology (with distinction), University of Vienna, Austria Title of thesis: “Functional neuroanatomy of dynamic visuo-spatial imagery”
- 27/10/2005 Postdoctoral dissertation (“Habilitation”), Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna, Austria
Academic appointments
- since Sept 1st, 2010: Full Professor (Biological Psychology) and head of the Social, Affective and Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, Department of Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods, Faculty of Psychology, University of Vienna
- Assistant Professor (“Oberassistent”), Laboratory for Social and Neural Systems Research, University of Zurich, Switzerland (10/2008 - 08/2010)
- Research Associate, Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Psychology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA (01/2006 – 09/2008)
- Post-doctoral researcher, INSERM (French National Institute for Health and Medical Research) Unit 280 - Mental Processes and Brain Activation, Bron, France (12/2004-12/2005)
- University Lecturer, Brain Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Vienna (03/1997-09/2002; 10/2004-11/2004; interrupted by one year of mandatory civilian service and one year of voluntary social service)
- Statistician and research assistant (half-time), Department of Radiology I, General University Hospital of Vienna (02/1997-09/1998)
- Research assistant, Brain Research Laboratory, Department of Psychology, University of Vienna (01/1996-02/1997)
- Research assistant, Department of Statistics, Methodology and Differential Psychology, University of Vienna (01-12/1996)
- Biostatistician and study design consultant for research projects in Anaesthesiology, Dentistry, Psychiatry, Psychology and Radiology (since 1995)
