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Research Interests
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- clinical psychophysiology, neuropsychology and functional imaging
- attention, frontal lobe function, novelty processing and limbic system
- schizophrenia, depression, migraine and ADHD
- behavior therapy and biofeedback
- child development
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Personal Information
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Nationality
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Date of birth
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Place of birth
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German
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2.7.1961
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Berlin, Germany
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Qualifications
Diploma in Psychology
1991: University Wuppertal, Germany
Dissertation: Epidemiology of headache and depression in children and adolescents,
Prof. Sartory, Wuppertal
Clinical Psychologist / Psychotherapist
1996: University Bochum, Germany
Prof. Schulte, Bochum, Germany
Dr. phil.
1998: University Wuppertal, Germany
Prof. G. Sartory, Wuppertal, Germany
Lecturer
2005: Qualification as Lecturer in Psychology (Privatdozent)
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Education
1983 - 1991: Psychology (Dipl. Psych.)
University Wuppertal, Germany
Curriculum in Psychology with emphasis in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology
1991 - 1996: Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy
University Bochum, Germany
Postgraduate training in Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy with emphasis in behavior therapy by Prof. D. Schulte (head of the programm) and Prof. G. Sartory (local supervisor).
1998 Doctoral Dissertation
Movement related and event related potentials in children with migraine. Neuropsychological
assessment and a comparison of erp-data between children with migraine, healthy children and healthy adults.
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Work experience
1991 - 1995: University Wuppertal
Wuppertal, Germany
Research assistant and doctoral student
Project:
Epidemiology of headache, anxiety and depression in children and adolescents.
Questionnaire survey on headache, anxiety and depression in about 4800 children and
adolescents in Wuppertal, Germany.
Supported by the Ministry of Science and Education in Northrhein-Westphalia,
Germany (Prof. G. Sartory and Dr. R. Pothmann)
Project:
Evaluation of three treatments of migraine in children and adolescents. Validation of evoked
potentials as an indicator of treatment outcome.
Behavior therapy, neuropsychology, evoked potentials
(Bereitschaftspotential, stimulus preceeding negativity, oddball paradigm).
Supported by the Ministery of Research and Technology (Prof. G. Sartory and Dr. R. Pothmann).
1995 - 1999:
University Clinics Essen, Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Essen, Germany
Research associate
Project:
Neuropsychological and -physiological mechanisms of associative learning in schizophrenic patients and healthy controls.
Conditioned blocking, neuropsychology, monoamine status.
Funded by the German Research Council (DFG) to Prof. R.D. Oades, Prof. G. Sartory and
Dr. S. Bender.
1999 -
University Clinics Essen, Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Essen, Germany
Research associate, Clinical Neuropsychology
Projects:
Cortical activation to auditory novelty / Mismatch Negativity
Intensity dependence of the auditory N1 potential in patients with major depression
Cerebellar activation in a time estimation task.
Auditory target processing
EEG / fMRI coregistration
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Teaching
1999-
Lecture, University Wuppertal, Germany:
Clinical Neuropsychology
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Professional memberships
German Society of Behavior Therapy
(Deutsche Gesellchaft für Verhaltenstherapie e.V., DGVT)
German Society of Psychophysiology
(Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychophysiologie und ihre Anwendung e.V., DGPA)
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