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Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. Gudrun Schwarzer

  • Education

    1999 Habilitation in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Tübingen, Germany
    1991 Dr. phil. nat., Faculty of Psychology, University of Frankfurt, Germany
    1988 Diploma in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany

  • Academic and professional career

    2003 - present

    Chair, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science, University of Giessen, Germany
    2005, 2009 Offers for Chairs in Developmental Psychology (W3/C4), University of Cologne, Saarland University (denied)
    2000 - 2003 Leader of an Independent Research Group (C3), Friedrich-Miescher-Laboratory, Max-Planck-Society, Tübingen
    1994 - 2000 Assistant Professor (C1), University of Tübingen
    1997 - 1998 Fellow at the Perceptual Science Laboratory of the University of California, Santa Cruz
    1991 - 1994 Research Scientist, University of Frankfurt

  • Institutional responsibilities

    2014 - 2017 Member of the Executive Board DFG Collaborative Research Center 135 "Cardinal Mechanisms of Perception"
    2008 - 2011 Dean of Studies, Faculty of Psychology, University of Giessen
    2002 - 2003 Speaker of the Friedrich-Miescher-Laboratory, Max-Planck-Society, Tübingen

  • Commissions of trust

    2010 - present Scientific Advisory Board "Jahrbuch der Musikpsychologie"
    2015 - 2017 Member of the DFG Open Research Area for the Social Sciences
    2010 - 2016 Review Editor bei Frontiers Cognitive Science
    2008 - 2014 Editor and Co-editor of the German Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology (ZEPP)
    2005 - 2009 Member of the "Committee of Developmental Psychology" of the German Society of Psychology
    Reviewer for the following funding agencies: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz, German Academic Scholarship Foundation, Fonds de la Recherche Scientifique (FNRS), German Research Foundation, Israeli Science Foundation, Swiss National Science Foundation

  • Fellowships, awards and third party funding

    1997 - 1998 Scholarship of the German Research Foundation
    1988 - 1991 Scholarship of the Volkswagen Stiftung
    1991 Young Scientist Award of the German Society of Psychology

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