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Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. Markus Knauff

  • Education

    2002 Habilitation in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg, Germany
    2002 Habilitation in Cognitive Science, Department of Computer Science and Social Research, University of Freiburg, Germany
    1996 Dr. phil. in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Freiburg, Germany
    1991 Dipl.-Psych., Department of Psychology, University of Bochum, Germany

  • Academic and Professional Career

    2008-             Professor (W3), Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science, University Giessen
    2010 - 2016 Visiting Professor (several times), Department of Behavioral and Brain Sciences University of California, Santa Barbara (USA)
    2006-2008 Professor (W2), Experimental Cognitive Psychology, University of Giessen
    2005-2006 Extraordinary Professor, Cognitive Science, University of Freiburg
    2003-2005 Head, Human Spatial Reasoning Lab, MPI Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen
    2000-2003 Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science, University of Freiburg
    1999-2000 Postdoctoral Researcher, Psychology Department, Princeton University
    1996-1999 Postdoctoral Researcher, Cognitive Science, University of Freiburg
    1993-1996 Lecturer, Artificial Intelligence, Applied University of Furtwangen
    1991-1996 Research Associate (Ph.D. Student), Cognitive Science, University of Freiburg

  • Institutional Responsibilities

    2010 – 2013 Dean, Faculty of Psychology and Sport Science, University of Giessen

  • Commissions of trust

    2011-  2018 Elected Member, Governing Board of the Cognitive Science Society
    2017 Editorial Board, Theory & Psychology
    2013 Associate Editor, Cognitive Science
    2016 Chair, International Rationality Summer Institute (IRSI) 04 – 16 September 2016, Aurich (www.irsi2016.de)
    2013 Conference Chair, 35th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society 31 July – 03. August 2013, Berlin (with Pauen, Sebanz, Wachsmuth)
    2011 Member, European Steering Committee of the Cognitive Science Society
    2006 Editorial Board, Spatial Cognition and Computation
    2008-2010 President, German Cognitive Science Society
    2006-2008 Vice-President, German Cognitive Science Society
    2006-2010 Editorial Board, European Journal of Cognitive Psychology
    2005-2009 Elected Member, Governing Board European Society of Cognitive Psychology
    2003 Chair, International Spatial Cognition Summer Institute (ISCSI) 24 August 24 – 06 September, 2003, Bremen
    Reviewer for: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Bavarian Ministry for Education, Culture, Science, and Art; German Research Foundation (DFG), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD); National Science Foundation (NSF, USA); National Science and Engineering Research Council, (Canada); Schweizerischer National Fond (SNF); Volkswagen Foundation, Wellcome Trust (UK), > 40 International Journals

  • Fellowships, Awards and Third Party Funding

    2011 - 2018 Priority program “New frameworks of rationality”, (DFG) (Speaker).
    2010 – 2018 overall 10 DFG funded projects on spatial cognition, wayfinding, human rationality, human reasoning, working memory, and artificial intelligence
    2003 – 2006 Heisenberg Award, DFG
    1999 – 2000 Habilitation Fellowship, DFG

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