Curriculum vitae

1983	Training in Psychology, University of Muenster, FRG
1988	Diploma (equivalent to MA in Psychology) Thesis: Classical conditioning of a cellular immune parameter in humans.
1990-1995	Research assistant, Dept. of Psychology, University of Giessen, FRG
1993	Sabbatical Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Dept. of Neurology and Neuroimmunology, USA
1994	Doctoral degree (Dr.rer.nat. = PhD) Thesis: The psychobiological significance of secretory immunoglobulin A in saliva
1995-2001	Training in “Human Biology”, University of Marburg, FRG
1995-2001	Assistant professor, Dept. of Psychology, University of Giessen
1998	Venia legendi for psychology (Habilitation) Thesis: Maladaptability as a major characteristic of neuroticism and the relation to the serotonin system
2000	2nd doctoral degree for “Human Biology”, University of Marburg (= PhD in human biology) Thesis: Mechanisms of lymphocyte homing after psychological stress
12/2000	Associate Professor (C2) at the Dept. of Psychology, University of Giessen, Section Differential Psychology.
2002-2007	Full Professor for Personality Psychology (C4), Dept. of Psychology, University of Giessen
04/2007	Job Offer University of Freiburg (FRG): Full professorship (W3) for Differential and Biological Psychology
10/2007	Full Professor for Differentielle and Biological Psychology, University of Giessen.

Evaluation of research projects for:

2004, 2007	Israel Science Foundation
2005	Medical Research Council, UK
2005	Swiss National Fond
2006,2007, 2008	German Research Foundation (DFG)
2006	Austria National Bank (ÖNB)
2007	ESRC (Economic & Social Research Council, UK)
2008	DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
2008	University of Graz
2008	German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development

1990 - 2001	Member of gremium for Teaching and Learning
1993 - 1999	Member of the Faculty counsil
1994-1998	Co-editor of faculty newsletter
since 2001	Coordinator for public relations.
2002-2005	Dean (study affairs)
2005-2006	Dean
since 2006	Director of the Institute of Psychobiology and Behavioral Medicine, Univ. of Giessen.
04/2018 – 10/2008	Dean (study affairs)
	Member and chairman of several appointment commitees and
since 2011	Speaker section Neuroscience of the Giessener Graduate Center for the Life Sciences (GGL)
since 2011	Managing director of the Institute of Psychobiology and Behavioral Medicine, Univ. of Giessen.
04/2015 - 03/2018	Dean
since 04/2021	Dean (study affairs)
since 11/2021	Member in the center council of the Giessener Graduate Center for the Life Sciences (GGL)

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (German Psychological Association)

Deutsche Gesellschaft f. Psychophysiologie und ihre Anwendungen (DGPA) (German Society for Psychophysiology and its applications)

International Society for Psychoneuroendocrinology, ISPNE

Psychophysiology in Ergonomics

Deutscher Hochschulverband

Institut f. Psychobiologie und Verhaltensmedizin (IPV) der JLU-Gießen (Inst. for Psychobiology and Behavioral Medicine, University of Giessen)

International Society for Individual Differences (ISSID)