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Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. Stefan Hofmann

  • Education

    1993 Doctorate (supervisors: Anke Ehlers (PhD) and Walton T Roth (M.D.)), Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Marburg, Germany
    1985-1990 Diploma in Psychology, University of Marburg, Germany

  • Academic and Professional Career

    2021-current Alexander von Humboldt Professor, LOEWE
    Spitzen-Professor for Translational Clinical
    Psychology, University of Marburg, Germany
    2008-2022 Full Professor of Psychology, Boston University, USA
    2008-2012 Guest Professor, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
    2003-2008 Associate Professor of Psychology, Boston University, USA
    1999-2003 Assistant Professor of Psychology, Boston University, USA
    1996-1999 Research Assistant Professor of Psychology, Boston University, USA
    1994-1996 Research Scientist, Center for Stress and Anxiety Disorders, University at Albany, State University of New York, USA
    1993-1994 Research Associate, Department of Psychology, University of Dresden, Germany
    1993 Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Göttingen, Germany
    1991-1993 Visiting Scholar, Department of Psychiatry and
    Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine and Department of Veterans Affairs, Palo Alto, CA, USA

  • Institutional Responsibilities

    2018 Member of the Academic Program Review Committee of the College of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences: Sargent College, Boston University, USA
    2008-2021 Director, Psychotherapy and Emotion Research Laboratory (PERL) at Boston University, USA
    1999-2021 Director, Social Anxiety Program at Boston University, USA

  • Commissions of trust

    2022-current Membership, Policy and Societal Consultation of the Leopoldina Working Group ‘Promoting Self-Regulatory Competence in Children and Adolescents’
    2021-2023 President, Academy of Cognitive Therapy
    2019 Member of the Academic International Advisory Committee of the Beck Institute, Philadelphia, USA
    2018 Membership in the Academia Europaea, section Behavioral Sciences
    2017 Chair, organizing committee of the Society for Affective Science, Boston, USA
    2014-2017 President, International Association for Cognitive Psychotherapy
    2013-2014 Visiting Endowed Chair in Health Disparities Research, University of Puerto Rico
    2012-2013 President, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies

  • Fellowships, Awards and Third Party Funding

    2023 Career/Lifetime Achievement Award, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
    2021-current Humboldt Professorship (Awarded 5 Million Euros to continue research at the University of Marburg, Germany, for 5 years)
    2021-current LOEWE Spitzen-Professur (Awarded 2.52 Million Euros for 5 years by the Hessian Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts)
    2020 Fellow, AAAS
    2017 Alexander von Humboldt Research Award (Humboldt Prize; 60,000 Euros)
    2017 APF Spielberger EMPathy award
    2016-current Included every year in list of Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics
    2015 Aaron T. Beck Lifetime Achievement Award, Academy of Cognitive Therapy
    2015 Fellow, Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies
    2014 Visiting Endowed Chair (honorary position), University of Puerto Rico
    2014 Fellow, American Psychological Association
    2012 Award for Excellence in Contributions to CBT, Aaron T. Beck Institute for Cognitive Studies at Assumption College

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