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Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. Katja Fiehler

  • Education

    2011 Habilitation in Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Marburg, Germany
    2005 Dr. rer. nat., Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig/Faculty of Psychology, University of Leipzig, Germany
    2001 Diploma in Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Technical University Dresden, Germany

  • Academic and Professional Career

    2020-current Professor of Experimental Psychology,
    Perception & Action group, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
    2019 VISTA visiting researcher at the Center for
    Vision Research (CVR), York University
    Toronto, Canada
    2016-2020 Professor of Experimental Psychology, Perception & Action group, Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
    2011-2016 Heisenberg-Professor of Experimental Psychology, Perception & Action group, Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
    2006-2011 Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Marburg, Germany
    2005-2006 Postdoctoral Fellow, Cognitive and Biological Psychology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Marburg, Germany

  • Institutional Responsibilities

    2021-current Speaker of the Cluster project ‘The Adaptive Mind’ funded by the Hessian
    Ministry of Higher Education, Research, Science and the Arts (HMWK)
    2020-current Founding member and Vice Director of the Giessen Graduate Center for
    Natural Sciences and Psychology (GGN), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
    2018-current Member of the PhD committee at the Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
    2017-current Founding member of the research council of the Research Campus Central
    Hessen (FCMH)
    2017-2020 Co-Director of the Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (CMBB), University of Marburg and Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
    2017-2018 Founding member of the joint PhD program of FCMH
    2015-2020 Member of the Faculty Board, Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
    2014-current Member of the Executive Board DFG CRC/TRR 135 ‘Cardinal Mechanisms of Perception’
    2013-2023 Speaker of the DFG International Research Training Group 1901 ‘The Brain in Action’
    2012-2024 Member Directorate of the Bender Institute of Neuroimaging (BION), Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany
    2012-current Member of the Ethics committee, Faculty of Psychology and Sports Science, Justus Liebig University Giessen, Germany

  • Comissions of Trust

    2019-current Member of the German Research Foundation (DFG) senate and grants
    committee for Collaborative Research Centers (CRC)
    2014-current Mentor for Mentoring Hessen and Minerva FemmeNet of the Max Planck Society for career advancement for women

  • Fellowships, Awards and Third Party Funding

    2019-2021 Fellow at the Center for Interdisciplinary Research, Bielefeld University, Germany
    2018-current VISTA Fellow at the Center for Vision Research (CVR), York UniversityToronto, Canada
    2011-2016 Heisenberg-Professorship from the German Research Foundation
    2008-current Humboldt Fellow from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation

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