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Curriculum vitae Prof. Dr. Rainer Schwarting

  • Education

    1993 Habilitation, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf. Topic: Physiology and behaviour after experimental damage of dopaminergic neurons
    1987 Dissertation (Dr. rer.nat), Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
    1982 Diploma in Psychology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
    1974 Abitur, Gymnasium Josephinum, Hildesheim

  • Academic and professional career

    2008 - present W3-Professor of Experimental and Biological Psychology, Philipps-Universität Marburg
    2000 - 2008 W2-Professor of Experimental and Biological Psychology, Philipps-Universität Marburg
    1998 - 2000 Temporary professorship for Experimental Psychology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
    1994 - 1998 Heisenberg fellow, Department of Psychology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
    1984 - 1994 Research assistant, Department of Psychology, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

  • Institutional responsibilities

    2010 - 2012 Dean, Faculty of Psychology, Philipps-Universität Marburg
    2015 - 2017 Member of the Board, Marburg University Research Academy (MARA)
    2017 - present Founding Board Member Director, Marburg Center for Mind, Brain and Behavior (MCMBB), Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany
    2017 - 2019 Vice-Dean, Faculty of Psychology, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Germany

  • Commissions of trust

    2007 - present Editorial board member for Neuroforum
    2008 - 2021 Editorial board member for Behavioral Brain Research
    2008 - present Editorial board member for Neuropsychobiology
    Since 2020 Associate Editor for Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience

  • Fellowships, awards and third party funding

    1994 - 1998 Heisenberg Fellowship
    2014 - present Principle investigator in the DFG research group FOR 2107 “Neurobiology of affective disorders: A translational perspective on brain structure and function”
    2017 - 2021 PI and member of the steering committee of the DFG-Research Training Group (RTG 2271) “Expectation Maintenance vs. Change in the Context of Expectation Violations: Connecting Different Approaches”
    2020 - present PI in the SFB/Transregio 289 "Der Einfluss von Erwartung auf die Wirksamkeit medizini-scher Behandlungen"

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