Dr. Steffen Landgraf
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- Name
- Dr. Steffen Landgraf
- landgras (at) cms.hu-berlin.de
- Visiting address
- Rudower Chaussee 18 , Room 3'213
- Phone number
- (030) 2093 9360
- Fax
- (030) 2093 9361
- Mailing address
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Curriculum Vitae
Born | 26th of August 1980 in Berlin, Germany |
2000 | Abitur (German High School Diploma), Coubertin Gymnasium Berlin |
2001 - 2004 | Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Spanish, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA |
2004 - 2007 | Masters' Program in Psychology (Diploma), Humboldt University Berlin |
2007 - 2010 | PhD, cotutored thesis at Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris, France & Humboldt University Berlin, Germany |
Degrees
2004 | B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) Psychology and Spanish |
2007 | M.A. (Diploma) Psychology |
2010 | PhD (Summa Cum Laude) in Neuroscience (clinical & cognitive psychology) |
Awards and Honors
2009 | Young Scientist Award - World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP, Paris, F) |
2010 | Young Investigator Award - ‘Changing People, Changing Brains’ conference (Konstanz, GER) |
2010 | Young Scientist Award - VIII International Symposium on Schizophrenia (ISSB, Berne, SUI) |
2010 | Trainee Abstract Award - Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM, Barcelona, ESP) |
Professional Experience
2003 - 2004 | Student research assistant, Psychology Department, University of Minnesota, USA. |
2004 | Psychiatric research assistant, Psychiatry Unit at the Veterans´ Affairs Medical Center, Minneapolis, USA. |
2006 | Psychiatric Research Assistant, Sainte Anne Hôpital, Paris, France. |
2007 | Research Assistant, National Institute of Health (NIH), Washington D.C., USA |
Scholarships
2001 | Three year athletic scholarship (University of Minnesota, USA) |
2004 | Undergraduate Research Opportunity Progam (UROP, University of Minnesota) |
2006 | ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ & ‘Socrates’ European Scholarships (University Paris V, France) |
2007 | PhD scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) |
2008 | PhD scholarship by the KKGS foundation (‘Konsul-Karl-und-Dr-Gabriele-Sandmann’ Foundation) |
2008 | Mobility grant of the French-German University (UFA-DFH) |
2008 | Mobility grant of the German Research Federation (DFG) |
2009 | Mobility grant of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) |
2010 | Elsa Neumann grant by the Federal State of Berlin |
2010 | Mobility grant of the Societé de Neurosciences |
Teaching Experience
2009 - 2010 | Seminar „Visuelle Räumlichkeit“ (Humboldt Universität zu Berlin) |
Research Interests
- Strategic efficiency of neural networks during cognitive processing
- Cognitive dysfunctions and their compensation (e.g., in schizophrenia, affective disorder, illiteracy)
- Contents: cognition (executive functions, neuropsychological testing), psychopathology, mathematical giftedness, representation of script knowledge
- Methods: functional imaging (fMRI), oculometry, eye movement analyses, pupillometry, behavioral testing