Flor H.

PROF. DR. HERTA FLOR

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Central Institute of Mental Health Institute of Neuropsychology and Clinical Psychology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University Square J 5 68159 Mannheim Germany

Phone: +49-­621-­17036302Email: herta.flor@zi-­mannheim.de Current position: Scientific Director, Institute of Neurosychology and Clinical Psychology,

Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim;; Full Professor, Heidelberg University, Germany

CURRICULUM VITAE

University education

1977 – 1981 Psychology, University of Tübingen, Germany, Diploma 1981 1975 -­ 1977 Psychology University of Würzburg, Germany, BA 1977 1974 -­ 1975 American Studies, Political Science, Journalism, University of Munich,

Germany

Scientific degrees

1990 Habilitation, University of Tübingen, Germany 1984 Dr. rer. soc. University of Tübingen, Germany

Professional experience

since 2000 Professor and Chair, and Scientific Director of the Institute of Neuropsychology and Clinical Psychology, Central Institute of Mental Health, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Germany

1995 -­ 2000 Professor and Chair for Clinical Psychology, Humboldt-­University Berlin, Germany

since 1993 Offers for professor positions from Leipzig, Marburg, Magdeburg, Geneva, Bonn, Berlin Charité (all declined)

1993 -­ 1995 Professor for Clinical Psychology and Somatic Psychology, Humboldt-­University Berlin, Germany

1991 -­ 1993 Heisenberg Fellowship, German Research Foundation, University of Tübingen, Germany

1990 -­ 1991 Interim Professor, University of Marburg, Germany 1987 -­ 1989 Scholarship, German Research Foundation, University of Tübingen,

Germany 1985 -­ 1987 Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, USA 1984 -­ 1985 Assistant Professor, University of Bonn, Germany 1983 -­ 1984 Postdoctoral Fellow, Yale University, USA

Flor H.

Awards and honors 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award, German Psychological Association 2010 Research Award of the German Society for the Study of Pain 2009 Hamburg Award Personality Disorders 2008 Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina 2007 Research Award of the German Society for the Study of Pain 2004 Member of the Academia Europaea 2004 Award for Basic Research of the State of Baden-­Württemberg 2003 Research Award of the German Society for Neurotraumatology and

Clinical Neuropsychology 2002 German Psychology Award 2001 Muscle Pain Research Award of the International Myopain Society 2001 Max-­Planck-­Award for Basic Research and International Cooperation 2000 Research award of the German Society for the Study of Pain 1999 Sertürner Award for Pain Research 1996 Prize for Clinical Research of the SmithKline Beecham-­Foundation 1992 Research Award of the German Society for the Study of Pain 1990 Medtronic Award of the German Society for the Study of Pain Editorial boards Member of the Editorial Board or Associate Editor: Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, der Psychotherapeut, Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback, Verhaltenstherapie und Verhaltensmodifikation, Pain, Clinical Journal of Pain, International Journal of Psychology, Psychophysiology, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Frontiers in Neuroproshetics, Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation (each for 2-­8 years) Memberships, panels and coordinating functions (selection) since 2013 Member of the evaluation panel for starting grants at the European

Research Council 2013 -­ 2016 Member of the Scientific Board of the Leibnitz Institute for Neurobiology

Magdeburg, Germany 2013 -­ 2014 Section speaker “Cognitive Neurosciences”, German Neuroscience

Society 2012 -­ 2018 Councilor of the International Association of Pain 2012 -­ 2016 Member of the Research Board of HEiKa (Heidelberg-­Karlsruhe

Research Partnership) since 2011 Member of the Foundation Council of the University of Göttingen,

Germany since 2011 Member of the Foundation Board of University Medicine Göttingen,

Germany since 2011 Member of the Foundation Board of University of Göttingen, Germany 2011 -­ 2013 President of the German Neuroscience Society since 2010 Member of the Research Advisory Board of the Cluster of Excellence

„NeuroCure“ at the Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany 2010 Member of the Consortium for the Future in the framework of the

Excellence-­Initiative of the Heidelberg University, Germany 2009 -­ 2017 Member of the Advisory University Council of the Hochschule

Mannheim, University of Applied Sciences 2008 – 2014 European Research Council Advanced Grant “Phantom phenomena: a

window to the mind and the brain”

Flor H.

2008-­2015 Spokesperson of the interdisciplinary graduate program “Translational Neurosciences” of Collaborative Research Center 636, funded by the German Research Foundation

2008 -­ 2009 Fellow at the Marsilius Kolleg (Center for Advanced Study) at the Heidelberg University, Germany

2007 -­ 2010 Member of the Academic Senate of the Heidelberg University, Germany 2006 – 2009 Board Member, Society for Psychological Research 2005 -­ 2008 Member of the Scientific Committee Health Research of the Federal

Ministry of Education and Research 2004 -­ 2012 Member of the Review Board for Neuroscience and associated member

of the Review Board for Psychology of the German Research Foundation

2004 – 2015 Spokesperson of Collaborative Research Grant 636 “Learning, Memory and Brain Plasticity: Implications for Psychopathology” of the German Research Foundation

2002-­2006 Chairperson of the commission for Dr. sc. hum. of the Faculty of Clinical Medicine of the Heidelberg University

2001 -­ 2008 Chairperson of the Program Committee for the 11th and member of the Program Committees for the 10th and 12th World Congress on Pain

2001-­2006 Member of the Dissertation and Habilitation Committees;; Member of the Faculty Board and the Faculty Executive Committee;; Member of the Presidential Commission Bioquant, Heidelberg University, Germany

2001-­2004 Spokesperson of the Clinical Research Unit “Neuronal plasticity and learning in chronic pain: Basics, prevention and therapy”, funded by the German Research Foundation

1997-­2001 Organisation of the “International Workshops on Cortical Plasticity” in Berlin and Mannheim, Germany

1997-­1999 Spokesperson, Research Training Group “Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience” at the Free University and Humboldt-­University Berlin, Germany, funded by the German Research Foundation

1995 – 2001 Spokesperson of the Research Unit “Cortical plasticity” funded by the German Research Foundation

Five selected publications Pohlack ST, Nees F, Ruttorf M, Witt SH, Nieratschker V, Rietschel M, Flor H. Risk variant for

schizophrenia in the neurogranin gene impacts on hippocampus activation during contextual fear conditioning. Mol Psychiatry 2011;;16: 1072-­3.

Flor H, Nikolajsen L, Jensen TS. Phantom limb pain -­ a case of maladaptive central nervous system plasticity? Nat Rev Neurosci 2006;;7:873-­81.

Flor H, Denke C, Schäfer M, Grüsser, S. Effects of sensory discrimination training on cortical reorganization and phantom limb pain. Lancet 2001;;357:1763-­4.

Birbaumer N, Ghanayim N, Hinterberger T, Iversen I, Kotchoubey B, Kübler A, Perelmouter J, Taub E, Flor H. A spelling device for the paralyzed. Nature 1999;;398:297-­8.

Flor H, Elbert T, Knecht S, Wienbruch C, Pantev C, Birbaumer N, Larbig W, Taub E. Phantom limb pain as a perceptual correlate of cortical reorganization. Nature 1995;;357:482-­4.