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Education

  • PhD, Philosophy (1999) – University of Duesseldorf
  • PhD, Psychiatry (1998) – University of Magdeburg
  • MA, Philosophy (1992) – University of Bochum
  • MA, Medicine (1990) – University of Muenchen
  • MD, Medicine (1989) – University of Bochum/Essen

Experience

  • 2014-present Honourary Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, Philosophy, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China
  • 05/2009-present Canada Research Chair in Mind, Brain Imaging and Neuroethics, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • 2012-present Full Professor and Head of Mental Disorders, Centre for Cognition and Brain Disorders, Normal University Hangzhou, Hangzhou, China
  • 2014-present Adjunct Distinguished Professor of Research Excellence, Research Centre for Mind, Brain and Learning & Department of Psychology, 1) Mind, Brain and Learn 2) Department of Psychology, National Chengchi University, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan, Province Of China
  • 08/2014-07/2017 Visiting Professor, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Province Of China
  • 2014-2019 Adjunct Research Professor, Arts and Social Sciences, Institute of Cognitive Science, Carleton University, Ontario, Canada
  • 2010-present Joint Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Carleton University, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • 04/2010-05/2011 Professor, Shuang Ho Hospital, Brain and Consciousness Research Centre, National Chengchi University, National Chengchi University, Taipei, Taiwan, Province Of China
  • 05/2009-present Michael Smith Chair, Mental Health and Neuroscience, EJLB-CIHR, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • 05/2009-present Director of Research, Mind, Brain Imagining and Neuroethics, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • 2009-present Full Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • 2009-present Professor, Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • 2009-present Joint Professor, Social Sciences, Department of Psychology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • 2005-2009 Full Professor, Neuropsychiatry, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
  • 2003-2005 Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
  • 2003-2005 Chief Attending; Director, Laboratory of Neuroimaging and Neurophilosophy, University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany
  • 2000-2003 Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Awards

  • 2010, Visiting Associate Professor, Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  • 2000, Senior Investigator Award on Research on Schizophrenia.

Research Interests

  • CULTURAL NEUROSCIENCE
  • DEPRESSION
  • EMOTIONS, EMPATHY AND INTEROCEPTIVE AWARENESS
  • FORENSIC PSYCHIATRY
  • FREUD & NEUROPSYCHOANALYSIS
  • GABA & GLUTAMATE
  • NEURO-ETHICS
  • NEUROPHILOSOPHY
  • NEUROPSYCHIATRY
  • NEUROSCIENCE
  • RESTING STATE ACTIVITY
  • SCHIZOPHRENIA & CATATONIA
  • THE BRAIN & CONSCIOUSNESS
  • THE SELF & THE BRAIN

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