Matthias Gamer

Curriculum Vitae

Selected service roles are listed; see the publications, grants and teaching pages for details.

Academic positions

2015–
Professor of Experimental Clinical Psychology (W2), Chair of Psychology I, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
2021–
Vice Dean, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Würzburg
2021–
Co-opted member, Faculty of Medicine, University of Würzburg
2011–2014
Research group leader (PI), “Social and Applied Psychophysiology”, Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
2008–2011
Postdoctoral researcher, BMBF project “The Role of the Emotional Network and Neuropeptidergic Modulation in Normal and Impaired Social Cognition”, Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf
2003–2008
Research associate and doctoral student, General Experimental Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
1998–2003
Student assistant (statistics and research methods; work and organizational psychology; developmental and educational psychology; general experimental psychology), Mainz; research associate, Institute for Child and Youth Welfare, Mainz (2000–2003)

Education

2008
Dr. phil. (summa cum laude), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Thesis: “Reliability and consistency affect the integration of visual depth cues” (referee: Prof. Dr. Heiko Hecht; co-referee: Prof. Dr. Gerhard Vossel)
2003
Diploma in Psychology (grade 1.0), Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. Thesis: “The diagnostic relevance of peripheral physiological and vocal parameters in psychophysiological credibility assessment” (supervisor: Dr. Hans-Georg Rill)
1997–2003
Studies of Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
1996
Abitur (grade 1.1), Pestalozzischule Idstein

Prizes and awards

2005
Teaching Award of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate (€10,000)
2007–2009
Junior member, Gutenberg Academy for Young Researchers, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
2010
Trainee Abstract Award, Organization for Human Brain Mapping, Annual Meeting Barcelona (US$600)
2010
Young Scientist Award, German Society for Psychophysiology and its Application (DGPA; €1,000)
2013
Best Doctoral Supervisor in Biopsychology, awarded by the early-career group of the DGPA
2018–2026
Teaching Award of the Psychology Student Council, Würzburg, for the lecture “Introduction to Biological Psychology”: 1st place 2023 and 2024; 2nd place 2019 and 2025; 3rd place 2018 and 2026

Academic service (selection)

since 2025
Ombudsperson, Commission for Investigating Scientific Misconduct, Würzburg
since 2024
Vice President, German Society for Psychophysiology and its Application (DGPA)
2025
Conference organization: 50th meeting “Psychologie & Gehirn”
since 2022
Representative of professors, Commission for Research and Early Career Researchers, Würzburg
since 2021
Deputy Head, German Center for Prevention Research on Mental Health, Würzburg
since 2021
Board member, Center of Mental Health, Faculty of Medicine, Würzburg
since 2021
Deputy delegate, Psychology Faculty Conference (Fakultätentag Psychologie)
since 2020
Speaker, Neuroscience section, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Würzburg
2019
Conference organization: 2nd International Congress of the World Association for Stress Related and Anxiety Disorders (WASAD), with SFB TRR 58
since 2017
Member, doctoral committee, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Würzburg
since 2016
Chair, admissions committee, MSc Psychology, Würzburg
since 2015
Member, examination board Psychology (BSc and MSc), Würzburg
2004–2025
Appointment committees: member of nine, chair of one (W2 Psychotherapy and Intervention Psychology, 2021–2022); evaluation committees for two W1 professorships (2018, 2025)

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