Prof. Dr. Stefan Koelsch
Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat. habil., Psychology), M.Sc. (Psychology),M.Sc. (Sociology), M.A. (Music)
Personal information:
July 7th, 1968 born in Wichita Falls, Texas, USA. Citizenship: German and US
Degrees:
2004 - Habilitation in Psychology, University of Leipzig, Germany
2000 - Ph.D. in Psychology (Dr. rer. nat.), Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
2000 - M.Sc. in Sociology (Dipl.-Soz.), University of Leipzig, Germany
1998 - M.Sc. in Psychology (Dipl.-Psych.), University of Leipzig, Germany
1994 - M.A. in Instrumental and Vocal Music (Künstlerische Reifeprüfung), University of Music and Arts, Bremen, Germany
Academic experience
April 2009 Guest Prof. Cluster of Excellence “Language of Emotion” at the Freie University Berlin
2006 – pres. Senior Lecturer / Assistant Prof. in Psychology, University of Sussex, UK
2003 – 2008 Leader of the Independent Junior Research Group “Neurocognition of Music” (Forschungsprofessur / Assistant Professor), Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
2001 – 2002 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Neurology / Neuroimaging, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts, USA
2000 – 2001 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Max Planck Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Leipzig, Germany