Position: Professor (W2)
Date of Birth: 20.07.1976
Gender: Male
Nationality: German
Institute of Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research
&
Center for Economics and Neuroscience
University of Bonn
Sigmund-Freud Str. 25, D-53105 Bonn/Germany
Phone: +49-228 6885 262; Fax: +49-228 6885 261
E-mail: bernd.weber@ukb.uni-bonn.de
Education/Degrees:
| 2003 | Graduation from medical school. University of Bonn |
| 2003 | Doctoral thesis, Prof. E.Schlicker, Dept. of Pharmacology, University of Bonn |
Academic Career:
| 2004 – 2010 | Postdoctoral fellow and resident at Dept. of Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn |
| Since 2005 | Head of the Group NeuroCognition|Imaging at the Life&Brain Center, University Hospital Bonn |
| 2008 – 2014 | Research affiliate and Professor at the German Institute of Economic Research (DIW, Berlin) |
| Since 2009 | Board of Directors, Center for Economics and Neuroscience, University of Bonn |
| 2010-2015 | Heisenberg Professor for the biological basis of human economic decision making sponsored by the DFG |
| 2016- | Acting Director Center for Economics and Neuroscience, University of Bonn |
Awards and Honors:
| 2003 | Award of a ‘Summa cum laude’ for MD thesis work |
| 2009 | Article of the Quarter of the German Neuroscience Society for “Connectivity-based segregation of the human striatum predicts personality characteristics. Nat. Neurosci., 12(1):32-4” |
| 2013 | Park Oustanding Contributor Award of the Society for Consumer Psychology |
Memberships, academic and professional duties (selection):
Vice Dean of Medical Education, University of Bonn
Member:
- Society of Neuroeconomics;„Neurowissenschaftliche Gesellschaft“ (German Neuroscience Society); Association of Neuropsychoeconomics (past-president)
- Expert Panel Commision Med5 of the Flandern Science Foundation (Brussels, Belgium)
Editor-in-Chief: Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology and Economics
Chair Neuropsychoeconomics Conference 2009, 2013