Born 17. October 1966 in Uster, Switzerland. Married, two children (Lea: 1995, Anja: 1999) |
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Current position: Associate Professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Bern |
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1972-1978 |
Elementary school, Duebendorf |
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1978-1985 |
College ("Gymnasium"), Zurich |
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1983-1984 |
Exchange student to France, student at the local college (lycee) |
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Sept. 1985 |
Matura diploma (type B), Zurich |
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1985-1991 |
Study of Natural Sciences (Biology) at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich |
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April 1991 |
Diploma in Natural Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich |
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May 1991 |
Ph.D. student and research assistant with Prof. D. Lehmann at the Dept. of Neurology, University Hospital, Zurich |
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1994-1998 |
Employed as research scientist at the KEY Institute for Brain-Mind research, at the University Hospital of Psychiatry, Zurich |
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June 1995 |
Degree of Doctor of Natural Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich |
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Since 1999 |
Senior research assistant at the University Hospital of Psychiatry, Bern |
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April 1999-March 2000 |
Post-doctoral fellowship of the Swiss National Foundation in Havana (Prof. P. Valdes) and New York (Prof. E.R. John) |
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Jun.2005 |
Habilitation (Privatdozent) at the Medical Faculty of the University of Bern |
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Nov. 2009 |
Winner of the Theodor-Kocher Prize of the University of Bern for excellent young academics (50’000 SFr.) |
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Dec. 2011 |
Associate Professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Bern |
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2016 |
Visiting Professor at the Second University of Naples, with Prof. Silvana Galderi |