Persönliche Homepage von Prof. Dr. Heinz Beck
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Laboratory of Experimental Epileptology and Cognition Research Department of Epileptology, Life & Brain Center University of Bonn Medical Center Sigmund-Freud Str. 25 D-53127 Bonn / Germany Phone: +49-228 6885 270; Fax: +49-228 6885 294 E-mail: heinz.beck@ukb.uni-bonn.de |
Date of Birth November 11, 1966
Position: Full Professor
Education
| 1987-1994 |
Medical Studies, University of Cologne |
Research Career
| 1994 |
Dr. med, Department of Physiology, University of Cologne |
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| 1994-1995 |
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn |
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| 1995-2001 |
Research Associate, Department of Epileptology, University of Bonn |
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| 2001-2004 |
Heisenberg-Stipend of the DFG |
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| 2004 |
Job offer, Research Professorship at the University of Freiburg |
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| 2004 | Job offer, Associate Professorship at the University of Pennsylvania | |
| Since 2004 | Professor of Experimental Epileptology at an endowed chair, University of Bonn | |
| Since 2005 | Parallel appointment at Life & Brain within the platform NeuroCognition |
Honours
| 1994 |
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‘Summa cum laude’ for M.D. thesis work |
| 1996 |
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Young Investigator Award of the International League against Epilepsy |
| 1999 |
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International Michael Prize |
| 2000 | Alfred-Hauptmann Prize for Epilepsy Research | |
| 2001 | Bennigsen-Foerder Prize 2001 of the Ministry of Education, NRW | |
| 2001 | Heisenberg-Stipend of the German Research Foundation, DFG |
Service to Scientific Community
| Member, Commission on Neurobiology of the International League against Epilepsy |
| Member, Investigator’s Workshop Committee of the American Epilepsy Society |
| Member, BONFOR Research Commission, University of Bonn |
| Member, Ph.D. Commission, University of Bonn |
| Member, Habilitation Commission, University of Bonn |
| Member, 6FP European Consortium EpiCure |
| Co-ordinator, BMBF Consortium: ‘D-serine mediated cotransmission and NMDA-dependent synaptic plasticity: Role in cognition and impairment in human neurological diseases’’ |