Dr. Markus Winkler
Dr. Markus Winkler
| Phone | +49 931 31-82426 |
| Fax | +49 931 31-82733 |
| markus.winkler@uni-wuerzburg.de | |
| Room | 007 |
| Office hours | according to agreement |
Curriculum vitae
| 2015 -now | Post-Doc at the Department of Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy |
| 2020-now | Project: "Combining virtual reality and brain-computer interface for the treatment of chronic pain (VirtualNoPain)" (BMBF research consortium) |
| 2020-now | Project: Sino-German Mobility Programme "Addiction memory modification by virtual reality - from basic research to the clinic" (Sino-German Center for Research Promotion) |
| 2016-2020 | Project: "Providing tools for effective care and treatment of anxiety disorders (AD): outcomes, mediators and moderators of enhanced extinction learning (PROTECT-AD)" (BMBF research consortium) |
| 2011 - 2018 | Coordinator of the KOMPASS Tutoring and Mentoring Program at the Faculty of Human Sciences, University of Würzburg |
| 2015 | PhD., Title of the thesis: "Motivational properties of reward associated stimuli - Conditioning studies with smoke and monetary reinforcement", University of Würzburg |
| 2005 - 2015 | PhD. student and research associate at the Department of Biological Psychology, Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, University of Würzburg |
| Project: "Motivational impact of smoking-associated stimuli addressed from functional and learning perspectives" (DFG) | |
| Project: "Conditioned inhibition and the motivational impact of smoking-associated stimuli" (DFG) | |
| Project: "Smoking control in official buildings and schools" (Bavarian State Ministry of the Environment and Public Health) | |
| 2004 | Exam in Neuropsychology, University of Würzburg |
| 2003 | Diploma in Psychology, Title of the thesis: "Anxiety sensitivity and attentional biases", University of Würzburg |
Research interests
- Substance use disorders (in particular nicotine) and anxiety disorders
- Associative learning (cue- and context conditioning) in clinical disorders
- Modulation of cue reactivity (temporal, contextual and cognitive factors)
- Modulation of pain (cognitive, emotional and neurophysiological factors)
- Psychophysiology (startle response, facial EMG, EDA, ECG, EEG, fMRI) and Virtual Reality
- Effects of didactical trainings in higher education
Awards and Scholarships
- Travel grant (German Academic Exchange Service) for the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in 2013
Cooperations
- Prof. Dr. Yonghui Li, Prof. Dr. Nan Sui, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Lab of Mental Health, Beijing, China
Organized symposia
- Winkler, M. H., Li, Y., Liu, X., Pauli, P. (2021) Sino-German Online Symposium: Translational Neuroscience of Approach and Avoidance. Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing & Department of Psychology I, Würzburg
- Winkler, M. H., Li, Y., Sui, N. & Pauli, P. (2016). 2nd Sino-German-Symposium: Translational studies on addictive disorders: from basic research to the clinic. Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing
- Winkler, M. H., Wu, L., Li, Y., Sui, N. & Pauli, P. (2014). 1st Sino-German-Symposium: Behavioral Neuroscience of Addiction – From the molecular basis to the behavioral level. Department of Psychology I, Würzburg
- Yalachkov, Y., & Winkler, M. H. (2009). Neural and behavioral correlates of addiction. 35. Arbeitstagung Psychophysiologie und Methodik, Leipzig
Membership in professional societies
- German Psychological Society (DGPS) - Section "Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy", Section "Biological and Neuropsychology"
- Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR)
- Interdiciplinary Centre for Addiction Research at the University of Würzburg
Weblinks
- KOMPASS Tutoring and Mentoring Program at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg:
http://www.kompass.uni-wuerzburg.de/startseite/ - Interdisciplinary Centre for Addiction Research:
http://www.izsw.uni-wuerzburg.de/startseite/
