Dr. Markus Winkler

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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

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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

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Awards and Scholarships

• Travel grant (German Academic Exchange Service) for the 53rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) in 2013

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Cooperations

• Prof. Dr. Yonghui Li, Prof. Dr. Nan Sui, Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Key Lab of Mental Health, Beijing, China

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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

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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

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Weblinks

• KOMPASS Tutoring and Mentoring Program at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg:
  https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/lehre/kompass/
• Interdisciplinary Centre for Addiction Research:
  https://www.uni-wuerzburg.de/forschung/izsw/

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