Gereon Fink#
| Membership Number: | 6209 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Affiliated section(s): | CLINICAL & VETERINARY SCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-8230-1856 |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2006 Professor of Neurology, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, and Head of Dept. of Neurology, University Hospital Cologne
- Since 2005 Director of the Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine, Cognitive Neuroscience (INM-3), Research Centre Jülich
- 2004 - 2006 C4-Professor of Neurology – Cognitive Neurology, RWTH Aachen, & Deputy Director of the Dept. of Neurology, RWTH Aachen
- 2002 - 2004 C3-Professor of Cognitive Neurology, RWTH Aachen
- 2001 - 2004 Consultant Neurologist, University Hospital Aachen
- 1997 - 2000 Senior Registrar, University of Düsseldorf
- 1997 - 2005 Research Group Leader, Institute of Medicine, Research Centre Jülich
- 1995 - 1997 Clinical Research Fellow of Prof. Ray Dolan, Institute of Neurology & National Hospital for Neurology, Queen Square, London
- 1992 - 1993: Clinical Research Fellow of Prof. Richard Frackowiak, MRC Cyclotron Unit & Hammersmith Hospital, London
- 1989 - 1992 and 1993-1995: Registrar, Max-Planck-Institute of Neurological Research & Dept. of Neurology, University Hospital Cologne
Fields of Scholarship
- Cognitive neurology
- Stroke and neurorehabilitation
- Higher cognition
- Clinical expertise
- Neuromodulation
Honours and Awards
- Since 2021 Speaker of the Collaborative Research Centre 1451 on "Key mechanisms of motor control in health and disease" funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- Since 2019 Dean, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne
- Since 2017 Member of the Senate of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)
- 2017 - 2018 President of the German Neurological Society
- 2015 Max-Delbrück-Prize, University of Cologne
- 2011 - 2012 President of the German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (DGKN)
- 2011 Teaching Award of German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology (DGKN)
- 2010 - 2016 Speaker of the DFG-funded Clinical Research Group KFO 219 (Basal Ganglia-Cortical-Loops: Understanding the Pathophysiology in order to improve their Therapeutic Modulation)
- 2009 Neurorehabilitation Award of the Fürst Donnersmarck Foundation
- 2008 Hospital Innovation Award
- 2002 - 2006 Speaker of the DFG-funded Clinical Research Group KFO 112 (Disorders of Attention and their therapeutic modulation)
- 2004 Pette-Award of the German Neurological Society
- 2003 Science Award Northrhine-Westfalia
- 1992 Otto-Hahn Award of the Max-Planck-Society, Germany
