Sonja Kotz#
| Membership Number: | 6763 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | THE HUMAN MIND AND ITS COMPLEXITY |
| Affiliated section(s): | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.band-lab.com |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-5894-4624 |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/BANDLabUM/ |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/feed/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2016 Research Associate/Guest Researcher, Department of Neuropsychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Germany
- 2015 Chair in Neuropsychology and Translational Cognitive Neuroscience, Head of Section: Neuropsychology, Department of Neuropsychology and Psychopharmacology, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
- 2014 - 2017, Research Associate, Université de Montpellier, EuroMov Center, Movement to Health (M2H) laboratory, France
- 2013 - 2015, Head of Department: Cognitive Neuroscience & Experimental Psychology, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
- 2012 - 2015, Chair in Cognitive and Affective Neurosciences, School of Psychological Sciences, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
- 1996 - 2016 Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany:
- 2012 - 2016 Research Professor
- 2007 - 2012 Max Planck Minerva Research Professor
- 2000 - 2006 Tenured Senior Research Scientist
- 1996 - 2000 Research Scientist
- 1996 University of Leipzig, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pharmacy and Psychology, Leipzig, Germany:
- 2010 Honorary Professor
- 1996 - 2009 Reader
- 1997 - 2004 Reader, German Society of Neuropsychology
- 1989 - 1996 Tufts University, Department of Psychology, USA:
- 1992 - 1996: Lecturer
- 1989 - 1996: Research Assistant
- 1987 - 1988 Research Fellow, Children's Hospital, Boston, USA
- 1987 - 1996 Tufts University, Department of German and Asian Languages, USA:
- 1987 - 1996: Senior Lecturer
- 1992 - 1996: Reader
Fields of Scholarship
- Integration of neuroimaging methods
- Cognitive, affective, comparative, & translational neuroscience
Honours and Awards
- 2024 MERA-ILCB Chair Fellowship, Université Aix-Marseille, France
- 2019 - 2021 Fellowship of the Comisión Nacional de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica de Chile (Conicyt) - PCI Programa de Cooperación Internacional, Universidad de Valparaíso, Chile
- 2017 - 2019 Visiting Professor in Neuroscience and Psychology; University of Glasgow, Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, United Kingdom
- 2018 Honorary Professor, Faculty of Psychology, University of Lisbon (FPUL)Lisbon, Portugal
- 2017 Associated Member of the International Laboratory for Brain, Music, and Sound Research (BRAMS) Montreal, Canada
- 2015 - 2021 Honorary Chair in Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
- 2015 Research Fellow, Georgetown University, Department of Neuroscience, Laboratory of Integrative Neuroscience and Cognition, Washington D.C., USA
- 2010 Honorary Professor in Experimental Psychology, University of Leipzig, Germany
- 2007 - 2012 Max Planck Society Award: "Excellence Support for Female Scientists - Minerva Program"; supported the leading of an independent senior research group: "Neurocognition of Rhythm in Communication"
- 1996 Dissertation Award, Dean of the Graduate School, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
- 1988 - 1996 Ph.D. Fellowship, Dean of the Graduate School, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts, USA
