Prof. Dr. Drs. h.c. Onur Güntürkün
Ruhr-University Bochum
Fakultät für Psychologie
AE Biopsychologie
D-44780 Bochum, Germany
Room: GAFO 05/618
Phone: ++49 - 234 - 32 - 26213
Fax: ++49 - 234 - 32 - 14377
Email: Onur.Guentuerkuen@rub.de
Selected Publications
Curriculum Vitae
Family status: married, two children
| 1958 | born in Izmir (Turkey) |
| 1964-1973 | Primary School and Grammar School in Baden-Baden, FRG |
| 1973-1975 | Grammar School in Izmir, Turkey |
| 1975-1980 | Psychology Student at the University of Bochum, FRG |
| 1980 | Diplom in Psychology, University of Bochum, FRG |
| 1980-1984 | Thesis Research on the Functional Organization of the Visual System of Pigeons as a Student Assistant at the Animal Psychology Laboratory, University of Bochum, FRG |
| Winter 1982/83, Summer 1985 and 1986 | Guest Fellow at the Neuroanatomy Laboratory, Saarland University, Homburg, FRG |
| 1983 | Student Prize for Exceptional Scientific Studies of the University of Bochum, FRG |
| 1984 | Dr. phil., University of Bochum (summa cum laude) |
| 1984-1987 | Research Assistant at the Animal Psychology Laboratory, University of Bochum, FRG |
| 1987-1988 | Habilitation Fellowship of the German Research Council |
| Summer 1987 | Guest Fellow at the Comparative Neuroscience Laboratory, Institut CNRS des Neurosciences, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France |
| Fall 1987- Fall 1988 | Postdoc in the Laboratory of Prof. H. J. Karten at the University of California at San Diego, Department of Neuroscience, USA |
| 1988-1992 | Research Assistant in the Human Information Processing Laboratory at the University of Konstanz, FRG |
| 1992 | Habilitation for Psychology |
| 1992 | Senior Research Fellow at the University of Konstanz, FRG |
| 1993 | Gerhard Hess Award |
| 1993 | Associate Professor for Biopsychology at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, FRG |
| 1995 | Alfried Krupp Award |
| 1997 | Full Professor for Biopsychology at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, FRG |
| 1998 | Visiting Scientist at the Vision, Touch, and Hearing Research Centre, Brisbane, Australia |
| 2000 | Honorary Doctor of the University of Istanbul |
| 2006 | Member of the Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina |
| 2006 | Wilhelm-Wundt-Medal of German Psychological Society |
| 2006 | Honorary member of the German Psychological Society |
| 2006 | Visiting Scientist at the Brain Research Unit of the Aegean University and the Brain Dynamics Institute of the Dokuz Eylül University (both Izmir, Turkey) |
| 2007 | TÜBITAK Special Award of the Turkish Republic |
| 2008 | Member of the German Academy of Sciences |
| 2008 | Honorary Doctorate of the Dokuz Eylül University (Izmir, Turkey) |
| 2009 | Superior Achievement Award of the Turkish Parliament |
| 2010 | Member of the Wilhelm-Wundt Gesellschaft |
| 2011 | Medal of Merit of North Rhine-Westphalia |