Siegfried Kasper#
© MedUni Wien - Matern
| Membership Number: | 5368 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | PHYSIOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE |
| Elected: | 2020 |
| Main Country of Residence: | AUSTRIA |
| Homepage(s): | http://cbr.meduniwien.ac.at/home |
| ORCID: | 0000-0001-8278-191X |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2019 - onwards Professor emeritus, Center of Brain Research, Medical University of Vienna
- 1993 - 2019 Professor and chair, Department of Psychiatry and Psychothterapy, Medical University of Vienna
- 1988 - 1993 Privatdozent, deputy chair, Department of Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
- 1986 - 1988 Guest Researcher, National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, USA
- 1984 - 1986 Staff member, Department of Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg, Germany
- 1982 - 1984 Resident and staff member, Department of Neurology, University of Heidelberg in Mannheim, Germany
- 1978 - 1982 Resident and staff member, Central Institute of Mental Health, University of Heidelberg in Mannheim, Germany
Fields of Scholarship
- Circadian rhythms
- Neuropsychopharmacology
- Psychopathology
- Bipolar disorder
- Neurobiology
- Depression
- Brain imaging
- Anxiety disorders
- Schizophrenia
- Methodology in psychiatry
Honours and Awards
- 1994 Gold Medal of the Masaryk University of Bruno, Czech Republic
- 1998 Honorary Member of the Czech Society for Neuropsychopharmacology
- 2000 Honorary Member of the Romanian Psychopharmacology Association
- 2000 Doctor Honoris Causa (Dr.h.c.), University of Craiova, Romania
- 2001 Award of the International Forum of Mood and Anxiety Disorders (IFMAD)
- 2001 Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, United Kingdom (FRCP)
- 2001 21st Century Achievement Award of American Biographical Institute
- 2001 2nd International Forum Award on Mood and Anxiety Disorders, Monaco
- 2001 International Scientist of the Year 2001 of International Biographical Centre
- 2003 Erasmus Prize for Research, University of Brussels (Belgium)
- 2004 Eli-Lilly Neuroscience Prize, Belgian Royal Society of Mental Health, Brussels
- 2004 Fellow of the Ukrainian Psychiatric Association, Ukraine
- 2006 Honorary Member of the Hungarian Society for Psychiatry
- 2007 Doctor Honoris Causa (Dr.h.c.), University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- 2008 Award of the Viktor Frankl–Foundation Vienna, Austria
- 2010 Grand Decoration of Honor in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2010 Wagner-Jauregg Medal of the Austrian Society of Neuropsychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry (ÖGPB)
- 2010 Kraepelin-Alzheimer Medal of the Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Germany
- 2011 Gold Honorary Award of the Vienna Chamber of Physicians
- 2012 Honorary Member of the Columbian Society for Biological Psychiatry
- 2013 Honorary President of World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP)
- 2015 Aristoteles Gold Medal of the International Society of Neurobiology & Psychopharmacology (ISNP) in cooperation with the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), Crete, Greece
- 2016 Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class
- 2018 Gold Medal for Meritorious Service to the Province of Vienna, Austria
- 2018 Honorary Member of International Society for Applied Neurosciences
- 2018 Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary Foundation
- 2019 Doctor Honoris Causa (Dr.h.c.), University of Thessaloniki, Greece
- 2019 City of Vienna Award for Medical Science
- 2021 Arvid Carlsson Medal by the International College of Neuropsychopharmacology (CINP)
- 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award by the World Society of Biological Psychiatry (WFSBP)
