Prof. Dr. Peter Frensch
Acting President of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Address
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Unter den Linden 6
10099 Berlin
Office
Room 2032
Contact
Tel.: +49 30 2093-2100
Fax: +49 30 2093-20001
praesident@hu-berlin.de
Curriculum Vitae
| Since January 2022 | Acting President at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
| 2011-2021 | Vice President for Research at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin) |
| 2009-2010 | Dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences II, HU Berlin |
| 2010 | President of the German Society for Psychology |
| Since 1998 | Professor, Chair of General Psychology, Institute of Psychology, HU Berlin |
| 1994-1998 | Senior Research Scientist, Max-Planck-Institute for Research in Education, Berlin |
| 1994-1996 | Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA |
| 1989-1994 | Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-Columbia, USA |
| 1989 | Ph.D., Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
| 1988 | M.Phil, Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
| 1987 | M.S., Psychology, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
| 1985-1989 | Studies in Psychology at Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA |
| 1979-1984 | Studies in Psychology at University of Trier |
| 1976-1979 | Studies in Electrical Engineering at TU Darmstadt |
Affiliations
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- American Psychological Society (APS)
- Cognitive Science Society (CogSci)
- International Union of Psychological Science
- Psychonomic Society
- German Society for Cognitive Science (GK)
- German Society for Psychology
- German Society for University Professors and Lecturers
- PIAAC: Deutsche Expertengruppe Problemlösen
Awards
| 1993 | Robert S. Daniel Junior Faculty Outstanding Teaching Award |
| 1992-1993 | College nominee for Provost’s Outstanding Junior Faculty Teaching |
| 1991-1992 | College nominee for Provost’s Outstanding Junior Faculty Teaching Award |
| 1985-1989 | Graduate Fellowship, Yale University |
| 1985 | Fulbright Scholarship, United States Government |
Fields of Expertise
Development of awareness for regularly occurring events in one’s surroundings, Implicit learning and memory, cognitive skill acquisition, the role of language in regulating behavior, computer models of learning and knowledge representation