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Prof. Dr. Hans-Christian Pape

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Curriculum Vitae (CV)

  • Thalamo-cortical system functions, with reference to the wake/sleep-cycle, absence epilepsy, neurodegenration/-regeneration
  • Mechanisms of fear, anxiety and anxiety disorders with reference to functions of the amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex
  • Experimental epilepsy research

Academic Education

07/1992Habilitation in Physiology
05/1987 - 12/1988Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Neurobiology, SUNY Stony Brook and Section of Neurobiology, Yale University, CT, USA
04/1983 - 04/1987Research Associate, Section of Neurophysiology, Medical Faculty, University of Duisburg-Essen
04/1986PhD in Medical Neurobiology (Dr. rer. nat.)
10/1976 - 03/1982Study of Biology, University of Bochum

Work Experience

since 12/2004Full Professor of Physiology (C4) and Director of Department of Physiology I (Neurophysiology), Medical Faculty, University of Münster (WWU)
04/1994 - 11/2004Professor and Director of the Department of Physiology, Medical Faculty, University of Magdeburg
01/1989 - 03/1994Assistant Professor, Department of Neurophysiology, Medical Faculty, University of Bochum

Functions and Memberships

since 2011Member of the German Science Council (Wissenschaftsrat)
01/2018 - 12/2022Präsident der Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung
2008 - 2020Spokesperson of the Transregional Collaborative Research Centre (SFBTRR58) ‘Fear, Anxiety, Anxiety Disorders’
2006Distinguished Teacher of the Year, University of Münster
1999 - 2005Local Spokesperson of the Transregional Collaborative Research Centre (SFB TRR3) ‘Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy’
1999 - 2005Senate Member of the German Research Foundation (DFG)
1997 - 2004Spokesperson of the Collaborative Research Centre (SFB 426) ‘Limbic Structures and Functions’

Publications

Afsaneh Labbaf, Maurice Dellin, Marlene Komadowski, Dane M. Chetkovich, Niels Decher, Hans-Chrisitian Pape, Guiscard Seebohm, Thomas Budde, Mehrnoush Zobeiri (2023)
In: Biological Chemistry404(4).
Research article (journal)
Oniani T, Vinnenberg L, Chaudhary R, Schreiber JA, Riske K, Williams B, Pape HC, White JA, Junker A, Seebohm G, Meuth SG, Hundehege P, Budde T, Zobeiri M (2022)
In: International Journal of Molecular Sciences23(11)6285.
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Park S, Flüthmann P, Wolany C, Goedecke L, Spenner HM, Budde T, Pape HC, Jüngling K (2021)
In: Pharmaceuticals14(6):519.
Research article (journal)
Bengoetxea X, Goedecke L, Remmes J, Blaesse P, Grosch T, Lesting J, Pape HC, Jüngling K (2021)
In: ((Bitte Journal prüfen))90(3).
Research article (journal)
Reinscheid RK, Mafessoni F, Lüttjohann A, Jüngling K, Pape HC, Schulz S (2021)
In: Peptides138:170506.
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Projects

Duration: 01/07/2016 - 31/12/2020 | 2nd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/07/2016 - 30/06/2020 | 3rd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Main DFG-project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/07/2016 - 30/06/2020 | 3rd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/07/2016 - 30/06/2020 | 3rd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
Duration: 01/07/2016 - 30/06/2020 | 3rd Funding period
Funded by: DFG - Collaborative Research Centre
Type of project: Subproject in DFG-joint project hosted at University of Münster
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Prizes

Officer's Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 2024
Awarded by: The President of the Federal Republic of Germany
Award given to: Pape, Hans-Christian
Announced at: 18/01/2024 | Date of awarding: 18/01/2024
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Ehrendoktorwürde 2023
Awarded by: Universität Würzburg
Award given to: Pape, Hans-Christian
Announced at: 06/11/2023 | Date of awarding: 06/11/2023
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Research Award 2008 of the University of Münster
Awarded by: Rectorate of the University of Münster
Award given to: Jüngling, Kay, Pape, Hans-Christian, Seidenbecher, Thomas
Date of awarding: 15/01/2009
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Max Planck Research Award
Awarded by: Alexander von Humboldt-Foundation and Max-Planck-Society
Award given to: Pape, Hans-Christian
Date of awarding: 15/11/2007
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Awarded by: German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Award given to: Pape, Hans-Christian
Date of awarding: 01/01/2003
Type of distinction: Research award or other distinction
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Doctorates

The role of KCNQ channels in the thalamus
Candidate: Cerina, Manuela | Supervisors: Budde, Thomas; Weber, W.-M.; Pape, Hans-Christian
Period of time: 22/09/2010 - 09/08/2013
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Synaptic plasticity and the role of the 65-kDa isoform of glutamic acid decarboxylase in GABAergic synaptic transmission in the lateral amygdala related to…
Candidate: Lange, Maren Denise | Supervisors: Pape, Hans-Christian; Sachser, Norbert; Budde, Thomas
Period of time: 12/03/2009 - 04/07/2012
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Social defeat: impact on fear extinction and amygdala-prefrontal cortical theta synchrony in 5-HTT deficient mice
Candidate: Narayanan Naik, Venu | Supervisors: Pape, Hans-Christian; Sachser, Norbert; Budde, Thomas
Period of time: 08/04/2009 - 13/10/2011
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
Living in a dangerous world: the effects of early adversity and serotonin transporter genotype on the behavioural profile in mice
Candidate: Heiming, Rebecca | Supervisors: Sachser, Norbert; Kaiser, Silvia; Pape, Hans-Christian
Period of time: 29/01/2008 - 22/07/2011
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
The Modulation of Anxiety and Aggression by Genotype, Experience and Environment in Adulthood - A Study in Male Serotonin Transporter Knockout Mice -
Candidate: Jansen, Friederike | Supervisors: Sachser, Norbert; Pape, Hans-Christian
Period of time: 03/03/2008 - 08/04/2011
Doctoral examination procedure finished at: Doctoral examination procedure at University of Münster
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