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Prof. Dr.  Melanie Krüger

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Academic career and education

2009 – 2013 

PhD in Systemic Neurosciences 

Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany

 

2004 – 2009 

Diploma in Sports Sciences, Major: Professional Sports

Faculty of Sports Sciences, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

Professional career

Since Apr 2020

Associate Professor (with tenure track)

Institute of Sports Science, Leibniz University Hannover, Germany



2017 - 2020 

Research Associate 

Chair of Human Movement Science, Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Germany

 

2015 - 2017

Post-doctoral Researcher

Sensorimotor Neuroscience and Ageing Group, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Australia

 

2013 – 2015 

Post-doctoral Researcher

Chair of Human Movement Science, Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Germany

 

2011 (2 months)

Visiting Scholar

College of Health and Human Development, Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA

 

2009 – 2013

Research Scholar 

Research Training Group 1091 “Orientation and motion in space”, University Hospital Munich Großhadern, Germany 

 

2007 - 2008 (5 months)

Visiting Scholar

Department of Health & Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, College Station, USA

Research interests

My research is grounded on the concept of embodiment and focuses on two different topics: motor decision making and joint action. In this context, I am especially interested in the influence of age-related changes in cognitive and motor functioning on movement coordination.