Siegfried Kasper#


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)


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