Prof. Dr. med. Michael Smolka

Research focus

• Neuro-cognitive mechanisms underlying the developmen, maintenance and recovery from addictive behavior: Decision making, instrumental and Pavlovian learning, motivation, executive function
• Computational models of addictive behavior
• Brain imaging 
• Prospective cohort studies

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Table of contents

1. 1. Curriculum Vitae
   2. Academic education and degrees
   3. Professional career 
   4. Honors, awards and positions
   5. Current journal editorial positions 
   6. 10 most important peer-reviewed papers

Curriculum Vitae

	Smolka, Michael N., Prof. Dr. med.
Official position	Professor
Institution	Section of Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, TU Dresden Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden
Business address	Würzburger Straße 35, 01187 Dresden, Germany

Academic education and degrees

1982-1984	Physics, Universität Heidelberg
1984-1992	Medicine, Freie Universität Berlin, Staatsexamen 1992
1996	Medical Dissertation, “Zur Evaluation der Bech-Rafaelsen Melancholie-Skala”, Freie Universität Berlin, thesis supervisor: Prof. Dr. med. Helmchen & Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Rolf-Dieter Stieglitz
2006	Habilitation in Psychiatry, Universität Heidelberg, mentor: Prof. Dr. med. Karl Mann

Professional career 

1994-2001	Residency in Psychiatry and Neurology, Research fellow in Psychiatry, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany
2001-2006	Senior researcher, attending, Department of Addictive Behaviour and Addiction medicine, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim, Germany
Since 2007	Head Section of Systems Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Since 2009	Full Professor (W2) for Systems Neuroscience, Medical Faculty, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Since 2010	Co-opted Professor at the Faculty of Psychology, TU Dresden

Honors, awards and positions

1996	Medical doctor theses award of the W.E.-Heraeus Foundation
2011	Human Brain Mapping Editor's Choice Award for best paper published in 2010
Since 2012	Member managing committee Collaborative Research Center (SFB 940): “Volition and Cognitive Control: Mechanisms, Modulators, Dysfunctions”
Since 2016	Deputy Spokesperson Collaborative Research Centre 940 (SFB 940)
Since 2019	Local Spokesperson Dresden Collaborative Research Center 265 (TRR 265): “Losing and Regaining Control over Drug Intake: From Trajectories to Mechanisms to Interventions”

Current journal editorial positions 

Since 2008	Addiction Biology
Since 2008	Sucht

10 most important peer-reviewed papers

(10 out of 320; h-index: 54, Scopus)

Bühler M, Vollstädt-Klein S, Kobiella A, Budde H, Reed LJ … Smolka MN. Nicotine dependence is characterized by disordered reward processing in a network driving motivation. Biol Psychiatry. 2010;67(8):745-52. 

Gan G, Guevara A, Marxen M, Schwarz D, Neumann M … Smolka MN. Alcohol-induced impairment of inhibitory control is linked to attenuated brain responses in right fronto-temporal cortex. Biol Psychiatry. 2014;76(9):698-707. 

Gan G, Sterzer P, Marxen M, Zimmermann US, Smolka MN. Neural and behavioral correlates of alcohol-induced aggression under provocation. Neuropsychopharmacology. 2015;40(13):2886-96. 

Javadi AH, Schmidt DH, Smolka MN. Adolescents adapt more slowly than adults to varying reward contingencies. J Cogn Neurosci. 2014;26(12):2670-81.

Kroemer NB, Guevara A, Teodorescu IC, Wuttig F, Kobiella A, Smolka MN. Balancing reward and work: Anticipatory brain activation in nacc and vta predict effort differentially. NeuroImage. 2014;102:510-9. 

Kroemer NB, Lee Y, Pooseh S, Eppinger B, Goschke T, Smolka MN. L-dopa reduces model-free control of behavior by attenuating the transfer of value to action. NeuroImage. 2019;186:113-25. 

Müller KU, Mennigen E, Ripke S, Banaschewski T, Barker GJ … Smolka MN. Altered reward processing in adolescents with prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking. JAMA Psychiatry. 2013;70(8):847-56. 

Petzold J, Kienast A, Lee Y, Pooseh S, London ED … Smolka MN. Baseline impulsivity may moderate l-dopa effects on value-based decision-making. Sci Rep. 2019;9(1):5652. 

Pilhatsch M, Vetter N, Hübner T, Ripke S, Müller KU … Smolka MN. Amygdala-function perturbations in healthy mid-adolescents with familial liability for depression. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2014;53(4):559-68.

Pooseh S, Bernhardt N, Guevara A, Huys QJM, Smolka MN. Value-based decision-making battery: A bayesian adaptive approach to assess impulsive and risky behavior. Behavior Research Methods. 2018;50(1):236-49.