Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Clemens Kirschbaum
Research focus
My research focus is the (neuro)endocrinology of stress. Within this broad field, my lab provides both, innovative research tools for the quantification of acute and chronic stress states, and the use of psychological protocols in clinical studies. Besides trauma, metabolic syndrome, and depression, we are conducting longitudinal studies on burnout and cognitive control
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Curriculum Vitae
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Kirschbaum, Clemens, Professor, PhD |
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Official position |
Chair of Biopsychology, Full-tenured professor at TU Dresden Open-ended employment contract |
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Institution |
Faculty Science / Department of Psychology Technische Universität Dresden |
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Business address |
Zellescher Weg 19, 01069 Dresden, Germany |
Academic education and degrees
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1985 |
Diploma Psychology, University of Münster, Germany |
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1991 |
PhD, University of Trier, Germany |
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1996 |
Habilitation, University of Trier, Germany |
Professional career
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1985-1986 |
Teaching Assistant, University of Münster |
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1986-1991 |
Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Trier, |
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1991-1996 |
Assistant Professor, University of Trier, |
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1992-1993 |
Postdoctoral Education, Department of Neuroanatomy and Neurobiology, University of Rochester, USA |
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1996-1999 |
Research fellow (Heisenberg scholarship from the German Research Foundation, DFG) at the Center for Psychobiological and Psychosomatic Research at the University of Trier |
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1999-2003 |
Full Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Düsseldorf, Germany |
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2003-present |
Full Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, TU Dresden, Germany |
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Since 2014 |
Dean of the School of Science, Technische Universität Dresden |
Honors, awards and positions
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1991 |
Dissertation Award, University of Trier |
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1992 |
Young Investigator Award, Society for the Immunocompromised Host |
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1995 |
Neil Miller Award, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research |
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1996 |
Heisenberg scholarship, German Research Foundation |
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1997 |
Innovation Award, Foundation for the Advancement of the Center for Psychobiology and Psychosomatic Research |
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2008 |
Elsevier Citation Award for the Top Cited Paper in 2006 and 2007 |
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2008-2016 |
Member of the DFG Fachkollegium 110 „Psychology“ |
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2008 |
Guest Editor: Psychoneuroendocrinology |
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Since 2010 |
Editorial Board Member: Psychoneuroendocrinology, Psychosomatic Medicine, Stress, International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, Stress & Health |
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Since 2010 |
Member of the Senate of the Technische Universität Dresden |
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Since 2013 |
Member of the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |
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Since 2017 |
Past-President, International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology |
10 most important peer-reviewed papers
(10 out of 410, SCOPUS h-index: 124)
Kirschbaum C, Tietz, A, Skoluda N, Dettenborn L. Hair as a retrospective calendar of cortisol production Increased cortisol incorporation into hair in the third trimester of pregnancy. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2009;34:32-37.
Dettenborn L, Tietze A, Bruckner F, Kirschbaum C. Higher cortisol content in hair among long-term unemployed individuals compared to controls. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2010;35(9):1404-1409.
Stalder T, Kirschbaum C, Heinze K, Steudte S, Foley P et al. Use of hair cortisol analysis to detect hypercortisolism during active drinking phases in alcohol-dependent individuals. Biological Psychology. 2010;85(3):357-360.
Steudte S, Kolassa IT, Stalder T, Pfeiffer A, Kirschbaum C, Elbert T. Increased cortisol concentrations in hair of severely traumatized Ugandan individuals with PTSD. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2011;36(8):1193-1200.
Stalder T, Kirschbaum C. Analysis of cortisol in hair - state of the art and future directions. Brain, Behavior, and Immunity. 2012;26(7):1019-1029.
Stalder T, Steudte S, Alexander N, Miller R, Gao W … Kirschbaum C. Cortisol in hair, body mass index and stress-related measures. Biological Psychology. 2012;90(3);218-223.
Gao W, Stalder T, Foley P, Rauh M, Denga H, Kirschbaum C. Quantitative analysis of steroid hormones in human hair using acolumn-switching LC–APCI–MS/MS assay. Journal of Chromatography B. 2013;928:1-8.
Stalder T, Kirschbaum C, Alexander N, Bornstein SR, Gao W et al. Cortisol in Hair and the Metabolic Syndrome. The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2013;98(6):2573-2580.
Steudte-Schmiedgen S, Kirschbaum C, Gao W, Alexander N, Schönfeld S et al. Reply to: Linking Hair Cortisol Levels to Phenotypic Heterogeneity of Posttraumatic Stress Symptoms in Highly Traumatized Chinese Women. Biological Psychiatry. 2015.
Iob E, Kirschbaum C, Steptoe A. Persistent depressive symptoms, HPA-axis hyperactivity, and inflammation: the role of cognitive-affective and somatic symptoms. Mol Psychiatry. 2020;25(5):1130-1140.