Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manuel Schabus

PUBLICATIONS

(Peer-reviewed) Publications: >120
Citations: >14.000
h-Index: 55

Full publication list & Publications on „ResearchGate“

Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information	Nationality: Austria Place of birth: Salzburg, Austria Laboratory homepage: www.sleepscience.at
Education	December 21^st2009 Habilitation in Psychology (Priv.-Doz., Dr.) at the University of Salzburg *(Austria). Habilitation thesis: “Residual cognitive processing in altered states of consciousness”* June 23^rd 2004 Graduation with Doctor of Science (PhD; ‘Mag. Dr. rer. nat’) in Psychology (summa cum laude) at the University of Salzburg *(Austria). Doctoral thesis: “The significance of sleep spindles for declarative memory consolidation”* September 3^rd 2001 Graduation with Master of Science (MSc; ‘Mag. rer. nat.’) in Psychology* (summa cum laude) at the University of Salzburg *(Austria). Master thesis: “Cognitive electrophysiology and attention: Early evoked EEG components, attention and brain oscillations”* 10/1996 – 06/1999 Undergratuate studies in Psychology at the University of Salzburg (Austria), the Virginia Tech University (Blacksburg, Virginia, USA) and the University of Evansville *(Indiana, USA)* 09/1995 -09/1996 Undergraduate study in medicine, University of Innsbruck *(Austria)*
Professional Experience	5/2015 – current Full professor for “Consciousness and Cognition” at the Univ. of Salzburg 12/2019 – current Spokesmann Curia of Professor / Dept. Psychology at the Univ. of Salzburg 12/2018 – current MC-Member in the COST Action “The neural architecture of consciousness” (CA18106)02/2020 Organization of the 4^thWintersymposium „Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness“ (February. 27^nd – 29^th 2017) in Werfenweng, Austria.03/2017 Organization of the 3^rdWintersymposium „Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness“ (March. 02^nd – 05^th 2017) in Kaprun, Austria. 01/2015 Organization of the Wintersymposium „Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness“ (22^nd -25^th Jan. 2015) in Kaprun, Austria. 11/2014 – 4/2015 Associate Professorship at the University of Salzburg *(Salzburg, Austria).* 9/2014 Organization of the DK+ “Imaging the Mind” Summer School 12/2012 Organization of the Symposium for „Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness“ Research (13^th-14^th Dec. 2012) at the Univ. of Salzburg. 11/2011 “2. Listenplatz”, Professorship for Psychology (University of Salzburg) 6/2009 – 9/2011 MC-Delegate and Project-Coordinator for Austria in the COST Action “Consciousness: A Transdisciplinary, Integrated Approach” (BM0605) 10/2010 – 10/2014 Assistant Professorship at the University of Salzburg (Salzburg, Austria). Team leader of the “Laboratory for Sleep & Consciousness Research”. 10/2008 – 9/2010 Postdoc position (Univ.Ass.) at the University of Salzburg (Austria) 9/2004 – 5/2005 Research project “The Effect of Napping on Memory Consolidation” (Austria). Postdoc position (Principal investigator: Prof.DDr. Zeitlhofer). 6/2002 – 7/2004 Research project “Sleep and Memory Consolidation” (Austria). Research assistant (Principal Investigator: Prof. DDr. Zeitlhofer) 10/2001 – 6/2002 Research project „Functional correlates of brain oscillations in EEG“ (Austria). Research assistant (Principal Investigator: Prof.Dr. Klimesch) 07/2000 – 10/2001 Research assistant at the Department of Psychology (Austria) 01/1999 – 06/1999 Research assistant (Blacksburg, VA, United States of America) *Granted research projects* 10/2020 – 4/2022 Research project: “Das virtuelle Schlaflabor: Digitale Schlafanalyse & Schlaf-Coaching X” funded by the County of Salzburg (€467.924,-). Project lead Prof. M. Schabus. 10/2020 – 9/2024 FWF-project: “The Impact of Prenatal Maternal Strain on Cognition and Attachment in Infancy” funded by the FWF (€400.092,-). Principal investigator Univ.-Prof. Dr. Schabus. 3/2019 – 3/2022 Doctoral College “Imaging The Mind” (3^rd funding period) funded by the FWF (€2.979.007.-). Speaker: Prof. Schabus, Deputy: Prof. Perner. Start 07/2018 Research project „Besser Schlafen mit dem “iBed” funded by the FFG & Das Gesundheitshaus GmbH (€12.500.-) 11/2015 – current Research project „Interaktionsanalyse im frühen Kindheitsalter und deren Verwendung in der Frühdiagnose und Behandlung von Folgestörungen“. Förderung der MA2 Kultur, Bildung und Wissen des Landes Salzburg (€9500.-) 3/2015 – 3/2019 *Doctoral College “Imaging The Mind” (2^nd funding period)* funded by the FWF (€2.355.292.-). Speaker: Prof. Schabus, Deputy: Prof. Perner. 2/2015 – 2/2018 Special Visiting Scientist in the Science without Borders Initiative by the Brazilian federal government (CNPq). In collaboration with Prof. S. Ribeiro (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, Brasil) (R$ 204.732.-). Since 10/2014 *FWF-project / START-Award:* Consciousness research across healthy vigilance states and disorders of consciousness funded by the FWF (€1.113.113.-). Principal investigator Ass.-Prof. Dr. Schabus. 8/2012 – 9/2016 DACH Project: The role of memory strength for processes of sleep-associated memory consolidation funded by FWF (€147.940.-) and DFG (€212.000.-) together with Prof. Bäuml (Univ. Regensburg, Germany) 10/2009 – 9/2013 *FWF-project (University of Salzburg, Austria):* Sensorimotor conditioning as a primary insomnia treatment funded by the FWF (€317.451.-). Principal investigator Ass.-Prof. Dr. Schabus. 09/2012 – 09/2017 *FWF-project (University of Salzburg, Austria):* Sleep and gross-motor learning in school aged children and adults (€323.657,-; principal investigators: Dr. Hödlmoser and Mag. Birklbauer) 1/2009 – 1/2012 *FWF-project (Univ. Salzburg, Austria):* Sleep and Cognition in Children funded by the FWF (€186.540.-). Co-applicant with Dr. Hoedlmoser. 6/2005 – 10/2007 Research project at the Cyclotron Research Centre *(Liège, Belgium).* Project: “Sleep spindles and brain plasticity” funded by the FWF (“Erwin Schrödinger” fellow). 3/2007 – 2/2008 Co-applicant “Fit for School”- project (Germany & Belgium). “Effects of a 6- week sleep improvement program on learning and memory performance” (BMBF project). *Awards* Franz Gerstenbrand Wachkoma Award 2020 of the Österreichischen Wachkoma Gesellschaft University nomination for the national Ars Docendi award (2018 + 2020) Kurt Zopf Prize 2018 of the University of Salzburg “START-Award 2014” of the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
Reviewer for the following Journals and Societies	Brain Research, Brain Sciences, Cerebral Cortex, Clinical EEG & Neuroscience, Clin. Neurophysiology, Current Biology, European J. of Neuroscience, Functional Neurology, Frontiers, Human Brain Mapping, IEEE J. of Biomedical and Health Informatics, International J. of Psychophysiology, J. of Cognitive Neuroscience, J. of Neuroscience, J. of Psychiatric Research, J. of Sleep Research, Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, Nature, Neuroimage, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, Neuroscience Letters, PLoS One, Psychophysiology, Science, SLEEP, Sleep Medicine Reviews. Danish Council for Independent Research, German Science Fund (DFG), “Jubiläumsfond der Österreichischen Nationalbank”(ÖNB), Medical Research Council UK ( (NMHB), Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Additional academic activities	Lecturer at the University of Salzburg (Austria); University of Bucharest, Romania ( “Open Mind” Programme: An International School of Advanced Studies in Cognitive Science & Therapeutic Interaction Analysis); University of Fribourg, Switzerland (“Neural Correlates of Consciousness”) Erasmus/Socrates Coordinator Fall 2003 – Summer 2014 Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg (Austria) Commissioner for Science and Research (BMWFW) and Member of the Scientific Committee of the „Austrian Society for Scientific, Client-centred Psychotherapy and Counselling“ (ÖGWG) DK+ Speaker and Faculty Member for the FWF-sponsored doctoral programme (DK+) “Imaging the mind: Consciousness, Higher Mental and Social Processes” (since 1/2015; since 12/2012). Head of the Method Unit and Core Facility “EEG” at the University of Salzburg (since 2013)
Clinical experience (selected)	10/2007 – present Freelance psychotherapist at the TAF GmbH (Therapeutically, Ambulant Family Counselling) (Salzburg, Austria) 6/2013 – present Training in therapeutic interaction analysis of early childhood (BASKET)1/2004 – 11/2011 Training and certification in Person-Centred Psychotherapy (Austria)
Memberships & other functions	Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness (ASSC) COST delegate for Austria in the EU Action “Consciousness: A Transdisciplinary, Integrated Approach” (BM0605) European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) Organization for Human Brain Mapping (OHBM) Mind Science Foundation Österreichische Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche, klientenzentrierte Psychotherapie und personorientierte Gesprächsführung (ÖGWG) / Austrian Client-Centred Psychotherapy ÖGWG-Delegierter für Zusammenarbeit mit dem Österreichischen Bundesinstitut für Gesundheitswesen (ÖBIG) Österreichische Gesellschaft für Psychologie (ÖGP) / Austrian Society for Psychology Österreichische Gesellschaft für Schlafmedizin & Schlafforschung (ÖGSM) / Austrian Sleep Research Association (ASRA). Österreichische Wachkoma Gesellschaft / Austrian Coma Science Society International Organization of Psychophysiology (IOP) Sleep Research Society (SRS)