Vanessa Scholz

Short CV

As of 12/2020 Postdoctoral Researcher, at the University Clinic Würzburg, Germany (PI: Prof. Lorenz Deserno)

06/2020 - 12/2020  Postdoctoral Research Fellow (supported by a DFG re-integration grant) at the University Clinic Würzburg, Germany (PI: Prof. Lorenz Deserno)

01/2018 -  06/2020 Postdoctoral Research Fellow (DFG fellowship), Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour, Learning and Decision-Making Lab, Nijmegen, The Netherlands  (PI: Prof. Hanneke den Ouden)

01-12/2017 Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, University of Mainz, Germany (PI: Prof. Michèle Wessa)

10/2012 - 04/2017 Training as Psychological Psychotherapist (CBT), University of Mainz and University of Heidelberg,  as of 07/2017 Licensed psychotherapist in Germany

10/2012 - 12/2016 Phd in Clinical Psychology, Departement of Clinical Psychology and          Neuropsychology, University of Mainz & Center for General Psychiatry, University of Heidelberg (PI: Prof. Michèle Wessa)

10/2013-12/12013 Guest Researcher at Neurospin, Intense Field Neuroimaging-Center, Saclay, France (Supervisor: Prof. Josselin Houenou)

09/2011-07/2012 German Diploma Project (equivalent to Masters degree) at the Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Munich, Germany, with Dr. Victor Spoormaker (MPI) and Prof. Martin Peper (University of Marburg)

10/2007-07/2012 German Diploma in Psychology, Specialization in Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, at the University of Marburg, Germany

Ad-hoc Peer Reviewer

  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Biological Psychiatry CNNI
  • Journal of Experimental Psychology 
  • Nature Mental Health
  • Appetite
  • BMC Psychiatry


Professional Memberships

  • German Psychological Society (DGP)
  • German Association of Psychotherapists (DPtV)