Christa Neuper
Christa Neuper (born February 12, 1958 in Graz ) is an Austrian neuropsychologist . From October 2011 to September 2019 she was rector of the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz , and thus the first woman rector in its 426-year history.
Life
Christa Neuper was born in Graz in 1958. She graduated from the Academic Gymnasium in Graz the Matura in 1976. She then studied psychology at the Karl-Franzens University Graz. After receiving her doctorate in 1984, Neuper worked in research and teaching at the Institute for Psychology at Karl-Franzens University and at the Institute for Biomedical Technology at Graz University of Technology . In 2002, Neuper qualified as a professor at Karl-Franzens University, where she was appointed professor for applied neuropsychology and human-machine interfaces in 2005.
Since then, Neuper has held various managerial positions at several universities in Graz, including as director of the Institute for Semantic Data Analysis at the Technical University of Graz and as head of the Institute for Psychology at the Karl-Franzens University.
The neuropsychologist is the chairman of the “Initiative Brain Research Styria INGE-St”, which bundles the Styrian research potential in the field of neurosciences. Christa Neuper is married and has two adult children.
After being elected by the University Council on April 19, 2011, Christa Neuper headed the Karl Franzens University Graz as Rector from October 1, 2011. In May 2014 the Senate and University Council reappointed the rector for a second, four-year term from 2015–2019. Since Neuper was no longer available for a third term of office, Martin Polaschek was elected as her successor as Rector of the Karl-Franzens-Universität Graz from October 1st, 2019.
Awards
- 2014, it was by the daily newspaper Die Presse in the category family and work for Austrian of the Year chosen.
- 2017: Grand Josef Krainer Prize
- 2019: Ring of Honor of the City of Graz
- 2019: Great Gold Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
- 2019: Great Golden Decoration of the State of Styria
Web links
- Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christa Neuper
- Entry about Christa Neuper in the Austria-Forum (biography)
Individual evidence
- ↑ orf.at: Polaschek named the new rector of the University of Graz . Article of February 8, 2019.
- ↑ Austria'14 Awards - Austrian of the Year . Retrieved December 7, 2014.
- ↑ orf.at: Josef Krainer Prizes for Neuper and Komarek . Article dated March 17, 2017, accessed March 17, 2017.
- ↑ Honor where honor is due: Christine Neuper and Hans Sünkel received the ring of honor from the city of Graz. July 4, 2019, accessed July 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Federal Minister Rauskala congratulates the new Uni-Graz Rector Martin Polaschek. October 9, 2019, accessed November 23, 2019 .
- ↑ Decoration of Honor awarded by the State of Styria. In: kommunikation.steiermark.at. November 21, 2019, accessed November 23, 2019 .
1. Chair for General Psychology: Ferdinand Weinhandl (1958–1965) | Erich Mittenecker (1968–1990) | Dietrich Albert (1993-2009) | Anja Ischebeck (since 2009)
2. Chair of Social Psychology: Gerold Mikula (1973–2008) | Peter Fischer (2009–2011) | Nilüfer Aydin (2011–2012) | Katja Corcoran (since 2013)
3rd Chair for Clinical Psychology: Helmuth-Paul Huber (1980–2005) | Anne Schienle (since 2005)
4. Chair of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Erich Raab (1980–1998) | Wolfgang Kallus (1998–2018) | Bettina Kubicek (since 2018)
5. Chair of Neuropsychology I: Günter shoulder (1983–2005) | Christa Neuper (since 2005)
6. Chair for Differential Psychology: Aljoscha Neubauer (since 1998)
7. Chair for Educational Psychology: Manuela Paechter (since 2003)
8th Chair for Biological Psychology: Elisabeth Weiss (2009–2019)
9. Chair for Psychological Diagnostics and Methodology: Markus Bühner (2009–2011) | Martin Arendasy (since 2011)
10th Chair of Developmental Psychology: Karin Landerl (since 2010)
11th Chair of Health Psychology: Andreas Schwerdtfeger (since 2011)
12. Chair of Neuropsychology II: Guilherme Maia de Oliveira Wood (since 2011)
13. Chair of Talent Research: Roland Grabner (since 2014)
14th Chair of Neuroimaging: Veronika Schöpf (2014–2019)
1. Chair for Health Care Engineering: Stefan Schuy (1973–1988) | Norbert Leitgeb (1989–2014) | Christian Baumgartner (since 2014)
2. Chair for Medical Technology: Paul Wach (1977–2008) | Helmut Hutten (1991-2004) | Rudolf Stollberger (since 2008)
3. Chair for Neurotechnology: Gert Pfurtscheller (1977–2006) | Zlatko Trajanoski (2004-2013) | Christa Neuper (2010–2019) | Mario Albrecht (2014–2015) | Gernot Müller-Putz (since 2016)
4. Chair for Biomechanics: Gerhard Holzapfel (since 2004)
5th Chair for Biomedical Informatics: Leila Taher (since 2019)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Neuper, Christa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian neuropsychologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 12, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |