„We must be the change we want to see in the world.“ (Mahatma Gandhi)
Privat-docent Olga Klimecki, PhD is a neuroscientist and psychologist. She is currently interim chair of Biological Psychology at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.
She holds a PhD (Dr. phil., summa cum laude) from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and a Dr. rer. nat. habil. from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, where she was guest professor in Psychology in 2020 and 2021.
Her research focuses on the promotion of mental and physical health across the lifespan. More specifically, Olga uses randomized controlled studies to test the causal impact of behavioural, cognitive, and emotional interventions. Her work also studies bio-psycho-social mechanisms of action with a focus on brain functions and connectivity, emotions, as well as interpersonal and intergroup behaviour.
She (co-) authored over 70 publications. In recognition of her research on neural plasticity and conflict resolution, Olga has received several grants and awards, including the Early Career Award from the Society for Social Neuroscience in Washington DC, a Marie Curie Fellowship, and a Horizon2020 grant from the European Commission.
She is co-prinicpal investigator and co-director of the longest meditation study to date – the Medit-Ageing / Silver Health study which was funded with a total of 7 Mio EUR. She has been leading research on conflict resolution in different countries since 2013.
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