Peter FalkaiPsychiatrist and neuroscientist
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Curriculum vitae

From Düsseldorf via London to Munich

Born in Cologne in 1961. Medical school in Düsseldorf, a formative year in London, then five university hospitals. Since 2012 he has chaired the Munich department once led by Emil Kraepelin.

Where the work was done

Each circle stands for the papers published during one station, assigned by year of publication.

München: 678Göttingen: 190Homburg/Saar: 67Bonn: 50Düsseldorf: 24London1987, Tim CrowDüsseldorf1987 to 199624 papersCologneborn 1961Bonn1996 to 200250 papersHomburg/Saar2002 to 200667 papersGöttingen2006 to 2012190 papersMunichsince 2012, LMU and MPI678 papersCircle area:number of papers60020050
StationYearsPapersper yearCitationsMain topics
Düsseldorf1986 to 1996242.21,880Neuroimaging, Neuropathology
Bonn1997 to 2002508.33,726Neuropathology, Neuroimaging
Homburg/Saar2003 to 20066716.83,957Neuroimaging, Cognition
Göttingen2007 to 201219031.78,372Neuroimaging, Cognition
Munich2013 to 202667848.416,357Care & guidelines, Cognition

Career

  1. 1961Born in Cologne, Germany
  2. from 1981Medical school at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
  3. 1987Research stay with Tim Crow, Clinical Research Centre, London
  4. 1987 to 1996Department of Psychiatry, University of Düsseldorf: resident, board certified in psychiatry 1992, later senior consultant; built the neurohistology lab with Bernhard Bogerts
  5. 1988MD thesis on the cytoarchitecture of the hippocampus in schizophrenia
  6. 1995Habilitation: disturbed cerebral asymmetry and schizophrenia
  7. 1996 to 2002University of Bonn: associate professor (C3), head of medical psychology, senior consultant in psychiatry
  8. 2002 to 2006Saarland University, Homburg: Director, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
  9. 2006 to 2012University Medical Center Göttingen: Director, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
  10. since 2012LMU University Hospital Munich: Director, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy; head of the brain bank for psychiatric disorders since 2014
  11. since 2024Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry: Scientific Member, Director and head of the research hospital

Offices and memberships

  1. 2007 to 2010President of the German Society for Biological Psychiatry
  2. 2011 to 2012President of the German Association for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics (DGPPN)
  3. 2021 to 2023President of the European Psychiatric Association
  4. currentPresident of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry
  5. LeopoldinaMember of the German National Academy of Sciences; Senator of the Neurosciences Section 2011 and 2015 to 2023
  6. since 2025Full member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
  7. since 2025Spokesperson of the German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), together with Silvia Schneider
  8. EditorEditor-in-Chief, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience

Awards

  1. 1989Stanley Foundation Award for Schizophrenia Research
  2. 2004Kraepelin Research Award
  3. 2015Kurt Schneider Prize
  4. 2022Wagner-Jauregg Medal
  5. 2025Highly Cited Researcher, Clarivate
  6. 2026Jean Delay Prize, World Psychiatric Association