Prof. Dr. Marcus Hasselhorn

Curriculum Vitae

• 25-10-1957 Born as the fourth child of Johannes Hasselhorn (parson) and his wife Elisabeth, nee. Pfitzer in Altenkirchen/Westerwald geboren
• 03-05-1976 higher education qualification with a mathematics/science focus, at grammar school in Großburgwedel
• January 1977 began training as an industrial clerk at the Bahlsen company in Hannover
• Winter semester 1977/78 began studying psychology at Göttingen university
• 03-03-1978 Final examination in the training course as industrial clerk at the chamber of industry and commerce, Hannover-Hildesheim
• 18-07-1979 Preliminary diploma examination in psychology at Göttingen university
• Winter semester 1979/80 Transfer to Heidelberg university, continued studying psychology there
• 28-05-1982 Married Kathrin Linke
• 05.01.1983 Diploma examination at Heidelberg university
• 01-02-1983 until 30-09-1985 Doctoral scholarship at the Max-Planck-Institute for Psychological Research in Munich, in the domain of developmental psychology (head: Prof. Dr. F.E. Weinert)
• 29-10-1984 birth of the first child: Johannes
• 01-10-1985 until 30-11-1993 academic staff member and academic councillor at the Institute for Psychology, Göttingen university
• 14-02-1986 graduation as Dr.phil., Heidelberg university
• 09-05-1986 birth of the second child: Benjamin
• 28-12-1988 birth of the third child: Jonathan
• 15-05-1990 birth of the fourth child: Samuel
• Winter 1992/93 Stand- in professorship (C4 developmental psychology) at Koblenz-Landau university
• Summer 1993 Habilitation, acquisition of Venia Legendi for psychology at Göttingen Göttingen
• 01-12-1993 Offered professorship (C3) for developmental psychology at Technical University Dresden
• September 1995 Was offered  tenure as C4 professor for developmental psychology at Gießen university (declined)
• March 1996 Was offered tenure as C4 professor for pedagogical psychology at TH Darmstadt (declined)
• September 1996 Was offered tenure as C4 professor for developmental psychology at Technical University Dresden (declined)
• October. 1997 Appointed as professor for pedagogical psychology, developmental psychology (C4) at Göttingen university
• 2000-2002 Dean of the Facfulty pf Biology at Göttingen university
• 2003-2006 Member of the board of psychology staff members of the German Research Foundation
• Since 05/2003 Member of the Wilhelm-Wundt-Society
• June 2004 Was offered a regular professorship for developmental psychology at Bern university (declined)
• September 2004 Was elected as first vice president of the German Society for Psychology
• 2005-2007 Senator at Göttingen university
• Since 2005 Member of the Science Academy, Göttingen, Mathematical-physical section
• 2006-2008 President of the German Society for Psychology
  
• 2005-2010 Speaker of the GRK 1195 ,Göttingen University ((conditions of school learning )
  
• Since 10/2007 Professor for Psychology focusing on education and human developmentBildung at the German Institute for International Educational Research (DIPF) in Frankfurt/M.
• Since 6/2008 Deputy Director of the DIPF
  
• Since 7/2008 Scientific Coordinator and Speaker of the Hessian LOEWE-Center IDeA (Center for Research on Individual Development and Adaptive Education of Children at Risk)
  
• Since 3/2010 Member of the board of curators, Psychological University, Berlin 
• Since 5/2010 Member of the Higher Education Council, Kassel University
  

Current and key activities, research

Ontogenesis of individual conditions of successful learning

• Göttingen developmental study on language, working memory and theory of Mind (GESAgT)
• Differential development of memory strategies of childreen aged eight to twelve

Optimising individual competencies in accordance with development, the mature school child

• Learning disabilities and learning disorders
• Standardisation and validation of a working memory test battery for children aged five to twelve years (AGTB)
• German spelling test for grades 5 and 6 (DERET)

Plasticity late in life
Posssibilities of changing and influencing cognitive learning conditions

• Working memory
• Attention
• Neuronal: modelling, EEG data (Bernstein-Center)
• Behavioural: Negative priming experiments

Other:

• GRK 1195 ("Passungsverhältnisse schulischen Lernens: Verstehen und Optimieren")
• Competencies of assessment (in the priority programme for the diagnosis of competencies)
• Participation in FG initiative working memory/ executive control throughout the lifespan
  

LOEWE initiative:“Research Center for Individual Development and Adaptive Education
(in co-operation with the other DIPF centers and with colleagues from three different faculties of Frankfurt University)

Acts as a responsible contributor to external expert groups

• Member of the WilhelmWundt society; Germany: since 2005
• Member of the  science academy, Göttingen –Mathematical-physical class; Germany: since 2005
• Steering group member of the federal state of Baden-Wuerttemberg for the project “Schulreifes Kind“ (school readiness); Germany : since 2009
• Membership in the scientific advisory board at the Institute for Science Media; Tübingen; Germany: since 2010
• Membership in the higher education council, Kassel university; Germany: since 2010
• Member of the curatorship, Psychological university Berlin; Germany: since 2010

Fulfils functions regarding scientific journals and series

• Standards der Psychologie (Standards in Psychology, co-editor): Kohlhammer-Verlag, Germany: since 2008
• Tests & Trends; Jahrbuch der pädagogisch-psychologischen Diagnostik (Yearbook of pedagogical-psychological diagnostics, co-editor): Hogrefe-Verlag, Germany, since 2000