Commemoration of Christoph Eisenegger (Feb 27, 2017)
On February 27th 2017, five years ago, our dear friend, colleague, and mentor Christoph “Chris” Eisenegger has passed away.
Chris was an exceptionally talented junior group leader whose research has focused on the neuropharmacology of social behaviour. He has made seminal contributions in this domain, and his ideas and experimental work have had a large impact on the field and on the scientific research conducted by his group and collaborators.
Chris has been a member of the Faculty of Psychology from 2012, first as a postdoctoral fellow in the SCAN-Unit of Claus Lamm, and later as a junior group leader supported by the Vienna Science and Technology Fund and the University of Vienna. In this position, he combined all threads of his previous scientific work into an innovative and multidisciplinary research program, that spanned across the fields of behavioural economics, psychopharmacology, computational modelling, and genetics. Through his enthusiastic approach to science, he brought together a network of national and international collaborators, who continue to work together to this day. His scientific spirit and ideas are thus living on. What he has seeded has, with the ongoing commitment of his research group and collaborators, resulted in novel insights across several research areas (see www.nbu-vienna.com/publications.html for continuously updated information).
He is missed not only for his scientific impact, but also for his kind and engaging personality. Chris was an incredibly supportive supervisor, always eager to ignite others with his spark and keen eye for genuinely interesting and ground-breaking science - and sometimes rather crazy, but ultimately always intriguing research ideas.
His passing has left a huge gap at the Faculty of Psychology, both in terms of content and methodological expertise, but also in terms of his personality and his excellent fit into our dynamically developing academic environment.
Chris, we dearly miss you, and you will always play an important part in our hearts, brains, and scientific activities.
On February 27th 2017, five years ago, our dear friend, colleague, and mentor Christoph “Chris” Eisenegger has passed away.
Chris was an exceptionally talented junior group leader whose research has focused on the neuropharmacology of social behaviour. He has made seminal contributions in this domain, and his ideas and experimental work have had a large impact on the field and on the scientific research conducted by his group and collaborators.
Chris has been a member of the Faculty of Psychology from 2012, first as a postdoctoral fellow in the SCAN-Unit of Claus Lamm, and later as a junior group leader supported by the Vienna Science and Technology Fund and the University of Vienna. In this position, he combined all threads of his previous scientific work into an innovative and multidisciplinary research program, that spanned across the fields of behavioural economics, psychopharmacology, computational modelling, and genetics. Through his enthusiastic approach to science, he brought together a network of national and international collaborators, who continue to work together to this day. His scientific spirit and ideas are thus living on. What he has seeded has, with the ongoing commitment of his research group and collaborators, resulted in novel insights across several research areas (see www.nbu-vienna.com/publications.html for continuously updated information).
He is missed not only for his scientific impact, but also for his kind and engaging personality. Chris was an incredibly supportive supervisor, always eager to ignite others with his spark and keen eye for genuinely interesting and ground-breaking science - and sometimes rather crazy, but ultimately always intriguing research ideas.
His passing has left a huge gap at the Faculty of Psychology, both in terms of content and methodological expertise, but also in terms of his personality and his excellent fit into our dynamically developing academic environment.
Chris, we dearly miss you, and you will always play an important part in our hearts, brains, and scientific activities.
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Neuropsychopharmacology & Biopsychology Unit (NBU)
The NBU is an interdisciplinary research group of neuroscientists with backgrounds in economics, psychology, neurobiology and psychopharmacology. We work at the Department of Cognition, Emotion, and Methods in Psychology at the Faculty of Psychology of the University of Vienna. Our group seeks to improve the understanding of the neurobiological basis of human social behavior. A major research focus of the group lies in the neurochemical underpinnings of human social decision making. The group receives financial support from the Vienna Science and Technology Fund (WWTF). |
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