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December 2016

CURRICULUM VITAE

Olga Maria Klimecki

date of birth: 08/01/1984

married, one child

STATEMENT OF INTEREST

I am a psychologist and neuroscientist interested in understanding the neural mechanisms that

shape our social emotions in adaptive ways. In this endeavor, I combine methods from psychology,

neuroscience, and economy.

Jointly with Prof. David Sander, I am now coordinating a research focus on the role of emotions in

conflict resolution at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences (University of Geneva, Switzerland):

http://www.affective-sciences.org/en/home/research/nccr-research/research-foci/emotions-and-

conflict/

I am also the leader of the workpackage Emotion in the European project Medit-Ageing (deputy of

the workpackage Emotion: Prof. Dr. Patrik Vuilleumier; main coordinator of Medit-Ageing: Dr. Gaël

Chetelat). In our workpackage, we are investigating how mental health and well-being can be

promoted through mental training in the ageing population. Our particular focus is on the role of

emotions, their malleability and their underlying brain function:

http://www.affective-sciences.org/en/home/research/nccr-research/research-foci/healthy-ageing/

In my doctoral research under the supervision of Prof. Tania Singer (2007-2012), I investigated

neural, behavioral, and emotional plasticity induced by training social emotions like compassion and

empathy with meditation-based techniques. The results of these longitudinal studies in adults

provided evidence for the plasticity of social emotions spanning the levels of neural function,

emotional resilience, and helping behavior.

I extended this line of research to aggressive behavior with a BRIDGE/Marie Curie fellowship at the

University of Geneva from 2013 - 2015.

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December 2016

ACADEMIC POSITIONS

Since 08/2016 Maître Assistante (Oberassistent/ senior researcher) with Prof. David Sander

(Psychology) and Prof. Patrik Vuilleumier (Medicine) at the University of Geneva,

Switzerland.

Since 2016 Leader of the workpackage “Emotions” and Co-PI in the European project

“Medit-Ageing” at the University of Geneva, Switzerland (deputy: Prof. Dr. Patrik

Vuilleumier).

Since 02/2015 Coordinating the research focus "Emotion and conflict resolution" (jointly with

Prof. Dr. David Sander) at the Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of

Geneva, Switzerland.

01/2013 - 01/2015 Marie-Curie/Bridge postdoctoral fellow with Prof. Dr. David Sander

(Psychology) and Prof. Dr. Patrik Vuilleumier (Medicine) at the University of


09/2012-12/2012 Postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Dr. Tania Singer at the Max-Planck Institute

for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.

09/2010-09/2012 Assistant researcher with Prof. Dr. Tania Singer at the Max-Planck Institute for

Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany.

10/2007-9/2010 Assistant researcher with Prof. Dr. Tania Singer at the Institute of empirical

economics (Director: Prof. Dr. Ernst Fehr), University of Zurich, Switzerland.


December 2016

EDUCATION

09/2012 PhD defense in Psychology (“summa cum laude”) at the University of Zurich,

Switzerland; supervisors: Prof. Dr. Lutz Jäncke, Prof. Dr. Tania Singer.

9/2006-9/2007 MSc Neuroscience at University College London (UCL), UK. Supervisor: Dr.

Beau Lotto, Institute of Ophthalmology.

1/2006-8/2006 Diplomarbeit (comparable to a master’s thesis) in Psychology Johannes

Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany. Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Gerd Vossel,

Matthias Gamer.

10/2005 Vordiplom (comparable to a BA) in Psychology at Johannes Gutenberg

University, Mainz, Germany.

6/2003 Abitur (final high school examination with "1,0", range 1-6 with 1 = very good) in

Wiesbaden, Germany.


December 2016

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

07/2016-08/2017 Funding from the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) for the

project “The Role of Emotions in Conflict Resolution” with Prof. Dr. David Sander

(CHF 77'000)

01/2016-12/2020 Leader of the workpackage "Emotion" and Co-PI on the European grant

"Medit-Ageing" (project ID: 667696; total grant volume: EUR 6’992’006; grant

volume for my workpackage "Emotion": EUR 860'375)

11/2015-08/2017 Funding from the National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) for

project on “Affective and Social Signals in Mediation” (CHF 5'000)

2014 Early Career Award from the Society for Social Neuroscience (received in

Washington, USA)

2013 Evens Science Prize for the project “Upregulating the neural substrates of

empathy via neurofeedback” with Prof. Dr. John Gruzelier, Prof. Dr. David Sander

and Dr. Tomas Ros (EUR 30’000)

01/2013-01/2015 BRIDGE/Marie Curie postdoctoral fellowship for the University of Geneva,

Switzerland (about CHF 220'000)

10/2008-10/2009 Research Funding from the University of Zurich for “Neural Foundations of

Empathy Learning” (Forschungskredit No 53990601; CHF 43’776)

10/2008-09/2010 Research Funding from the Neuroscience Center Zurich for “Neural

foundations of empathy training“, (EUR 142’800) together with Prof. Dr. Tania

Singer

2004 - 09/2007 Scholar of the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des

deutschen Volkes)


December 2016

ORGANIZATION OF CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS AND SYMPOSIA

03/2017 Organization of the symposium (with Dr. Dana Schneider) “The role of Theory of

Mind and Empathy in Human Interactions from a Psychological and

Neuroscientific Perspective” at the International Convention of Psychological

Science, in Vienna, Austria.

02/2016 Organization of a workshop with Prof. Eran Halperin (psychology), Prof. Simon

Hug (political sciences) and Maud Roure (interpeace): “The role of emotions in

conflict resolution”, in Geneva, Switzerland.

10/2015 Organization of workshop with Jeremy Lack, Lucien Gyger, Linda Amrar &

Matthieu Vétois: “How Can Neurobiology and Affective Sciences Contribute to

Conflict Resolution?” during the Geneva Peace Week, in Geneva, Switzerland.

10/2015 Organization of two workshops, together with Francois Bogacz and Jeremy

Lack, “What does neuroscience tell us about human conflict?” at the conference

"conflict matters" in Brussels, Belgium.

07/2015 Organization of the symposium “The Role of Emotions in Negotiation and

Conflict Resolution” at the International Society for Research on Emotion, in


07/2015 Organization of the workshop with Francois Bogacz and Jeremy Lack “Applying

affective sciences to conflict resolution and peacebuilding – bridging research

and practice” at the International Society for Research on Emotion, in Geneva,

Switzerland.

04/2012 Organization of the symposium “Neural Substrates of Compassion” at the

International Symposia for Contemplative Studies, in Denver, USA.

01/2006-3/2006 Assisted in preparing and carrying out the "Tagung experimentell arbeitender

Psychologen" (Conference on Experimental Psychology), in Mainz, Germany.


December 2016

TEACHING

12/2016 Course: "Compassion et Neuroscience" (Compassion and Neuroscience) for the

"Diplôme Universitaire de Médecine Méditation et Neurosciences" (University

Diploma in Medicine, Meditation and Neuroscience) at the University of

Strasbourg, France.

04/2016 Course: "Empathie et Compassion" (Empathy and Compassion) for the "Haute

école de travail social et de la santé", Lausanne, Switzerland.

04/2016 Single Lecture: "Compassion et Empathie" (Compassion and Empathy) for

undergraduates in psychology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

spring 2016 Seminar: “Emotions et conflits” (Emotions and conflitcs) for Master students of

Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

spring 2016 Block Lectures: ”Gehirn und Verhalten“ (Brain and Behavior) at the Institut für

Psychologie-Transfer, University of Zurich, Switzerland.

02/2016 Course: "Neuroscience and Conflict Resolution" for the "Leadership in

International Security Course" at the Geneva Centre for Security Policy,


01/2016 Course: "Compassion et Neuroscience" (Compassion and Neuroscience) for the

"Diplôme Universitaire de Médecine Méditation et Neurosciences" (University

Diploma in Medicine, Meditation and Neuroscience) at the University of

Strasbourg, France.

10/2015 Single Lecture: "Influence des émotions sur la cognition et la prise de décision"

(Influence of emotions on cognition and decision-making) for master students in

psychology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Autumn 2015 Block Lectures: ”Empathie Training“ (Empathy Training) at the Institut für

Psychologie-Transfer (Institute for Psychology Transfer) in Zurich, Switzerland.

Spring 2015 Block Lectures: ”Gehirn und Verhalten“ (Brain and Behavior) at the Institut für

Psychologie-Transfer (Institute for Psychology Transfer) in Zurich, Switzerland.


December 2016

12/2014 Teaching a one day course on "Compassion et Neuroscience" (Compassion and

Neuroscience) for the "Diplôme Universitaire de Médecine Méditation et

Neurosciences" (University Diploma in Medicine, Meditation and Neuroscience)

at the University of Strasbourg, France.

12/2014 Single Lecture: "Compassion et Empathie" (Compassion and Empathy) for

undergraduates in psychology at the University of Geneva, Switzerland.

08/2014 Teaching at Summer Research Institute of Mind and Life Europe: "Training

Compassion - Effects on Subjective Experience, Prosocial Behavior and Brain

Function", Fraueninsel, Chiemsee, Germany.

11/2013 Session: ”Training: Mitgefühl und Empathie aus neuropsychologischer

Perspektive“ (Training compassion and empathy from a neuropsychological

perspective) at the Institut für Psychologie-Transfer (Institute for Psychology

Transfer) in Zurich, Switzerland.

2008-2009 Teaching 2 Semesters of the Graduate Seminar “Social Neuroscience” at the

University of Zurich, Switzerland (with Romana Snozzi and Tania Singer).


December 2016

SUPERVISION OF STUDENTS

Since 2016 Supervision of PhD thesis of Sebastian Baez: “Physiological and Neuroscientific

Basis of Emotion Regulation in Elderly” at the University of Geneva, Geneva,

Switzerland (together with Prof. Dr. Patrik Vuilleumier, Neuroscience

Department, University of Geneva, Switzerland).

Since 2015 Supervision of PhD thesis of Francois Bogacz: “Using Affective and Social

Signals to improve conflict resolution in mediation” at the University of Geneva,

Geneva, Switzerland (together with Prof. Dr. Thierry Pun, Computer Science

Department, University of Geneva, Switzerland).

2016/2018 Supervision of master thesis in Psychology (Matthieu Vétois): “The role of

emotions in conflict resolution” at the University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

(together with Prof. Dr. David Sander).

2016/2018 Supervision of master thesis in Neuroscience (Niloufar Pouyan): “Relationship

between personality traits and responders vs. non-responders to meditation

training” at the University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (together with Prof.

Dr. Christine Mohr).

2016/2018 Supervision of master thesis in Neuroscience (Halima Rafi): “Neural Bases of

Conflict Resolution” at the University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (together

with Prof. Dr. David Sander).

2015/2017 Supervision of master thesis in Psychology (Linda Amrar): “The effect of

Frustration on Aggression” at the University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

(together with Prof. Dr. David Sander).

2014/2016 Supervision of master thesis in Psychology (Milica Garic): “Fostering Conflict

Resolution” at the University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (together with

Prof. Dr. David Sander).

2014/2016 Supervision of master thesis in Neuroscience (Lucien Gyger):

“Neurophysiological substrates of interpersonal conflict” at the University of

Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (together with Prof. Dr. David Sander).


December 2016

2013/2015 Supervision of master thesis in Psychology (Alexandra Anastaze): “Relation

between character traits and brain responses in the inequality task” at the

University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland (together with Prof. Dr. David

Sander).

2010/2011 Supervision of master thesis (Etna Engeli): “Plasticity in Compassion versus

Empathic Distress: The Influence of Affective Dispositions on Brain Responses

to Aversive Stimuli” at the University of Zurich, Switzerland (together with Prof.

Dr. Tania Singer).

In addition supervision of more than 30 Bachelor- and Masterstudents in internships.


December 2016

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER

Klimecki, O. (2016). Empathie et Compassion. Invited talk for the Haute école de travail social et de

la santé, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O. (2015). How Can Affective Sciences Contribute To Conflict Resolution And

Peacebuilding? Invited talk for the Mediator Breakfast of the Chambre Suisse de Médiation

Commerciale, Geneva, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O. (2014). Plastizität im sozialen Gehirn – Wie wir unsere Emotionen trainieren können.

(Plasticity in the social brain – how we can train our emotions) Invited talk at meeting „Das soziale

Gehirn“ (The social brain) in Fürth, Germany.

Klimecki, O. (2014). Surmonter la souffrance par l'entraînement de la compassion. (Overcoming

suffering through compassion training.) Talk for the Red Cross Exhibition “Trop Humain”, Geneva,

Switzerland.

Klimecki, O. (2014) Einführung in Empathie, Mitgefühl und Achtsamkeit. (Introduction to Empathy,

Compassion and Mindfulness). Invited talk at Bundesgeschäftsführertagung der Waldorfschulen,

Berlin, Germany.

Klimecki, O. (2014). S'entraîner à l'empathie ou à la compassion ? Une perspective

neuropsychologique. (Training empathy or compassion? A neuropsychological perspective.) Invited

talk at Association Neuchâteloise d’Accueil et d’Action Psychiatrique, Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O. (2013). La neuroscience de l’empathie et de la compassion. (The neuroscience of

empathy and compassion) Brain Awareness Week, Geneva, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O. (2012). The neuroscience of empathy and compassion. Invited keynote talk at Youth

Gathering preceding Empathy and Compassion in Society Conference, London, UK.

Klimecki, O. (2012) Können wir unser emotionales Gehirn trainieren? (Can we train our emotional

brain?) Science Slam during the Long Night of Science) Leipzig, Germany. (Winning presentation)


December 2016

PUBLICATIONS

Articles

Klimecki, O.M., Sander, D., Vuilleumier, P. (in revision at Scientific Reports). Distinct prefrontal

areas regulate anger and subsequent aggression. [impact factor 5.58]

Mayer, S., Jusyte, A., Klimecki-Lenz, O., Schönenberg, M. (in revision at Journal of Personality

Disorders). Empathy and altruistic behavior in antisocial violent offenders with psychopathic traits.

[impact factor 3.52]

Klimecki, O.M., Mayer, S.V., Jusyte, A., Scheeff, J., Schönenberg, M. (2016). Empathy promotes

altruistic behavior in economic interactions. Scientific Reports, 6, 31961. [impact factor 5.58]

Klimecki, O.M., Vuilleumier, P., Sander, D. (2016). The impact of emotions and empathy-related

traits on punishment behavior: Introduction and Validation of the Inequality Game. PLoS One, 11(3):

e0151028. [impact factor 3.23]

Klimecki, O.M. (2015). The Plasticity of Social Emotions. Social Neuroscience. 10, 466-473. [impact

factor 3.65]

Singer, T., Klimecki, O.M. (2014). Empathy and Compassion. Current Biology, 24, R875-R878.

[impact factor 10.13]

Klimecki, O., Leiberg, S., Ricard, M., Singer, T. (2014). Differential Pattern of Functional Brain

Plasticity after Compassion and Empathy Training. Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9,

873–879. [impact factor 7.37]

Bernhardt, B.*, Klimecki, O.*, Leiberg, S., Singer T. (2014). Structural Covariance Networks of the

Dorsal Anterior Insula Predict Females’ Individual Differences in Empathic Responding. Cerebral

Cortex, 24, 2189-98. (* shared first authorship) [impact factor 8.67]

Klimecki, O., Leiberg, S., Lamm, C., Singer, T. (2013). Functional neural plasticity and associated

changes in positive affect after compassion training. Cerebral Cortex, 23, 1552–1561. [impact factor

8.67]

Gamer, M., Klimecki, O., Bauermann, T., Stoeter, P., Vossel G. (2012). fMRI-activation patterns in

the detection of concealed information rely on memory-related effects. Social, Cognitive and Affective

Neuroscience. 7, 506-515. [impact factor 7.37]


December 2016

Leiberg, S., Klimecki, O., Singer, T. (2011). Short-term compassion training increases prosocial

behavior in a newly developed prosocial game. PLoS One, 6, e17798. [impact factor 3.23]

Book Chapters and Other Publications

Klimecki, O.M., Schweinberger, S.R. (forthcoming). Soziale Neurobiologie. In U.T. Egle, C. Heim, B.

Strauß and R. v. Känel (Eds). Psychosomatische Medizin 3.0 - Neurobiologisch fundiert -

Evidenzbasiert. W.Kohlhammer.

Klimecki, O., Sander, D. (forthcoming). Anger and its relation to Aggression. In D. Sander (Ed). Emotions. Zurich, BENTELI publishing. Klimecki, O., Vuilleumier, P. (forthcoming). Anger. In D. Sander (Ed). Emotions. Zurich: BENTELI publishing. Bogacz, F., Klimecki, O.M. (forthcoming). How do emotions impact conflicts? A neuroscientific

perspective. In B. Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk, P. Wilson and S. Croucher (Eds.). Approaches to

Conflict: Theoretical, Interpersonal, and Discursive Dynamics. Lexington Books.

Klimecki, O.M., Singer, T. (forthcoming). The Compassionate Brain. In J.R. Doty, M. Worline, E.

Simon-Thomas, D. Cameron and S. Brown (Eds.) Oxford Handbook on Compassion Science. Oxford

University Press.

Klimecki, O.M., Vuilleumier, P., Sander, D. (forthcoming). A psychological and neuroscientific view

on contempt. In P. Lombardo and K. Mulligan (Eds.) Contempt. Oxford University Press.

Klimecki, O. (2016). Malleable Emotions. Insight for Webpage of Center for Empathy in International

Affairs. http://www.centerforempathy.org/malleable-emotions/

Klimecki, O. (2016). Mehr Mitgefühl. Gehirn und Geist. 2/2016, 52-57.

Klimecki, O. (2015). Plastizität im sozialen Gehirn – wie wir unsere Emotionen trainieren können.

(Plasticity in the social brain - how we can train our emotions.) In: H. Fink and R. Rosenzweig (Eds.)

Das soziale Gehirn - Neurowissenschaft und menschliche Bindung. Münster: Mentis.

Klimecki, O., & Singer, T. (2015). Compassion. In: A.W. Toga (Ed.) Brain Mapping: An Encyclopedic

Reference, vol. 3, pp. 195-199. San Diego: Academic Press Elsevier.


December 2016

Klimecki, O. (2014). Emotionales Verstehen. Die Rolle von Empathie und Mitgefühl. (Emotional

Understanding. The role of empathy and compassion) In: S. Schulte (Ed.) ach so verstehen wir.

Interdisziplinäre Gespräche übers Verstehen. Münster: Waxmann Verlag.

Klimecki, O., Ricard, M., & Singer, T., (2013). Empathy versus Compassion – Lessons from 1st and

3rd Person Methods. In: T. Singer & M. Bolz (Eds.) Compassion: From Theory, to Training, to

Neuroscience. A Multimedia Book.

Klimecki, O., & Singer, T. (2013). Empathy from the perspective of social neuroscience. In: J.

Armony & P. Vuilleumier (Eds.), Handbook of Human Affective Neuroscience, pp. 533-551. New

York: Cambridge University Press.

Klimecki, O.M. (2013). Training the Compassionate and the Empathic Brain. (Doctoral dissertation).

University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O., & Singer, T. (2012). Empathic distress fatigue rather than compassion fatigue?

Integrating findings from empathy research in psychology and social neuroscience. In B. Oakley,

A.Knafo, G. Madhavan, & D. S. Wilson (Eds.), Pathological altruism (pp. 368-383). New York: Oxford

University Press.


December 2016

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Klimecki, O. (2016). Wie unser Gehirn adaptive Emotionen lernen kann. Invited talk at the

Symposium “Gesundes Lehren und Lernen (GLL) an der EAH Jena - Neurowissenschaftliche

Grundlagen und erste Evaluationsergebnisse” (Healthy Teaching and Learning at the EAH Jena -

Neuroscientific foundations and first results from the evaluation), Ernst-Abbe Hochschule Jena, Jena,

Germany.

Klimecki, O. (2016). Multidisciplinary Approaches to Governance: Contributions of Neurosciences.

Invited talk at the professional seminar on “Water Security: Enhancing Multi-Stakeholder

Partnerships”, Geneva Centre for Security Policy Geneva, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O. (2016). Neuroscience of Conflict. Invited talk at the course on Neuro-Philosophy of

Global Security: Governance, Geopolitics, and Leadership, Geneva Centre for Security Policy


Klimecki, O. (2016). Shaping the Social Brain for Cooperation. Invited talk at the University of

Lausanne, Switzerland.

Mayer, S., Jusyte, A., Klimecki, O., & Schönenberg, M. (2016) Empathic competencies and

prosocial behavior in healthy individuals compared with antisocial violent offenders. Symposium

presentation at the Tagung experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (Conference on Experimental

Psychology), Mannheim, Germany.

Klimecki, O. (2015). Conflict or Cooperation? - How can emotions shape our behavior. Keynote talk

at the conference "conflict matters" in Brussels, Belgium.

Klimecki, O. (2015). Testing antisocial behavior with the inequality game. Presentation at the

BBL/CIBM Research day Geneva, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O. (2015). Opposing influence of empathic concern and empathic distress on conflict

behavior. Talk at the symposium “The Role of Emotions in Negotiation and Conflict Resolution” at the

International Society for Research on Emotion, Geneva, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O. (2015). Empathy and Social Behavior. Invited colloquium talk at the University of

Tübingen, Germany.

Klimecki, O. (2015). Empathie und Compassion: Eine neurobiologisch fundierte Perspektive.

(Empathy and Compassion: a neurobiological perspective) invited talk for the Psychosomatic

Colloquium on Tuesdays, University of Freiburg, Germany.


December 2016

Klimecki, O. (2015). Konflikt oder Kooperation? Menschliches Sozialverhalten aus

neuropsychologischer Sicht. Invited talk for the Studium Generale on the Evolution of Cooperation at

the University of Mainz, Germany.

Klimecki, O.M. (2015). Konflikt oder Kooperation? Wie das soziale Gehirn unser Verhalten prägt.

(Conflict or Cooperation? How the Social Brain Shapes our Behavior). Symposium Talk at 28.

Jahrestagung des Symposiums Friedenspsychologie, Marburg, Germany.

Klimecki, O. (2015). Contributions to Conflict Resolution from Affective Sciences. Invited talk at

Interpeace, Geneva, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O. (2015). Shaping the Social Brain for Cooperation. Invited talk at Centre of Research of

the Brain & Spine Institute, Hôpital de la Salpetrière, Paris, France.

Klimecki, O. (2015). The influence of empathy-related emotions on social behavior. Invited talk at

the University of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Klimecki, O. (2015). The Role of Empathy in Social Interactions - a Tale of Two Systems. Invited talk

for the Colloquium Social Psychology and Social Neuroscience, University of Bern, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O. (2014). Plasticity of Social Emotions. Early career award talk at Society for Social

Neuroscience meeting in Washington, DC, USA.

Klimecki, O. (2014). Plasticity of the Social Brain. Invited talk at Person Perception Workshop in

Jena, Germany.

Klimecki, O. (2014). Plasticity of Empathy and Compassion – a Neuropsychological Perspective

Keynote lecture at the Workshop of Interpersonal Accuracy in Neuchâtel, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O. (2013). How can Empathy contribute to Social Problem Solving? Invited talk at

Research Seminar in Person Perception in Jena, Germany.

Klimecki, O. (2013). Overcoming Empathic Distress. Invited talk at Conference on “Humanitarian

Workers: Personal Ethics, Psychology, and Lifestyle” in Oxford, UK.


December 2016

Klimecki, O. (2013). Emotionales Verstehen – Empathie und Mitgefühl in neurowissenschaftlicher

Sicht. (Emotional understanding – empathy and compassion from a neuroscientific point of view)

Invited talk at the Meeting “ach so verstehen wir” (this is how we understand) in Münster, Germany.

Klimecki, O. (2013). Training Compassion – Effects on Behavior, Experience and Brain Function.

Symposium talk at the 13. Biannual Congress of the Swiss Psychological Society in Basel,

Switzerland.

Klimecki, O. (2013). Differentielle neuronale und affektive Plastizitaet nach Empathie- und

Mitgefuehlstraining. (Differential neural and affective plasticity after empathy and compassion

training) Symposium talk at the conference Psychologie und Gehirn (Psychology and Brain),

Wuerzburg, Germany.

Klimecki, O. (2013). Neuronale Plastizität von Meditation. (Neural Plasticity of Meditation) Invited

talk at the Congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Klinische Neurophysiologie und funktionelle

Bildgebung (German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging) in Leipzig,

Germany.

Klimecki, O. (2013). The Zurich Prosocial Game and Compassion Training. Invited talk in the

Bavelier Lab, Faculty of Psychology, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O. (2013). Differential Pattern of Functional Brain Plasticity after Compassion and

Empathy Training. Symposium talk at the Alpine Brain Imaging Meeting, Champery, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O. (2012). The neuroscience of empathy. Keynote lecture at Empathy and Compassion in

Society Conference, London, UK.

Klimecki, O. (2012). Plasticity in the Compassionate Brain. Symposium talk at the International

Symposia for Contemplative Studies, Denver, USA.

Klimecki, O., Leiberg, S., Lamm, C., & Singer, T. (2012). Evidence for neural plasticity and

associated changes in positive affect after compassion training. Symposium talk at the Tagung

experimentell arbeitender Psychologen (Conference on Experimental Psychology), Mannheim,

Germany.


December 2016

Klimecki, O. (2011). Compassion vs. empathic distress and memory training as an active control

group. Talk presented at the workshop "How to Train Compassion", organized by Max-Planck

Institute Leipzig, taking place in Berlin, Germany.


December 2016

POSTERS

Gyger, L., Vuilleumier, P., Sander, D., & Klimecki, O. (2015). Neural substrates of anger and

forgiveness behavior. Poster presented at the 14th congress of the Swiss Psychological Society,


Gyger, L., Vuilleumier, P., Sander, D., & Klimecki, O. (2015). Neural substrates of anger and

forgiveness behavior. Poster presented at the Brain and Behavior Lab / Centre d'imagerie

biomédicale Research Day, Geneva, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O., Vuilleumier, P., & Sander, D. (2014). Emotions and actions in response to unfair

behavior. Poster presented at Consortium of European Research on Emotion Conference, Berlin,

Germany.

Klimecki, O., Vuilleumier, P., & Sander, D. (2014). Introducing the Inequality Game. Poster

presented at Annual Research Forum, Geneva, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O., Vuilleumier, P., & Sander, D. (2014). Introducing the Inequality Game. Poster

presented at Alpine Brain Imaging Meeting, Champery, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O., Vuilleumier, P., & Sander, D. (2013). The Unfair Game - A new paradigm to test

emotional and behavioral reactions to injustice. Poster presented at the Symposium on Stress, Brain

and Behavior, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O., Leiberg, S., Ricard, M., & Singer, T. (2013). First and third person perspective on

training empathy and compassion. Poster presented at the Summer School “Embodied

Intersubjectivity: from the 1st person to the 2nd person perspective”, Aegina, Greece.

Bernhardt, B.C., Klimecki, O.M., Leiberg, S, & Singer, T. (2013). Structural Covariance Networks of

Dorsal Anterior Insula Predict Individual Differences in Empathic Responding. Poster presented at

Human Brain Mapping, Seattle, USA.

Klimecki, O., Leiberg, S., Ricard, M., & Singer, T. (2013). First and third person perspective on

training empathy and compassion. Poster presented at Cortex, Lyon, France.

Klimecki, O., Leiberg, S., Lamm, C., & Singer, T. (2012). Functional neural plasticity and associated

changes in positive affect after compassion training. Poster presented at Social & Affective

Neuroscience Society Annual Meeting, New York, USA.


December 2016

Klimecki, O., Leiberg, S., Lamm, C., & Singer, T. (2012). Neural and behavioral changes related to

compassion training. Poster presented at Alpine Brain Imaging Meeting, Champery, Switzerland.

Klimecki, O., Leiberg, S., Lamm, C., & Singer, T. (2011). Neural and behavioral changes related to

compassion training. Poster presented at the workshop “The Social Brain", organized by MRC

Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Leiberg, S., Clos, M., Sorger, B., Klimecki, O., Goebel, R., & Singer, T. (2010). Effects of real-time

functional magnetic resonance imaging (rt-fMRI) neurofeedback from the ventral striatum in

compassion meditation training. Poster presented at the “Alpine Brain Imaging Meeting”, Champery,

Switzerland.

Leiberg, S., Clos, M., Sorger, B., Klimecki, O., Goebel, R., & Singer, T. (2010). Effects of real-time

functional magnetic resonance imaging (rt-fMRI) neurofeedback from the ventral striatum in

compassion meditation training. Poster presented at the Human Brain Mapping Conference,

Barcelona, Spain.

Gamer, M., Klimecki, O., & Vossel, G. (2009). Emotionale Modulation des Gedächtnisses im

Tatwissentest. (Emotional modulation of memory in the guilty knowledge test) Poster presented at

the 35. Arbeitstagung Psychophysiologie und Methodik, Leipzig, Germany.

Leiberg, S., Klimecki, O., & Singer, T. (2008). Training compassion with real-time Functional

Magnetic Resonance Imaging - First Insights. Poster presented at the International Symposium

"Foundations of Human Social Behavior", University of Zurich, Switzerland.

Gamer, M., Klimecki, O., Bauermann, T., Stoeter, P., & Vossel, G. (2007). Relevanz von

Reaktionskonflikten und Gedächtnisprozessen bei der Verarbeitung verheimlichten Wissens. Poster

presented at the conference Psychologie und Gehirn (Psychology and Brain), Germany.


December 2016

COLLABORATIONS

In my research I currently collaborate, for example, with

• Prof. Dr. Guido Bondolfi, Psychiatry, University of Geneva, Switzerland

• Dr. Gael Chételat, Neurosciences, Director of Research at Inserm, Caen, France

• Dr. Fabienne Collette, Psychology, Université de Liège, Belgium

• Prof. Dr. Joachim Denzler, Computer Sciences, University of Jena, Germany

• Prof. Dr. Beate Ditzen, Psychology, University of Heidelberg, Germany

• Prof. Dr. Eran Halperin, Psychology, University of Herzliya, Israel

• Prof. Dr. Simon Hug, Political Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland

• Dr. Antoine Lutz, Neurosciences, Researcher am Inserm, Lyon, France

• Dr. Luc Mallet, Psychiatry, Director of Research at Inserm, Paris, France

• Dr. Natalie Marchant, Psychology, University College London, Großbritannien

• Dr. Karim N'Diaye, Neurosciences, Researcher at Inserm, Paris, France

• Prof. Dr. Thierry Pun, Computer Sciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland

• Dr. Ulrike Rimmele, Neurosciences, University of Geneva, Switzerland

• PD. Dr. Michael Schönenberg, Psychology, University of Tübingen, Germany

• Prof. Dr. Stefan Schweinberger, Psychology, University of Jena, Germany


December 2016

OTHER FUNCTIONS

Member of the Steering Group of Rewiring the Brain for Peace in the Alliance for Peacebuilding

Associate at the Center for Empathy in International Affairs

EDITORIAL SERVICES

Ad hoc reviewer for journals such as Acta Psychologica, British Journal of Psychology, Cognitive,

Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience, Emotion, NeuroImage, Neuron, Neuroscience & Biobehavioral

Reviews, Scientific Reports, Social, Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (SCAN), Social

Neuroscience, PLoS One.

REVIEWER FOR GRANTS

United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation

Varela Grant (Mind and Life Institute)

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG)

MEDIA COVERAGE

In national and international media (e.g., DIE ZEIT, Spiegel, Stern, SWR2, The Independent, Le

Temps, Gehirn und Geist, New Scientist)

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