Prof. Dr. Ansgar Büschges
- April 2018 - December 2021: Vice-Rector for Academic Career and Equal Opportunities.
- 2014-2017: Dean of the University of Cologne's Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
- 2011-2014: Vice Dean for Research of the University of Cologne's Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
- 2001-2002: Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study Berlin; convenor of the special research group on „Neural Control of Locomotion“.
- since 1998: Head of the Department of Animal Physiology at the Institute for Zoology at the University of Cologne.
- 1997-1998: Visiting scientist at the Nobel Institute for Neurophysiology with Prof. Dr. S. Grillner, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden.
- 1995: Habilitation in Zoology.
- 1991-1997: Research Associate (C1) in the Department of Animal Physiology in the Division of Biology at the University of Kaiserslautern.
- 1989-1991: Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Dr. K.G. Pearson in the Fac. of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
- 1989: Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Animal Physiology with Prof. Dr. U. Bässler in the Division of Biology at the University of Kaiserslautern.
- 1989: Dissertation (PhD/Dr. rer. nat.) at the University of Kaiserslautern.
- 1986-1989: Graduate student in the Department of Animal Physiology with Prof. Dr. U. Bässler in the Division of Biology at the University of Kaiserslautern.
- 1985-1986: Diploma thesis in the Department of Biological Cybernetics of Prof. Dr. H. Cruse, University of Bielefeld.
- 1980-1985: Studies of Biology (Diploma) at the University of Bielefeld
Current Services to the Society and the Scientific Community
- since 2025: President of the German Neuroscience Society
- since 2024: Member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of the Otto-Creutzfeldt Centre for Cognitive and Behavioral Neuroscience at the University of Münster
- since 2023: Head of the Tenure-Track Commission of the University of Hamburg
- since 2023: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Faculty of Biology at the LMU Munich
- since 2019: Vice President of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
- since 2015: Member of the Board of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
- since 2014: Member of the Scientific Advisory Boards of the Biozentrum Würzburg
Honors and Awards
since 2012: Member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Province of North-Rhine-Westfalia
2001-2002: Daimler-Chrysler-Fellow at the Institute for Advanced Study Berlin
1997-1998: Research Fellowship of the Axel-Wenner-Gren-Foundation
1997-1998: Heisenberg-Fellow of the DFG
1989-1991: Fellowship of Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
