Prof. Dr Raffael Kalisch

Research Group Leader LIR, Director of Neuroimaging Center Mainz, Professor of Human Neuroimaging

Contact

Leibniz-Institut für Resilienzforschung gGmbH
Langenbeckstraße 1
55131 Mainz

+49 (0)6131 17-4588

General Information

Year of Birth

1972

Current Position

Research Group Leader, Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany

Professor of Human Neuroimaging and Director of Neuroimaging Center (NIC), Mainz, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, Germany

University training and degrees

10/1997 – 09/1998

Human Biology (Theoretical Medicine), University of Marburg, Germany; Dipl. Hum. biol. (supervisor: A. Triller, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris)

10/1996 – 09/1997

Maitrise de Biologie cellulaire et Physiologie, Université Paris VII, Paris, France; guest student without degree

10/1993 – 09/1996

Human Biology (Theoretical Medicine), University of Marburg, Germany

Advanced academic qualifications

2002

Dr. rer. nat.: Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany (supervisor: R. Landgraf, Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Munich)

Postgraduate professional career

Since 01/2020

Research Group Leader at the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research (LIR), Mainz, Germany

Since 2020

Professor for Human Neuroimaging (W3) and Director, Neuroimaging Center Mainz (NIC), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

01/2018 - 12/2019

Research Group Leader at the German Resilience Center (DRZ) Mainz, Germany

2012-2020

Professor for Human Neuroimaging (W2) and Director, Neuroimaging Center Mainz (NIC), University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Germany

01/2008 – 12/2012

DFG Emmy Noether Research Group Leader, Institute for Systems Neuroscience, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE), Hamburg, Germany

08/2007 – 12/2007

Research Group Leader, Institute for Systems Neuroscience, UKE, Hamburg, Germany

06/2006 – 07/2007

Postdoctoral researcher, Institute for Systems Neuroscience, UKE, Hamburg, Germany (supervisor: C. Büchel)

02/2003 – 04/2006

Postdoctoral researcher, Wellcome Department of Imaging Neuroscience, University College London, United Kingdom (supervisor: R. Dolan)

03/2002 – 01/2003

Postdoctoral researcher, NMR study group, Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Munich, Germany (supervisor: D. Auer)

11/1998 – 02/2002

Doctoral student, NMR study group, Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry, Munich, Germany (supervisors: D. Auer, R. Landgraf)

Other professional activities or honors

Since 2018

Coordinator EU Horizon 2020 project DynaMORE (Dynamic MOdelling of REsilience)

2016 – 2018

Founding spokesperson of intresa (International Resilience Alliance)

Since 2015

Initiator and main organizer of International Symposium on Resilience Research

2008 – 2012

DFG Emmy Noether Research Group

2003 – 2005

EU Marie Curie Individual Fellowship for postdoctoral studies

1997

Stipend of Medizinstiftung, University of Marburg for diploma studies at Ecole Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

TRANSPARENCY / DECLARATION OF INTERESTS

Professor Dr. Raffael Kalisch has been University Professor for Human Neuroimaging at the University Medical Center Mainz since 2012 and working group leader at the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research since 2020. He has not received any personal fees for statements from pharmaceutical companies or medical device manufacturers since 2018. Between 2019-2021, Prof. Kalisch has performed consulting activities, such as grant application reviews and grant program designs, for JoyVentures, Herzlia, in Israel. From the non-profit Boehringer Ingelheim Foundation, Prof. Kalisch, together with other LIR scientists, received research funding for 2017-2020 to establish the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research. He has been a board member and secretary in the International Resilience Alliance (intresa e.V.) since 2018.

Expert fees

2020

- Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

- Joy Ventures, Herzliya, Israel

Speaker fees

2023

- Professional Association of German Psychologists, Saarland Regional Group

- Besser-Siegmund-Institut GmbH, Hamburg

2022

- Hessian State Office for Technology Training, Groß-Gerau

- Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research, RWTH Aachen University

2021

- Institute for Self-Management and Motivation Zurich

- Protestant City Academy Munich

2020

- Academy of Foreign Service, German Federal Foreign Office

- Psychosomatic Research Colloquium, University of Ulm, Germany

- Nantesbuch Foundation gGmbH

Selected Publications

Etkin A, Egner T, Kalisch R (2011) Emotional processing in anterior cingulate and medial prefrontal cortex. Trends Cogn Sci 15:85−93.

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Gerlicher A, Tüscher O, Kalisch R (2018) Making extinction last: dopamine-dependent prefrontal reactivations explain long-term benefit of fear extinction. Nat Commun 9:4294. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-08399-4

Haaker J, Gaburro S, Sah A, Gartmann N, Lonsdorf TB, Meier K, Singewald N, Pape HC, Morellini F*, Kalisch R* (2013) Single dose of L-DOPA makes extinction memories context-independent and prevents the return of fear. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 110:E2428−E2436. *equal contribution

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Kalisch R, Baker DG, Basten U, Boks MP, Bonanno GA, Brummelman E, Chmitorz A, Fernàndez G, Fiebach CJ, Galatzer-Levy I, Geuze E, Groppa S, Helmreich I, Hendler T, Hermans EJ, Jovanovic T, Kubiak T, Lieb K, Lutz B, Müller MB, Murray RJ, Nievergelt CM, Reif A, Roelofs K, Rutten BPF, Sander D, Schick A, Tüscher O, Van Diest I, van Harmelen AL, Veer IM, Vermetten E, Vinkers CH, Wager TD, Walter H, Wessa M, Wibral M, Kleim B (2017) The resilience framework as a strategy to combat stress-related disorders. Nat Hum Behav 1:784−790.

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Kalisch R*, Cramer AOJ*, Binder H, Fritz J, Leertouwer I, Lunansky G, Meyer B, Timmer J, Veer IM, van Harmelen AL (2019) Deconstructing and reconstructing resilience: a dynamic network approach. Perspect Psychol Sci 14(5):765−777. *equal contribution

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Kalisch R, Gerlicher AMV, Duvarci S (2019) A Dopaminergic Basis for Fear Extinction. Trends Cogn Sci 23:274-7.

Kalisch R, Köber G, Binder H, Ahrens KF, Basten U, Chmitorz A, Choi KW, Fiebach CJ, Goldbach N, Neumann RJ, Kampa M, Kollmann B, Lieb K, Plichta MM, Reif A, Schick A, Sebastian A, Walter H, Wessa M, Yuen KSL, Tüscher O, Engen H (2021). The Frequent Stressor and Mental Health Monitoring-Paradigm: A Proposal for the Operationalization and Measurement of Resilience and the Identification of Resilience Processes in Longitudinal Observational Studies. Front Psychol. 12:710493.

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Kalisch R, Müller MB, Tüscher O (2015) A conceptual framework for the neurobiological study of resilience. Behav Brain Sci 27:1−79.

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Pessiglione M, Schmidt L, Draganski B, Kalisch R, Lau H, Dolan RJ, Frith CD (2007) How the brain translates money into force: a neuroimaging study of subliminal motivation. Science 316:904−906.

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Raczka KA, Gartmann N, Mechias ML, Reif A, Buchel C, Deckert J, Kalisch R (2010) A neuropeptide S receptor variant associated with overinterpretation of fear reactions: a potential neurogenetic basis for catastrophizing. Mol Psychiatry 15:1067−1074. Corrigendum: 17:468.

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Riepenhausen A, Wackerhagen C, Reppmann ZC, Deter HC, Kalisch R, Veer IM, Walter H (2022). Positive Cognitive Reappraisal in Stress Resilience, Mental Health, and Well-Being: A Comprehensive Systematic Review. Emot Rev. 14(4):310–331. doi.org/10.1177/17540739221114642

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