Sigrid Schmitz (born 1961,
Aachen
Aachen ( ; ; Aachen dialect: ''Oche'' ; French and traditional English: Aix-la-Chapelle; or ''Aquisgranum''; nl, Aken ; Polish: Akwizgran) is, with around 249,000 inhabitants, the 13th-largest city in North Rhine-Westphalia, and the 28th- ...
, Germany)
is a visiting professor at the
Humboldt University of Berlin, and was formerly the chair of gender studies
and scientific head of the Gender Research Office
eferat Genderforschungat the
University of Vienna. Schmitz is also a member of
The NeuroGenderings Network.
Education
Schmitz gained her PhD in
behavioral physiology
Neuroscience is the science, scientific study of the nervous system (the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nervous system), its functions and disorders. It is a Multidisciplinary approach, multidisciplinary science that combines physiology, an ...
from the Department of Biology,
University of Marburg in 1992.
Research
Schmitz main areas of research are gender and science technology studies with a particular focus in brain sciences and contemporary neurocultures.
Books
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See also
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Cognitive neuroscience
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Gender essentialism
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Neuroscience of sex differences
References
External links
Official website
1961 births
German cognitive neuroscientists
Academic staff of the Humboldt University of Berlin
University of Marburg alumni
Academic staff of the University of Vienna
German women neuroscientists
Living people
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