Erwin-Josef Speckmann (born April 25, 1939, in
Münster
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,
Germany
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)
is a German
neuroscientist
A neuroscientist (or neurobiologist) is a scientist specializing in neuroscience that deals with the anatomy and function of neurons, Biological neural network, neural circuits, and glia, and their Behavior, behavioral, biological, and psycholo ...
and artist.
Until his retirement in 2005, he was the head of the Institute of Physiology at the
University of Münster
The University of Münster (, until 2023 , WWU) is a public research university located in the city of Münster, North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany.
With more than 43,000 students and over 120 fields of study in 15 departments, it is Germany's ...
, and a professor in the Art Academy Münster. He is also a former dean of the medical faculty at the University of Münster, two-time president of the German EEG Society, and past president of the German Physiological Society.
[Curriculum vitae](_blank)
, Univ. of Münster, retrieved 2011-06-07.
As well as his work on neuroscience, Speckmann has exhibited his art in several exhibition spaces including the botanical gardens of Münster
[.] and published three books about his art. He has also worked to promote
music therapy
Music therapy, an allied health profession, "is the clinical and evidence-based use of music interventions to accomplish individualized goals within a therapeutic relationship by a credentialed professional who has completed an approved music t ...
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Awards and honors
*1974: Special award of Stiftung Michael (Stiftung zur Bekämpfung von Anfallskrankheiten)
*1981:
*1984: Alfred Hauptmann Prize
*2006: Honorary member of
*2007:
*2010: Honorary member of
*2011: Officer's Cross of
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (, or , BVO) is the highest state decoration, federal decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany. It may be awarded for any field of endeavor. It was created by the first List of president ...
*2019: Honorary member of University of Fine Arts Münster
Books (selection)
*Erich Schütz, Heinz Caspers, Erwin-Josef Speckmann: ''Physiologie''. 15th edition, Urban & Schwarzenberg, München/Wien/Baltimore 1978; 16th edition 1982.
*''Einführung in die Neurophysiologie''. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1981; 3rd edition 1991.
*''Experimentelle Epilepsieforschung''. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1986.
*Erwin-Josef Speckmann, Helga Schulze: ''Der Versorgungsteil des Organismus''. Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1990.
*Erwin-Josef Speckmann, Werner Wittkowski: ''Bau und Funktionen des menschlichen Körpers''. 18th edition, Urban & Schwarzenberg, München 1994; 20th edition: Elsevier/Urban & Fischer, München 2004. ''Handbuch Anatomie - Bau und Funktionen des menschlichen Körpers.'' 21. Auflage: Elsevier / Urban & Fischer, München 2020
*Erwin-Josef Speckmann, Jürgen Hescheler, Rüdiger Köhling (Hrsg.): ''Physiologie''. 8th edition, Elsevier/Urban & Fischer, München 2024.
*''Das Gehirn meiner Kunst. Kreativität und das selbstbewusste Gehirn''. Daedalus, Münster 2008; 3rd edition, Daedalus, Münster 2018.
*''Grenzflächen. Prinzip der Lebendigkeit im Lebenden''. Daedalus, Münster 2013.
*''Das Kunst-Ding. Braucht Kunst einen dinglichen Ausdruck? Ein Vorwort aus Hirnforschung und künstlerischer Praxis''. Daedalus, Münster 2017
*Grenzflächen II, Daedalus, Münster 2021,
*Der Geist aus der Kunst. ''Das unverstandene Wissen und die gefühlte Energie.'' ''Essays:'' I. Kunst – ein Spiel; II. Kunst – eine Vorschule des Betens; III. Kunst – Muster als Ordnungsgefüge; IV. Kunst – Immersion. Daedalus Verlag, Münster 2023,
References
External links
Home pageat the University of Münster
Extrakte Kunst home page for Speckmann's art
of and from E.-J. Speckmann
1939 births
Living people
German neuroscientists
German sculptors
German male sculptors
Academic staff of the University of Münster
Officers Crosses of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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