A large proportion of ageing phenomena including extreme old age are often excluded from research due to their complexity. I am excited about the fact that SWISS100, for the first time in Switzerland, includes this understudied group and documents their abilities, characteristics, goals, and activities.
Current Positions
- Professor of Gerontopsychology and Gerontology, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich
- Director University Research Priority Program “Dynamics of Healthy Aging”, Director Gerontology Center, Vice President Swiss Association of Senior Universities, and member of the “a+ Swiss Platform Ageing Society”
Educational Background
- MA Psychology University of Georgia, USA
- PhD University of Mainz, Germany
- Habilitation University of Heidelberg, Germany
Prior Experience
- Department head Center for Research on Ageing, Heidelberg University, Germany
Research Focus
- Stabilization of Quality of life and wellbeing in old age
- Semantic Activity Analytics for healthy aging
- Longitudinal healthy agig research
Additional Experiences/Mile Stones
- German Interdisciplinary Longitudinal Study on Ageing (ILSE)
- Longitudinal Healthy Aging Brain Database (LHAB)
- Zurich Longitudinal Study on Cognitive Aging (ZULU)
- Member WHO Working Group on Metrics and Research Standards on Healthy Aging
- Director ETH/UZH Competence Center Citizen Science