Prof. Dr. Melanie Krüger

Prof. Dr. Melanie Krüger
Address
Am Moritzwinkel 6
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
107
Prof. Dr. Melanie Krüger
Address
Am Moritzwinkel 6
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
107
Positions
Executive Board
Institute of Sports Science
Management
Sports and Cognition
Deputy Representatives for Professors
Committee for Doctoral Studies, Faculty of Humanities
Deputy Representatives for Professors
Examination Board Sports Science (Master of Arts)
Professors
Institute of Sports Science

Personal information

  • Professional experience
    • since 2020   
      Associate Professor (with tenure track) at the Institute of Sports Science, Leibniz University Hannover (LUH), Head of the “Sports and Cognition”-Group
    • 2017 - 2020   
      Post-doctoral Researcher, Chair of Human Movement Science, TUM Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich
    • 2015 – 2017    
      Post-doctoral Researcher, Sensorimotor Neuroscience and Ageing Group, College of Health and Medicine, University of Tasmania, Australia
    • 2013 –2015    
      Post-doctoral Researcher, Chair of Human Movement Science, TUM Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Technical University of Munich
    • 2011  
      Visiting Scholar, College of Health and Human Development, Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, USA
    • 2009 - 2013  
      PhD in Systemic Neurosciences, Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich
    • 2007 – 2008   
      Visiting Scholar, Department of Health & Kinesiology, Texas A&M University, USA
    • 2004 –209   
      Diploma in Sports Sciences (Major: Professional Sports), Leipzig University
  • Functions
    • since 2022    
      Speaker dvs ad hoc-Committee "Research data management", German Society of Sport Science
    • since 2022    
      Board member of the dvs section “Sportmotorik”, German Society of Sport Science
    • 2016 – 2019     
      Speaker of the “Young ZiF”, Center for Interdisciplinary Research (ZiF), Bielefeld University
    • 2010 –2012     
      Student representative, Graduate School of Systemic Neurosciences, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich

Focus areas in research and teaching

  • Developmental Embodiment research
  • Interrelationship of age-related changes in cognitive and motor functioning
  • Motor decision making
  • Interpersonal coordination and joint action
  • Influence of life-long physical activity on cognitive and motor functioning