Position
Prof. Dr. Melanie Krüger
Prof. Dr. Melanie Krüger
Phone
Address
Am Moritzwinkel 6
30167 Hannover
30167 Hannover
Building
Room
Office hours
Mon. 10:00 - 11:00 Appointment via Stud.IP
Prof. Dr. Melanie Krüger
Professors
Office hours
Mon. 10:00 - 11:00 Appointment via Stud.IP
Mon. 10:00 - 11:00 Appointment via Stud.IP
Institute of Sports Science
Personal information
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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
- since 2020
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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
- since 2022
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
