Prof. Dr. Christian Montag

Since 10/2019 W3-Professor for Molecular Psychology
09/2014-09/2019 Heisenberg-Professor for Molecular Psychology, Ulm University
04/2016-02/2022 Agreement professor, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC), Chengdu, China
04/2012-09/2012 Associate Professor,  General Psychology II, University of Bonn
07/2009-09/2009 SCAN Center, Turhan Canli, Stony Brook University, USA (SCAN = Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience)
10/2006–09/2014 Research fellow, University of Bonn: Personality and Biological Psychology (Prof. Dr. Martin Reuter)
13.12.2011 Habilitation dissertation, "venia legendi" for psychology
27.06.2009 Dissertation, Topic: Experimentell-biologische Überprüfung der revidierten Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory
10/2001-09/2006 Study of Psychology at the Justus - Liebig - Universität, Giessen, Germany

Research interests

  • Molecular genetics of emotionality and personality
  • Psychobiological basis of stuttering
  • Neuroeconomics
  • Psychoinformatics including the impact of the Internet, smartphones and computer games on our brains

Contact

Christian Montag
Head of the department Molecular Psychology

Christian Montag
☎ +49-(0)731/50 26550
℻ +49 (0)731/50 1226551


Π 1.44 Helmholtzstraße 8/1

Consultation hours
Please write an e-mail to Prof. Montag for consultation.
Consultation hours for wintersemester 17/18 will be announced, soon.

Awards

  • Reisestipendium der European Association of Personality Psychology (2010) für die Fachtagung ECP in Brno, Tschechische Republik
  • Reisestipendium Dresden Spring School (2010) zum Thema "From vulnerability to resilience: Molecular genetics perspectives"
  • Stipendium der G.A. Lienert Stiftung (2009) für einen Forschungsaufenthalt im SCAN Center von Turhan Canli, Stony Brook University, USA (SCAN = Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience)
  • Promotionspreisträger der Universitätsgesellschaft Bonn (2009)
  • Reisestipendium der European Association of Personality Psychology (2008) für die Fachtagung ECP in Tartu, Estland
  • Goldener Geist für das beste Seminar (2007), verliehen durch die Fachschaft Psychologie der Universität Bonn

Third-party funded projects

10/2012 DFG-Sachbeihilfeantrag (290.840€) „Biologische Grundlagen der Internet- und Computerspielsucht“ (DFG-Kennziffer MO-2363/2-1)
03/2013 DFG-Zusatzmittel (36.000€ ; DFG-Kennziffer MO-2363/2-1)
01/2014 DFG-Sachbeihilfeantrag (21.447€) „Exponate für MS-Wissenschaft: Mobiltelefonnutzung und Internetsucht“ (DFG-Kennziffer MO 2363/6-1)
05/2014 DFG-Heisenberg-Professor, erste Förderperiode (339.400€)  (DFG-Kennziffer MO 2363/3-1)
11/2014 BMBF (246.294€) „The effects of an extensive exercise program on the progression of mild cognitive impairment” (Genetik-Teilprojekt von Christian Montag & Martin Reuter)
06/2016 DFG-Kooperationsanbahnung (MO 2363/9-1) (38.920€) “Deutsch-chinesischer Workshop zum Einfluss von Oxytocin auf prosoziales Verhalten: ein multimethodaler Ansatz” in Chengdu, China”
06/2016 DFG-Sachbeihilfeantrag (MO 2363/10-1) (22.150€) „Vereinbarkeit von Konstruktabdeckung und eindimensionaler statistischer Modellierung durch Item-Response-Theory-Modelle mit lokalen Itemabhängigkeiten und eine Anwendung in der Persönlichkeitspsychologie“
10/2017 DFG-Heisenberg-Professur, zweite Förderperiode (249.000€) „(DFG-Kennziffer MO 2363/3-2)
01/2018 - 01/2020 (gemeinsam mit Prof. Dr. Benjamin Becker), Internet addiction: a pharmaco-imaging genetics approach to determine innovative treatments. Sichuan Provincial Science & Technology Research grant (Science & Technology Department of the Sichuan Province, China; 500,000 RMB = ca. 65.000 €)
10/2018 - 01/2020 Silicon Valley Company “Mindstrong”, Palo Alto, CA, USA (100.000 €): Alzheimer genetics and real world behavior: a study with two cohorts
Ab 05/2020 Stepped Care Ansatz zur Versorgung Internetbezogener Störungen (SCAVIS): ca. 500.000 Euro

Ad hoc reviews

  • Acta Paediatrica
  • Addiction Biology
  • Aging Brain
  • AI Magazine
  • American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics
  • American Journal of Psychiatry
  • Annals of Depression and Anxiety
  • Anxiety, Stress and Coping
  • Asian Journal of Business Ethics
  • Archives of General Psychiatry
  • Archives of Women’s Mental Health
  • Behavioral and Brain Functions
  • Behaviour & Information Technology
  • Behavioral Neuroscience
  • Behavioural Brain Research
  • Biological Psychiatry
  • Biological Psychology
  • BioPsychoSocial Medicine
  • BMC Psychiatry
  • Brain & Cognition
  • Brain and Behavior
  • Brain and Language
  • Brain Research
  • Brain Sciences
  • Brain Structure and Function
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental Health
  • Children and Youth Service Review
  • Cerebral Cortex
  • Clinical Neuropsychiatry
  • CNS Spectrums
  • Cogent Psychology
  • Cognitive, Behavioral and Affective Neuroscience
  • Cognitive Neuropsychiatry
  • Comprehensive Psychiatry
  • Computers in Human Behavior
  • Computers & Security
  • Cortex
  • Culture and Brain
  • Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences
  • Current Psychology
  • Cyberpsychology & Behavior
  • Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace
  • Der Nervenarzt
  • Diagnostica
  • Digital Psychology
  • Društvena istraživanja
  • Egyptian Journal of Medical Human Genetics
  • Emotion Review
  • European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
  • European Educational Researcher
  • European Journal of Personality
  • European Journal of Psychological Assessment
  • Evolutionary Human Science
  • Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Genes, Brain & Behavior
  • Health Policy and Technology
  • Heliyon
  • Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal
  • International Journal of Behavioral Medicine
  • International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
  • International Journal of Human Computer Interaction
  • International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Research
  • International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology
  • International Journal of Menthal Health & Addiction
  • International Journal of Psychiatry in Clinical Practice
  • International Perspectives in Psychology: Research, Practice, Consultation
  • JAMA Psychiatry
  • Journal of Addiction Research & Therapy
  • Journal of Addictive Behaviors, Therapy & Rehabilitation
  • Journal of Affective Disorders
  • Journal of Affective Disorders Reports
  • Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
  • Journal of Behavior
  • Journal of Child Psychology & Psychiatry
  • Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology
  • Journal of Clinical Medicine
  • Journal of Clinical Psychology
  • Journal of Computer Mediated Communciation
  • Journal of Cross Cultural Research
  • Journal of Fluency Disorders
  • Journal of Individual Differences
  • Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Journal of Neuroscience, Psychology, and Economics
  • Journal of Personality Assessment
  • Journal of Psychiatric Research
  • Journal of Psychiatry
  • Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience
  • Journal of Psychopharmacology
  • Journal of Sport and Health Science
  • Logopedics Phoniatrics Vocology
  • Mental Health & Prevention
  • Motivation and Emotion
  • Multiple Sclerosis Journal
  • Nature Communication
  • Nature Digital Medicine
  • Neuroscience
  • Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews
  • Neurobiology of Aging
  • Neurology, Psychiatry and Brain Research
  • NeuroImage
  • NeuroMolecular Medicine
  • Neuropsychobiology
  • Neuropsychologia
  • Neuropsychology
  • Neuropsychopharmacology
  • Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
  • Neuroscience Letters
  • Nicotine & Tobacco Research
  • Personality and Individual Differences
  • Personality Neuroscience
  • Perspectives on Psychological Science
  • Pervasive and Mobile Computing
  • Physiology & Behavior
  • PLoS ONE
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B
  • Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry
  • Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
  • Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience
  • Psychiatric Genetics
  • Psychiatry Research
  • Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
  • Psychology & Psychotherapy
  • Psychology Research & Behavior Management
  • Psychoneuroendocrinology
  • Psychopharmacology
  • Psychophysiology
  • Rejuvenation Research
  • Sage Open
  • Scandinavian Journal of Psychology
  • Schizophrenia Bulletin
  • Scientific Reports
  • Sleep
  • Social Behavior and Personality
  • Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
  • Social Neuroscience
  • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
  • Social Psychological and Personality Science
  • Social Science Computer Review
  • Social Sciences & Humanities Open
  • Stress
  • Sucht
  • Telematics and Informatics
  • The Journal of Genetic Psychology
  • The Lancet Psychiatry
  • The Pharmacogenomics Journal
  • The Social Science Journal
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Trends in Cognitive Science
  • Trends in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
  • The World Journal of Biological Psychiatry

 

Reviewer for Third Party Funding

  • Hong Kong Polytech University, China
  • Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
  • Health Research Board
  • German-Israeli Foundation
  • Stevin Prize, The Netherlands

Publications / Books / test manual

Publications peer-reviewed

An overview over publications with international peer-review can be found here.

Publications in German language and other works

An overview on publications in German language and other works can be found here.