CHRISTOPHER MILDE, PHD University of Koblenz-Landau Department of Biological Psychology Ostbahnstr. 10, 76829 Landau Room: 3.1.15 Mail: [email protected]
ACADEMIC EDUCATION 10/2012 – 03/2018 PhD (Dr. sc. hum.) Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience Ruprecht Karls University (Heidelberg; Germany) Supervision: Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h. c. Herta Flor Thesis: “Cortical representation of illusory body perception in healthy persons and amputees: Implications for the understanding and treatment of phantom limb pain” Grade: magna cum laude 03/2009 – 03/2012 Master of Science (M. Sc.) in Biology Carl von Ossietzky University (Oldenburg, Germany) Supervision: Prof. Dr. Christiane Margarete Thiel Thesis: “Remember me: Is the retrieval performance for emotional faces especially prone to acute psychosocial stress?” Grade: 1.1 (excellent) 10/2006 – 12/2009 Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) in Biology Carl von Ossietzky University (Oldenburg, Germany)
WORK EXPERIENCE Post doctoral research fellow
University of Koblenz-Landau (Landau, Germany)
11/2019 – now Pain and Psychotherapy Research Lab (Prof. Dr. Julia Glombiewski)
10/2017 – now Department of Biological Psychology
Guest scientist Central Institute of Mental Health (Mannheim, Germany) 01/2018 – now Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience (Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h. c. Herta Flor)
07/2012 – 03/2017 Research associate/PhD student Central Institute of Mental Health (Mannheim, Germany)
08/2012 – 12/2017 Department of Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience (Prof. Dr. Dr. Dr. h. c. Herta Flor)
SCHOLARSHIPS, CERTIFICATES & AWARDS ▪ Student Scholarship of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes e. V. (10/2008)
▪ PhD Scholarship of the German Research Foundation (DFG –Collaborative Research Center: 636: „Learning, memory and brain plasticity“) (07/2012)
▪ Open Access Publishing Fund (1200 euros) of the University of Heidelberg (05/2015) for the publication: Milde et al. (2015): Do mirror glasses have the same effect on brain activity as a mirror box? Evidence from a functional magnetic resonance imaging study with healthy subjects. PLoS One. 27: 10(5). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone0127697.
▪ Certificate: „Quantitative Sensory Testing" according to the German Research Network on Neuropathic Pain (DFNS), Department of Neurophysiology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University (Germany) (02/2016)
▪ Teaching award of the Institute of Psychology of the University of Koblenz-Landau (fall: 2018/2019)
▪ Travel scholarship of the University of Koblenz-Landau, Campus Landau for the
th participation at the 7 International Conference on Spatial Cognition (09/2018)
MEMBERSHIPS since 03/2012 Alumni of the Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes. e. V. since 06/2018 Member of the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) (https://www.iasp-pain.org) since 06/2018 Member of the German Society of Psychophysiology and its Application (DGPA) (https://www.dgpa.de/) since 01/2018 Reviewer at the local ethics committee of the Institute of Psychology of the University of Koblenz-Landau (https://www.uni-koblenz-landau.de/de/landau/fb8/fb-leitun g/ethik-kommission)
05/2016-03/2018 Organisator of the Young Scientist Committee of the German Research Foundation (DFG) Collaborative Research Center 1158: „From nociception to chronic pain” (https://www.sfb1158.de)
CONFERENCES (SELECTION) ▪ European Pain School (2018): „Pain: from Fetus to Old Age”; Siena, Italy (https://eps2018.azuleon.org/)
th ▪ 7 International Conference on Spatial Cognition (2018); Rome, Italy (https://www.icsc-rome.org/)
▪ International Pain Summer School (2016): „Neural Circuits of Pain and their Reorganisation in Chronic Pain”; Prien at the Chiemsee, Germany (presentation and debate) (http://www.internationalpainschool.de/2016.html)
▪ Marsilius Summer Academy: „Anthropology of Perception”: Natural sciences and humanities in conversation (2005); Heidelberg, Germany (book chapter and presentation)
▪ German Pain Congress (2015): „Schmerz im Leben – Schmerz (Er)Leben“; Mannheim, Germany (presentation and scientific poster)
▪ European Pain Congress EFIC (2013): „Pain in Europe VIII“; Florence, Italy (presentation and scientific poster)
PUBLICATIONS ▪ Liu H, Andoh J, Lyu Y, Milde C, Desch S, Zidda F, Schmelz M, Curio G, Flor H (2020): Peripheral input and phantom limb pain: a somatosensory event-related study. Eur J Pain. doi: 10.1002/ejp.1579 ▪ Fuchs X, Diers M, Trojan J, Kirsch P, Milde C, Bekrater-Bodmann R, Rance M, Foell J, Andoh J, Becker S, Flor H (2019). Phantom limb pain intensity is associated with generalized hyperalgesia. biorxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/538207 ▪ Andoh J, Milde C, Diers M, Bekrater-Bodmann R, Trojan J, Fuchs X, Becker S, Desch S, Flor H (2019). Assessment of cortical reorganization and preserved function in phantom limb pain: a methodological perspective. biorxiv. https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.07268 ▪ Andoh J, Milde C, Tsao JW, Flor H (2018): Cortical plasticity as a basis of phantom limb pain: Fact or fiction? Neuroscience. 387:85-91. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2017.11.015. ▪ Milde C & Diers M (2017): Neuroimaging of Chronic Pain in: Neuroimaging of Pain; Luca Saba (edt.): Springer Verlag, New York (USA). ISBN: 978-3-319-48046-6. ▪ Andoh J, Diers M, Milde C, Frobel C, Flor H (2017): Neural correlates of evoked phantom sensations. Biological Psychology. 126: 89-97. doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2017.04.009.
▪ Milde C & Schneider P (2017): Das Potenzial empirischer Befunde zu aberranten Körperwahrnehmungen und -kognition für die philosophische Theorienbildung. in: Anthropologie der Wahrnehmung. Schlette, M, Fuchs, T, Kirchner, AM (edt.). Universitätsverlag Winter, Heidelberg (Germany). ISBN: 978-3-8253-6756-5. ▪ Milde C, Rance M, Kirsch P, Trojan J, Fuchs X, Foell J, Bekrater-Bodmann R, Flor H, Diers M (2015): Do mirror glasses have the same effect on brain activity as a mirror box? Evidence from a functional magnetic resonance imaging study with healthy subjects. PLoS One. 27: 10(5). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone0127697. ▪ Li S, Weerda R, Milde C, Wolf OT, Thiel CM (2015): ADRA2B genotype differentially modulates stress-induced neural activity in the amygdala and hippocampus during emotional memory retrieval. Psychopharmacology. 232(4). 755-764. doi: 10.1007/s00213-014-3710-3.
▪ Li S, Weerda R, Milde C, Wolf OT, Thiel CM (2014): Effects of acute psychosocial stress on neural activity to emotional and neutral faces in a face recognition memory paradigm. Brain Imaging and Behavior. 8(4). 98-610. doi: 10.1007/s11682-013-9287-3.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE ▪ Lectureship for the Bachelor and Master program in Psychology of the University of Koblenz-Landau, Landau (Germany) spring 2020 Pharmacology and Psychopharmacology (lecture) spring 2020 Colloquia for Bachelor- and Master students in Clinical and Biological Psychology spring 2018 & 2019 Neurobiological mechanisms in psychotherapy (seminar) fall 2017/2018/2019 Lab training: Biological Psychology fall 2017/2018/2019 Biological Psychology (seminar)
▪ Lectureship for the “Mannheimer Reformierte Curriculum für Medizin und Medizinnahe Berufe (MaReCuM)” at the University of Heidelberg (Germany) spring 2015-spring 2017 Medical Psychology and Cognitive Sciences (lecture and seminar
▪ Tutorship for bachelor students in biology: lab course “Animal Physiology” at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg (Germany) (fall: 2011/12)
▪ Tutorship for bachelor student in philosophy: seminar “Epistemiology of Immanuel Kant”)
PRIVATE INTERESTS ▪ Acoustic guitar
▪ Boulder sports
▪ History and philosophy of science