Curriculum Vitae – Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Nickl-Jockschat
Department Chair
Specialist in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Education and Professional Experience
Since 02/2024
- Department Chair, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Medicine Magdeburg
05/2024 – 01/2024
- Associate Director for Research, Iowa Neuroscience Institute, University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA, USA)
09/2017 – 01/2024
- Attending, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (Iowa City, IA, USA)
07/2010 – 08/2017
- Senior Physician, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Hospital RWTH Aachen
05/2010 – 07/2010
- Acting Senior Physician, Department of Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Hospital RWTH Aachen
01/2005 – 04/2010
- Resident Physician, Departments of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy & Neurology, University Hospital RWTH Aachen
Scientific Leadership Positions
Since 02/2024
- Full Professor (W3) of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
07/2022 – 01/2024
- Andrew H. Woods Chair of Psychiatry, University of Iowa (Successor to Prof. Nancy Andreasen, MD, PhD)
04/2020 – 01/2024
- Associate Professor, Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Iowa (secondary appointment)
09/2017 – 01/2024
- Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA, USA)
02/2014 – 08/2017
- Assistant Professor (W1-Juniorprofessor) of Translational Brain Research, JARA-Brain, RWTH Aachen/Forschungszentrum Jülich
Board Certifications and Licenses
2010
- Board Certification in Psychiatry and Psychotherapy (North Rhine Medical Association, Germany)
2018
- Board Certification in Psychiatry, Iowa Medical Board, IA, USA (Special authorization as “physician of international renown”)
2019
- Additional Qualification in Interventional Psychiatry, University of Iowa
2020
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) Provider, American Heart Association
Doctoral Degree
2007
- Doctorate in Medicine (Dr. med.), University of Regensburg
Dissertation: "Differential Gene Expression in Glioblastoma Cells under Exposure to TGF-beta 2-Specific Thiophosphorylated Antisense Oligodeoxynucleotides" (summa cum laude)
University Education
1998 – 2004
- Medical Studies, University of Regensburg