Erwin-Josef Speckmann

Erwin-Josef Speckmann (born April 25, 1939 in Münster, Germany)[1][2] is a German neuroscientist and artist.[3] Until his retirement in 2005, he was the head of the Institute of Physiology at the University of Münster, and a professor in the Art Academy Münster. He is also a former dean of the medical faculty at the University of Münster, two-time president of the German EEG Society, and past president of the German Physiological Society.[2]

Prof. Dr. Erwin-Josef Speckmann

As well as his work on neuroscience, Speckmann has exhibited his art in several exhibition spaces including the botanical gardens of Münster[1][4] and published three books about his art.[5] He has also worked to promote music therapy.[3][6]

Awards and honors

Speckmann was one of two winners of the 1973 Michael Prize, awarded annually to a young epilepsy researcher. In 1984, Speckmann won the Albert Hauptmann Prize, offered jointly every two years by the German Society for Epileptology for the best German-language research in epilepsy in the preceding two years. In 2007, he won the Otfrid Foerster Medal, a lifetime achievement award given by the German Society for Epileptology.[7]
In 2011 he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.

References

  1. 1 2 "Ausstellung: Ein Wissenschaftler macht Kunst", Münstersche Zeitung (in German), July 6, 2008.
  2. 1 2 Curriculum vitae, Univ. of Münster, retrieved 2011-06-07.
  3. 1 2 "Gesundheit: Hirnforscher empfiehlt Musik als Medizin", Online Focus (in German), August 16, 2009.
  4. ↑ List of exhibitions from Speckmann's Univ. of Münich web site, retrieved 2011-06-08.
  5. ↑ Das Gehirn meiner Kunst, Daedalus Verlag, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89126-246-7; Skulpturen, Daedalus Verlag, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89126-188-0; Extrakte Kunst – Tiefe Fläche, Daedalus Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-89126-260-3.
  6. ↑ Bock, Christof (July 13, 2009), "Ärzte wollen häufiger Musik verschreiben", Kölnische Rundschau (in German).
  7. ↑ Krämer, Günter; Mühlebach, Claudia, Epilepsie: Auszeichnungen, Preise, Stipendien und Stiftungen 2008/2009 (PDF) (in German), Hippocampus Verlag, pp. 19, 24, 31.

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