Prof. Dr. Veronika Engert

Veronika Engert is a biological psychologist and head of the Social Neuroscience Group at the Institute for Psychosocial Medicine, Psychotherapy and Psychooncology at the University Clinic Jena. She also leads the Research Group Social Stress and Family Health at the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig. Her Research focuses on stress in the social context, investigating the physiological transmission of stress between individuals, and how social interventions can be used to reduce stress vulnerability and promote health. She is member of the Mindful Universities (Achtsame Hochschulen) Research Group.