Principal investigator

Tobias Banaschewski

B05: Predictors and (neuro-)biological correlates of (cyber-)bullying and victimization in real-life contexts Q01: Recruitment and biotyping transdiagnostic risk mechanisms for aggressive behaviors in mental disorders across the life span Q03: Integrated Research Training Group (RTG) Principal investigator Research training group (RTG) committee member Central Institute of Mental Health Heidelberg University

Medical Director of the Clinic for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and Deputy Director of the Central Institute of Mental Health

Katja Bertsch

A02: Context effects on threat processing in dependence of testosterone levels B04: Investigating psychological and neural correlates of intimate partner violence Principal investigator Equal opportunity committee member Julius-Maximilians University Würzburg

Katja Bertsch is a Professor for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the Julius-Maximilians-University Würzburg.

Natalia Chechko

A04: Implicit chemosensory threat signals as stimulators of amygdala hyperresponsiveness in AMD Principal investigator Public relations team member Equal opportunity committee member RWTH Aachen

Natalia Chechko’s research group investigates neuroscientific and bioscientific aspects of various psychiatric disorders, including depression, schizophrenia, anxiety disorders and autism spectrum disorder.

Andreas G. Chiocchetti

C04: The sex-specific role of genes, early adversity, peers, community violence, and puberty related endocrinological changes in adolescent pathological aggression Principal investigator Equal opportunity committee member Goethe University Frankfurt

Professor Andreas G Chiocchetti is passionate about working with models to understand human behaviour and neurodiversity.

Christine Ecker

C05: The neuroanatomical underpinnings of clinical aggression and their relationship with the negative valence and cognitive control systems Q02: Data management for computational modelling Principal investigator Research data committee member Goethe University Frankfurt

Christine Ecker is a professor at Goethe University Frankfurt, specializing in clinical neuroscience and psychiatry.

Gabriele Ende

A03: Modulation of aggression by acute threat A08: The metabolic lung-brain axis in aggressive behavior in patients with AMD Q02: Data management for computational modelling Principal investigator Research data committee member Quality control group member Heidelberg University Central Institute of Mental Health

Gabriele Ende is a researcher associated with the Central Institute of Mental Health (ZI) in Mannheim, Germany.

Christine Margarete Freitag

C04: The sex-specific role of genes, early adversity, peers, community violence, and puberty related endocrinological changes in adolescent pathological aggression Q01: Recruitment and biotyping transdiagnostic risk mechanisms for aggressive behaviors in mental disorders across the life span Principal investigator Goethe University Frankfurt

Professor Christine M Freitag focuses on Translational research in Neurodevelopmental, Anxiety and Disruptive Behavior Disorders in children and youth.

Thomas Frodl

A08: The metabolic lung-brain axis in aggressive behavior in patients with AMD Q01: Recruitment and biotyping transdiagnostic risk mechanisms for aggressive behaviors in mental disorders across the life span Principal investigator RWTH Aachen

Thomas Frodl is a prominent neuroscientist and psychiatrist affiliated with RWTH Aachen University in Germany.

Ute Habel

A02: Context effects on threat processing in dependence of testosterone levels A04: Implicit chemosensory threat signals as stimulators of amygdala hyperresponsiveness in AMD Q01: Recruitment and biotyping transdiagnostic risk mechanisms for aggressive behaviors in mental disorders across the life span Q04: Central coordination Principal investigator Spokesperson Steering committee member Management board member RWTH Aachen Research Center Jülich (FZJ)

Professor Ute Habel is a distinguished academic at RWTH Aachen University, renowned for her expertise in neuropsychology.

Michael Hanke

Q02: Data management for computational modelling Principal investigator Research data committee member Research Center Jülich (FZJ)

Michael Hanke is a professor at the Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf, and head of the Psychoinformatics group in the Institute for Neuroscience and Medicine (INM-7) at the Forschungszentrum Jülich.

Sabine Herpertz

A02: Context effects on threat processing in dependence of testosterone levels C06: Brain mechanisms differentiating aggressive vs. non-aggressive psychopathology as sequelae of early life maltreatment Q01: Recruitment and biotyping transdiagnostic risk mechanisms for aggressive behaviors in mental disorders across the life span Principal investigator Deputy Spokesperson Steering committee member Management board member Equal opportunity committee member Heidelberg University

Prof Dr Sabine C Herpertz studied human medicine in Bonn, obtained her doctorate in Frankfurt aM and habilitated in psychiatry and psychotherapy at RWTH Aachen University.

Nathalie Holz

B05: Predictors and (neuro-)biological correlates of (cyber-)bullying and victimization in real-life contexts Principal investigator Central Institute of Mental Health Heidelberg University

Wolfgang Kelsch

C03: Distributed network control and interventions to frustrative non-reward and threat triggered aggressions Principal investigator Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Kerstin Konrad

A06: Decoding dynamic reciprocal neural mechanism underlying reactive aggression: Insights from fMRI and fNIRS hyperscanning Q01: Recruitment and biotyping transdiagnostic risk mechanisms for aggressive behaviors in mental disorders across the life span Principal investigator RWTH Aachen Research Center Jülich (FZJ)

Kerstin Konrad is affiliated with the RWTH Aachen University and Forschungszentrum Jülich, where she specializes in developmental psychology and neuroscience.

Christoph Korn

C02: Aggressive decisions in social conflicts: Neuro-cognitive models for healthy individuals and psychiatric patients with high scores of aggression Principal investigator Quality control group member Heidelberg University

Prof Christoph Korn heads the Decision Neuroscience of Human Interactions laboratory (http://www.

Klaus Mathiak

B03: A process-based brain-computer interface to modulate aggressive behavior – a real-time fMRI neurofeedback study C02: Aggressive decisions in social conflicts: Neuro-cognitive models for healthy individuals and psychiatric patients with high scores of aggression Q02: Data management for computational modelling Principal investigator Research data committee member RWTH Aachen

Klaus Mathiak is a professor at RWTH Aachen University, specializing in psychiatry and psychotherapy.

Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg

A05: Peripersonal space violations and social threat: daily-life psychological and neural mechanisms of environmental risk for reactive aggression A06: Decoding dynamic reciprocal neural mechanism underlying reactive aggression: Insights from fMRI and fNIRS hyperscanning B04: Investigating psychological and neural correlates of intimate partner violence Principal investigator Central Institute of Mental Health Heidelberg University

Andreas Meyer-Lindenberg is a distinguished psychiatrist and neuroscientist based in Germany, renowned for his groundbreaking research on the neurobiological underpinnings of psychiatric disorders.

Corinne Neukel

C06: Brain mechanisms differentiating aggressive vs. non-aggressive psychopathology as sequelae of early life maltreatment Principal investigator Quality control group member Heidelberg University

Aet O'Leary

C01: Gene-environment interactions and the role of impulsivity in responding to acute threats: early life stress and escalated aggression in recombinant inbred mouse strains Principal investigator Goethe University Frankfurt

Christian Paret

B03: A process-based brain-computer interface to modulate aggressive behavior – a real-time fMRI neurofeedback study Principal investigator Central Institute of Mental Health Heidelberg University

Research group leader, research assistant

Michael Plichta

C07: Identifying mediators of threat-aggression and experimental manipulation by tDCS Principal investigator Quality control group member Goethe University Frankfurt

Andreas Reif

A07: The intestinal microbiota as a regulator of aggressive and impulsive behavior B01: Neurobehavioral effects of repetitive prefrontal transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on pathological aggression Q01: Recruitment and biotyping transdiagnostic risk mechanisms for aggressive behaviors in mental disorders across the life span Principal investigator Deputy Spokesperson Steering committee member Management board member Goethe University Frankfurt

Andreas Reif is a German Psychiatrist, who received his training at the University Hospital Würzburg, where he also did his residency and later on became Vice Chair.

Vanessa Reindl

A06: Decoding dynamic reciprocal neural mechanism underlying reactive aggression: Insights from fMRI and fNIRS hyperscanning Principal investigator RWTH Aachen Research Center Jülich (FZJ)

Junior Professor at the Dept.

Wolfgang Retz

B02: Young offenders’ self-regulation deficit as a common mechanism for aggressive behavior and psychopathology - neural mechanisms and role of adverse childhood experiences C07: Identifying mediators of threat-aggression and experimental manipulation by tDCS Principal investigator Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz

Dr. Wolfgang Retz is Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy and heads the Forensic Psychiatry and Psychotherapy section at the Mainz University Medical Center as well as the Institute for Forensic Psychology and Psychiatry at the Saarland University in Homburg/Saar.

Christian Schmahl

A03: Modulation of aggression by acute threat Principal investigator Central Institute of Mental Health Heidelberg University

David Slattery

A07: The intestinal microbiota as a regulator of aggressive and impulsive behavior A08: The metabolic lung-brain axis in aggressive behavior in patients with AMD C01: Gene-environment interactions and the role of impulsivity in responding to acute threats: early life stress and escalated aggression in recombinant inbred mouse strains Q03: Integrated Research Training Group (RTG) Principal investigator Research training group (RTG) committee member Public relations team member Goethe University Frankfurt

Professor David Slattery is interested in understanding of the neurobiology and treatment of stress-related disorders; with an emphasis on mood and anxiety disorders.