Kerstin Konrad

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As a clinical psychologist and developmental neuroscientist, Professor Kerstin Konrad leads the Section of Clinical Child Neuropsychology at RWTH Aachen University and serves as the director at the JARA-BRAIN-Institute of Molecular Neuroscience and Neuroimaging at the Research Center Juelich. In her work, she investigates how the brain develops from infancy to young adulthood and what happens if brain development goes awry. Together with her team she investigates the role of interpersonal synchrony on social, emotional, and cognitive development in children and adolescents, as well as on the familial transmission of psychopathology. Engaged in numerous international collaborations, Professor Konrad advances the realm of developmental brain imaging and crafts cutting-edge, participatory interventions aimed at preventing and managing mental disorders in children and adolescents. With her work, she hopes to further bridge the gap between basic developmental neuroscience and clinical applications in the future.