Jürgen Margraf

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Margraf is a leading clinical psychologist and Humboldt Professor at Ruhr University Bochum since 2010, specializing in

• Anxiety Disorders
• Eating Disorders
• Positive Mental Health
• Experimental Psychopathology

He directs the Research and Treatment Center for Mental Health and has held leadership roles including President of the German Psychological Society (2012-2016).

Research Interests span

• Transdiagnostic mechanisms in mental disorders
• Effectiveness of exposure-based treatments
• Cultural adaptation of psychological interventions
• Neurobiological underpinnings of anxiety
• Public health approaches to mental illness prevention
• Mental health of refugees and vulnerable populations

His work combines clinical practice with large-scale multicenter studies (e.g., BOOM, IMPROVE-MH).

Scientific Awards include

• Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (2009)
• Franz-Emanuel-Weinert-Preis (2020)
• Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science (2010)
• Membership in Leopoldina (2010) and Academia Europaea (2015)

Grants & Collaborations involve projects with the

• German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
• German Research Foundation (DFG, SFB 1280)
• International institutions (UCLA, University of Pennsylvania)

Labs & Teams include

• Research and Treatment Center for Mental Health (Bochum-Marburg)
• ENIGMA Anxiety Working Group
• Collaborative networks for exposure therapy research

He has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles and 60 books, focusing on accessible psychotherapy frameworks.