Researcher profile

Anke Karl

My research focuses on biobehavioural underpinnings of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and recovery from psychological trauma. I am also interested in translational clinical research about how our understanding of biopsychological processes and mechanisms can inform the development or refinement of psychological therapies for trauma survivors with PTSD and depression. I am an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology and Affective Neuroscience at University of Exeter, UK. I received my research training in clinical psychology and behavioural neuroscience at Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. In 2001, I was awarded the Young Scientist Award of the Biological Psychology Division of the German Society for Psychology. After completion of post-doctoral research at the Center for Stress and Anxiety Disorders (CSAD) of the University at Albany, N.Y., USA, I have held faculty positions in Germany at the Technische Universitat Dresden and in the UK at the University of Southampton before joining the University of Exeter. I have published my research in leading clinical psychology and neuroscience journals and received funding from Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Medical Research Council (MRC), Engeneering and Physical Sciences Council (EPSRC). I have supervised more than hundert postgraduate students including PhD, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology and Masters students . I also completed five year advanced clinical training in Germany at the Institute of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Brandenburg and I am a licensed Psychological Psychotherapist (Approbation) and an associate therapist at the AccEPT clinic.