Adjunct Professor Dr. Marcus Naumer - Advisor on the merger in the area of research and cross-border research networks

Since December 1, 2022, Associate Professor Dr. Marcus Naumer has been supporting the Office of Research and Early Career Development as the “Coordinator for the Merger in the Area of Research and Cross-Border Research Networks.” In this role, he is taking on new cross-campus responsibilities as part of the merger.

In this newly created position, Marcus Naumer works closely with both Prof. Dr. Ralf Schäfer, Campus Representative for Research in Landau, and Prof. Dr. Werner Thiel, Vice President for Research and Technology in Kaiserslautern. Organizationally, Naumer is assigned to the Office of Research and Early Career Development at the Technical University of Kaiserslautern; he works on behalf of both Kaiserslautern and Landau and can be found at both campuses. He has already helped coordinate cross-campus research activities in the field of sustainability, which are now funded by the Carl Zeiss Foundation.

Marcus Naumer studied biology, philosophy, and psychology in Freiburg and Landau, where he earned his diploma in 2001. Naumer then earned his Ph.D. at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research in Frankfurt in Wolf Singer’s research group, focusing on the neurocognitive foundations of audiovisual object recognition. After a postdoctoral fellowship in Rainer Goebel’s research group at Maastricht University (Netherlands), he returned to Frankfurt, where he worked with Jochen Kaiser at the Institute of Medical Psychology at Goethe University as a research assistant, later as a research group leader, and finally as deputy director of the institute.

Marcus Naumer’s research focused on multisensory object perception, sensorimotor integration, and nicotine dependence. To this end, he primarily used brain imaging techniques (particularly functional magnetic resonance imaging), as well as behavioral experiments and neuropsychological tests. In 2011, he completed his habilitation in psychology, and in 2015, he was appointed adjunct professor in the Department of Psychology and Sports Sciences at Goethe University.

With his transition from basic research to research administration, Marcus Naumer returned to the University of Landau in the fall of 2017, where he served as executive director of the interdisciplinary Graduate Academy for Education, Human Beings, and the Environment until November of last year. He continues to teach biological and health psychology part-time in the Department of Psychology at the University of Landau.

Marcus Naumer first came into contact with the University of Kaiserslautern in the summer of 1985 as a participant in a high school sports festival held at the university’s athletic facilities. In his free time, his love of nature and enjoyment of sports—especially running—play an important role. The Palatinate Forest, which connects the two campuses of the future RPTU, offers wonderful opportunities for these activities. Marcus Naumer lives with his wife and two sons practically on the edge of the forest in Neustadt, which is located almost exactly halfway between Kaiserslautern and Landau.