• Interoception and visceral-afferent signal transmission

• Stress and psychophysiology

• Startle modulation

• Body related mental disorders

• 2001: Abitur at the Städt. Gymnasium Wülfrath

• 2001-2002: Zivildienst at the Heilpädagogisch Psychotherapeutisches Zentrum (HPZ), Wülfrath

• 2002-2007: Studies of Psychology at the University of Trier. Degree: Diploma (Dipl.-Psych.)

• 2002-2006: Education assistant at the Palais Kinder- und Jugendhilfe e.V., Trier

• 2003-2004: Student assistant at the Department of Differential Psychology, Psychophysiology, and Methodological Research (Bartussek/Naumann)

• 2004-2007: Student assistant at the Department of Clinical Psychophysiology (Schächinger)

• 2006: Internship at the Psychiatric University Hospital Basel, Gerontologic Psychiatry (Savaskan)

• 2007-2008: DFG-Stipend at the International Research Training Group „Psychoneuroendocrinology of Stress“, Department of Clinical Psychophysiology

• 2009-2012: Member of research staff (Institute of Psychobiology)

• 2009: Obtainment of Ph.D. degree

• 2009-2010: Qualification in "Coaching nach Wirkfaktoren"

• Since 2012: Postdoctoral research fellow, Research Unit INSIDE, University of Luxembourg

• 2002-2007: Mitglied des Fachschaftsrats Psychologie

• 2003-2005: Sprecher des Fachschaftsrats Psychologie

• 2004-2005: Studentisches Mitglied im Fachbereichsrat des Fachbereichs I

• 2004-2005: Studentisches Mitglied in der Berufungskommission der W2-Professur für Sozialpsychologie

• 2006: Abgeordneter im XXXII. Studierendenparlament der Universität Trier

• 2007-2009: Doktorandensprecher des DFG-geförderten Internationalen Graduiertenkollegs „Psychoneuroendocrinology of Stress“

• 2008-2012: zunächst Doktoranden-, später Mitarbeitervertreter im Leitungsgremium des Forschungsinstituts für Psychobiologie an der Universität Trier

• Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR), since 2005

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychophysiologie und deren Anwendung (DGPA), since 2006

• Alumni Trierer Psychologie e.V., since 2007

• European Brain and Behaviour Society, since 2009

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), seit 2012

Books:

• Gollwitzer, M, Pfetsch, J, Schneider, V, Schulz, A, Steffke, T, & Ulrich, C. (Eds.). (2007). Gewaltprävention bei Kindern und Jugendlichen. Aktuelle Erkenntnisse aus Forschung und Praxis. Göttingen: Hogrefe.

Articles in international peer-reviewed journals

• Michal, M, Reuchlein, B, Adler, J, Reiner, I, Beutel, M, Vögele, C, Schächinger, H, & Schulz, A. (in press). Striking discrepancy of anomalous body experiences with normal interoceptive accuracy in depersonalization-derealization disorder. PLoS ONE.

• Peifer, C, Schulz, A, Schächinger, H, Baumann, N, & Antoni, C. H. (in press). The Relation of Flow-Experience and Physiological Arousal Under Stress – Can U Shape It? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology.

• Ferreira de Sá, D. S, Plein, D, Schulz, A, Oitzl, M. S, Blumenthal, T. D, & Schächinger, H. (2014). Acoustic startle reactivity while processing reward related food cues during food deprivation: evidence from women in different menstrual cycle phases and men. Psychophysiology, 51(2), 159-167.

• Larra, M. F, Schulz, A, Schilling, T. M, Ferreira de Sá, D. S, Best, D, Kozik, B, & Schächinger, H. (2014). Heart rate response to post-learning stress predicts memory consolidation. Neurobiology of Learning & Memory, 109, 74-81.

• Schulz, A, Lass-Hennemann, J, Sütterlin, S, Schächinger, H, & Vögele, C. (2013). Cold pressor stress induces opposite effects on cardioceptive accuracy dependent on assessment paradigm. Biological Psychology, 93(1), 167-174.

• Schulz, A., Strelzyk, F., Ferreira de Sa, D.S., Naumann, E., Vogele, C. & Schachinger, H. (2013). Cortisol rapidly affects amplitudes of heartbeat-evoked brain potentials-Implications for the contribution of stress to an altered perception of physical sensations? Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38, 2691-2698.

• Bertsch, K, Hagemann, D, Naumann, E, Schachinger, H, & Schulz, A. (2012). Stability of Heart Rate Variability Indices Reflecting Parasympathetic Activity. Psychophysiology, 49(5), 672-682.

• Deuter, C. E, Kuehl, L. K, Blumenthal, T. D, Schulz, A, Oitzl, M. S, & Schachinger, H. (2012). Effects of cold pressor stress on the human startle response. PLoS ONE, 7(11), 49866-49866.

• Lass-Hennemann, J, Deuter, C. E, Kuehl, L. K, Schulz, A, Blumenthal, T. D, & Schachinger, H. (2011). Effect of facial self-resemblance on the startle response and subjective ratings of erotic stimuli in heterosexual men. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 40(5), 1007-1014.

• Lass-Hennemann, J, Kuehl, L. K, Schulz, A, Oitzl, M. S, & Schachinger, H. (2011). Stress strengthens memory of first impressions of others’ positive personality traits. PLoS ONE, 6(1), 16389-16389.

• Richter, S, Schulz, A, Zech, C. M, Oitzl, M. S, Daskalakis, N. P, Blumenthal, T. D, & Schachinger, H. (2011). Cortisol rapidly disrupts prepulse inhibition in healthy men. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36(1), 109-114.

• Romer, S, Schulz, A, Richter, S, Lass-Hennemann, J, & Schachinger, H. (2011). Oral cortisol impairs implicit sequence learning. Psychopharmacology, 215(1), 33-40.

• Schulz, A, Plein, D. E, Richter, S, Blumenthal, T. D, & Schachinger, H. (2011). Cold pressor stress affects cardiac attenuation of startle. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 79(3), 385-391.

• Walter, M, Degen, B, Treugut, C, Albrich, J, Oppel, M, Schulz, A, Schachinger, H, Dursteler-MacFarland, K. M, & Wiesbeck, G. A. (2011). Affective reactivity in heroin-dependent patients with antisocial personality disorder. Psychiatry Research, 187(1-2), 210-213.

• Walter, M, Wiesbeck, G. A, Degen, B, Albrich, J, Oppel, M, Schulz, A, Schachinger, H, & Dursteler-MacFarland, K. M. (2011). Heroin reduces startle and cortisol response in opioid-maintained heroin-dependent patients. Addiction Biology, 16(1), 145-151.

• Lass-Hennemann, J, Deuter, C. E, Kuehl, L. K, Schulz, A, Blumenthal, T. D, & Schachinger, H. (2010). Effects of stress on human mating preferences: stressed individuals prefer dissimilar mates. Proceedings of the Royal Society B : Biological Sciences, 277(1691), 2175-2183.

• Lass-Hennemann, J, Schulz, A, Nees, F, Blumenthal, T. D, & Schachinger, H. (2009). Direct gaze of photographs of female nudes influences startle in men. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 72(2), 111-114.

• Nees, F, Hahn, M, Schulz, A, Blumenthal, T. D, & Schachinger, H. (2009). Aversive associative conditioning of prepulses in a startle inhibition paradigm. Psychophysiology, 46(3), 481-486.

• Richter, S, Schulz, A, Port, J, Blumenthal, T. D, & Schachinger, H. (2009). Cardiopulmonary baroreceptors affect reflexive startle eye blink. Physiology, 98(5), 587-593.

• Schulz, A, Lass-Hennemann, J, Nees, F, Blumenthal, T. D, Berger, W, & Schachinger, H. (2009). Cardiac modulation of startle eye blink. Psychophysiology, 46(2), 234-240.

• Schulz, A, Lass-Hennemann, J, Richter, S, Romer, S, Blumenthal, T. D, & Schachinger, H. (2009). Lateralization effects on the cardiac modulation of acoustic startle eye blink. Biological Psychology, 80(3), 287-291.

• Schulz, A, Reichert, C. F, Richter, S, Lass-Hennemann, J, Blumenthal, T. D, & Schachinger, H. (2009). Cardiac modulation of startle: effects on eye blink and higher cognitive processing. Brain & Cognition, 71(3), 265-271.

• Savaskan, E, Ehrhardt, R, Schulz, A, Walter, M, & Schachinger, H. (2008). Post-learning intranasal oxytocin modulates human memory for facial identity. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 33(3), 368-374.

• Savaskan, E, Muller, S. E, Bohringer, A, Schulz, A, & Schachinger, H. (2008). Antidepressive therapy with escitalopram improves mood, cognitive symptoms, and identity memory for angry faces in elderly depressed patients. International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology, 11(3), 381-388.

Contributions to Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

• Schulz, A. (2013). Autorhythmie. In M. A., Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch - Lexikon der Psychologie (16th ed, pp. 230). Bern: Huber.

• Schulz, A. (2013). Blutdruck. In M. A., Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch - Lexikon der Psychologie (16th ed, pp. 304). Bern: Huber.

• Schulz, A. (2013). Elektrodermale Aktivität, Kennwerte. In M. A., Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch - Lexikon der Psychologie (16th ed, pp. 429-430). Bern: Huber.

• Schulz, A. (2013). Elektrodermale Aktivität, Messung. In M. A., Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch - Lexikon der Psychologie (16th ed, pp. 430). Bern: Huber.

• Schulz, A. (2013). Elektrokardiogramm. In M. A., Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch - Lexikon der Psychologie (16th ed, pp. 430). Bern: Huber.

• Schulz, A. (2013). Herzfrequenz. In M. A., Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch - Lexikon der Psychologie (16th ed, pp. 689). Bern: Huber.

• Schulz, A. (2013). Herzratenvariabilität. In M. A., Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch - Lexikon der Psychologie (16th ed, pp. 689-690). Bern: Huber.

• Schulz, A. (2013). Herzzeitvolumen. In M. A., Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch - Lexikon der Psychologie (16th ed, pp. 690). Bern: Huber.

• Schulz, A. (2013). Kardiovaskuläre Aktivität. In M. A., Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch - Lexikon der Psychologie (16th ed, pp. 810-811). Bern: Huber.

• Schulz, A. (2013). Riva-Rocci-Verfahren. In M. A., Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch - Lexikon der Psychologie (16th ed, pp. 1338-1339). Bern: Huber.

• Schulz, A. (2013). Schlagvolumen des Herzens. In M. A., Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch - Lexikon der Psychologie (16th ed, pp. 1369-1370). Bern: Huber.

• Schulz, A. (2013). Schweißdrüsen, ekkrine. In M. A., Wirtz (Ed.), Dorsch - Lexikon der Psychologie (16th ed, pp. 1381-1382). Bern: Huber.

• 2005: Travel funds by the Forschungsfonds Universität Trier

• 2010: Early Career Dissertation Award of the Freundeskreis Trierer Universität e.V.

• 2011: Project funding "Startle Modulation by 'visceral stress' via filling of the urinary bladder" by the Forschungsfonds Universität Trier

• Since 2012: Research Focus of the University of Trier: "Psychobiology of Stress"

• International Journal of Psychophysiology

• Journal of Psychophysiology

• Psychophysiology

• Biological Pschology

• Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry

• International Journal of Behavioral Medicine