Prof. Franzis Preckel, PhD

Curriculum Vitae

Franzis Preckel is a Professor of Giftedness Research and Education at the Department of Psychology, University of Trier. She earned her doctorate from the University of Münster and was Director of the Counselling Center for the Gifted and Talented at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. Since 2006, she is full professor of Giftedness Research and Education at the University of Trier. Her research interests encompass psychological assessment, intelligence, giftedness, and talent development. Franzis Preckel has published her research in top ranked journals including Psychological Bulletin or Perspectives on Psychological Science. She is author of the first German textbook about Giftedness and Talent, which was also translated to English. In 2017, she received the path breaker award of the AERA special interest group on Research on Giftedness, Creativity, and Talent. In 2023, she received the International Award for Research of the World Council for Gifted and Talented Children.

Studies and degrees

1991-1998 Study of Psychology at the University of Münster, from 1994-1995 at St. Norbert College in Green Bay, Wisconsin/USA; 1991-1998 Scholarship of the German National Merit Foundation; 1998 Diploma in Psychology at the University of Münster; 1999-2002 Dissertation at the Institute of Psychology IV of Münster (Prof. Dr. Heinz Holling); 1999-2001 PhD scholarship of the German National Merit Foundation; 2002 PhD.

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