Prof. Dr. med. Dr. rer. nat. Anne Albrecht

Functional neuroanatomy of stress adaptation and emotional memory formation.
Investigation of neuronal circuits, neurotransmitters, and cellular mechanisms in the development of fear, anxiety, and stress resilience.

Since October 1, 2025: Institute Director, Institute of Anatomy, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Since August 31, 2022: Full Professor (W3, tenured) of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Anatomy, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
May 2020 – August 2022: Assistant/Associate Professor (W2, Tenure Track) of Neuroanatomy, Institute of Anatomy, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
2019 – 2020: Research Associate at the Institute of Biology, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
2016 – 2018: Postdoctoral Researcher within the Leibniz Postdoc Network, Leibniz Institute for Neurobiology (LIN), Magdeburg
2012 – 2016: Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Affective Neuroscience (ISAN) / Department of Neurobiology and Ethology, University of Haifa, Israel
2010 – 2012: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Biology, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
May 8, 2013: Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.): "Mechanisms of contextual fear memory generalization", Prof. Oliver Stork, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany
October 14, 2010: M.D. (Dr. med.): "Role of the Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule (NCAM) in amygdalo-hippocampal interaction and salience coding of contextual fear memory", Prof. Oliver Stork, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, Germany