Assoc. Prof. Dr. Peter Gröpel

 

Education

2018
Habilitation, Technical University of Munich, Germany

2007
PhD, University of Trnava, Slovakia

2005
Dr. rer. nat., University of Osnabrück, Germany

2001
Master (Psychology), University of Trnava, Slovakia


Professional Positions

since 2019
Professor, University of Vienna, Austria

2017-2019
Postdoc, University of Vienna, Austria

2007-2016
Postdoc, Technical University of Munich, Germany

2002-2006
Research Associate, University of Trnava, Slovakia


Activities for Sport Psychology Community (selected)

since 2017
Trainer and Lecturer, Postgraduate Sport Psychology Program, Mental Excellence GmbH, Austria

2013-2014
Congress Manager (Finances), The 46th Congress of the German Association of Sport Psychology, Munich, Germany

2009-2013
Managing Director of ASP-Curriculum (Postgraduate Sport Psychology Program accredited by the German Association of Sport Psychology), Germany


Grants

2021-2022
Validation of a mental training app. Grant from the Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG), Austria (PI; together with Athletic Research Center GmbH).

2021-2022
Quantifying the impact of visual distraction on psychomotor skills performance using eye-tracking. Grant from the INSPIRE Network Leadership, USA (CO-PI; together with Isabel Gross, Travis Whitfill, and Marc Auerbach, Yale University School of Medicine, and Michael Wagner, Medical University of Vienna).

2019-2020
Improving simulation-based medical education in pediatric resuscitation: Real-time feedback and visual attention. Grant from the ZOLL Foundation, USA (CO-PI; together with Michael Wagner, Felix Eibensteiner, and Francesco Cardona, Medical University of Vienna).

2016-2017
Interventionen zur Leistungsstabilisierung: Weiterentwicklung und Transfer. Grant from the Federal Institute of Sport Sciences, Germany (CO-PI; together with Jürgen Beckmann, TUM).

2016
Choking under Pressure: Interventions and Mechanisms. Grant from the German Academic Exchange Service and the Universities Australia (CO-PI; together with Jürgen Beckmann, TUM, and Christopher Mesagno, Federation Uni Australia).

2013
Motivationale und willentliche Faktoren des Sporttreibens. Grant from Bayerische Forschungsallianz (PI).

2010-2012
On the Relationship between Motive/Goal Discrepancies and Volition: Testing Two Different Models. Grant from the German Science Foundation (PI).


Training

2011-2012
Training in Hypnotherapy, Stefan Junker Practice, Germany

2010
Rock Climbing Instructor, JAMES, Slovakia

2008-2009
Training in Sport Psychology, German Association of Sport Psychology, Germany

2003-2005
Training in Personality Diagnostics, Institute for Motivation and Personality Development, Osnabrück, Germany


Scholarships

2004
Visiting Doctoral Student, London School of Economics, UK

2002-2005
Doctoral Scholarship, German Science Foundation, Germany

1999-2000
Graduate Scholarship, Catholical University of Eichstätt, Germany


Awards

2019
Research prize for the co-authored paper in Pediatrics (2019) awarded by the Society for Neonatology and Pediatric Intensive Care, Germany

2019
Research prize for the co-authored paper in Pediatrics (2019) awarded by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare

2012
Poster Award, The 16th European Conference on Personality, Trieste, Italy