Dr. Marc Züst

Group Leader, Deputy Head of Research

Phone
+41 58 630 9502
E-Mail
marc.a.zuest@unibe.ch
Office
LG|203
Postal Address
Universitäre Psychiatrische Dienste (UPD) Bern
Laborgebäude/Forschung
Bolligenstrasse 111
3000 Bern 60
since February 2025 Deputy Head of Research, UPD Bern, Department of Old Age Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
since November 2022 Group Leader, UPD Bern, Department of Old Age Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
August 2018 - October 2022 Post Doc, UPD Bern, Department of Old Age Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
March 2017 - August 2018 Post Doc, University of Bern, Cognitive Neuroscience of Memory and Consciousness
2012 - 2017 PhD, University of Bern
Topic: Structure and limits of unconscious episodic memory. 
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Katharina Henke
2010 - 2012 MSc in Cognitive‐ and Neuropsychology, University of Zurich
Minor: Biology
2006 - 2010 BSc in Psychology, University of Zurich
Minor: Biology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awards and Honours

2023 (ongoing) SNSF project grant 32003B_215333 for project “Preventing cognitive decline using portable, non-invasive sleep enhancement”
2022 Best poster award at 2022 Synapsis Forum
2022 UniBe Initiator Grant
2022 - 2024 Synapsis Foundation - Career development award for project “Improving sleep to prevent cognitive decline”
2019 - 2021 Synapsis Foundation - project "Improving slow wave sleep to enhance memory consolidation and new learning in individuals at risk for dementia"
2018 Award “Excellent evaluation result” for Seminar “Cognitive ageing: genetic, biological and psychological factors”
2013 - 2016 SNSF - Doc.CH excellence stipend