Curriculum Vitae - Erik Elster, Dr. rer. nat.

Professional Experience

Since 07/2021	Research Assistant / PhD Student Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus at the TU Dresden, Germany
11/2020-06/2021	Student Research Assistant Institute for Medical Informatics and Biometry Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus at the TU Dresden, Germany
04/2019-09/2019	Student Research Assistant Division for Diagnostics and Intervention Faculty of Psychology at the TU Dresden, Germany
01/2018-09/2020	Internship and Cooperation Department of Pediatric Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy Municipal Hospital Dresden
10/2016-01/2017	Internship Institute for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany

Education & Training

10/2018-03/2021	M. Sc. Psychology TU Chemnitz, Germany
10/2013-09/2017	B. Sc. Psychology TU Dresden, Germany

Publications

Elster EM, Pauli R, Fairchild G, McDonald M, Baumann S, Sidlauskaite J, De Brito SA, Freitag CM, Konrad K, Roessner V, Brazil IA, Lockwood PL, Kohls G: Altered Neural Responses to Punishment Learning in Conduct Disorder. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging., 2025. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpsc.2025.01.003

Kohls G, Elster EM, Tino P, Fairchild G, Stadler C, Popma A, Freitag CM, De Brito SA, Konrad K, Pauli R: Machine learning reveals sex differences in distinguishing between conduct-disordered and neurotypical youth based on emotion processing dysfunction. BMC psychiatry, 25(1), 105, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-025-06536-6

Elster EM, Pauli R, Baumann S, de Brito SA , Fairchild G, Freitag CM, Konrad K, Roessner V, Brazil IA, Lockwood PL, Kohls G: Impaired Punishment Learning in Conduct Disorder. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry, 3;S0890-8567(23)00374-X, doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2023.05.032, 2023.

Wolff N, Kohls G, Mack JT, Vahid A, Elster EM, Stroth S, Poustka L, Kuepper C, Roepke S, Kamp-Becker I, Roessner V: A data driven machine learning approach to differentiate between autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder based on the best-practice diagnostic instruments for autism. Sci Rep. 12(1):18744. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-21719-x, 2022.

Contact

Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus
Technische Universität Dresden
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden

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