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German-American neuroscientist and psychologist
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Frank Krueger
Frank Krueger (born June 30, 1969) is a German-American neuroscientist and psychologist. He is a Full Professor in the School of Systems Biology at George Mason University[1], where he directs the Social Cognition and Interaction: Functional Imaging (SCI:FI) Laboratory.[2]
Early life and education
Krueger studied psychology and physics at Humboldt University of Berlin and Free University of Berlin. He received a Ph.D. in cognitive psychology (Dr. rer. nat.) from Humboldt University in 2000.
Academic career
Since 2021, Krueger has been a tenured Full Professor in the School of Systems Biology at George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia.[1] Krueger directs the Social Cognition and Interaction: Functional Imaging (SCI:FI) Laboratory.[2]
Between 2009 and 2012, Krueger was Lead Investigator of Phase 4 of the Warfighter Head Injury Study (Vietnam Head Injury Study) at the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institutes of Health.[3]
From 2015 to 2019, he served as co-director of the Center for the Study of Neuroeconomics at the Krasnow Institute for Advanced Study at George Mason University.[1]
Since 2017, he has served as Honorary Professor of Psychology at the University of Mannheim, Germany.[4]
Research
Krueger's research focuses on interpersonal trust, social decision-making, and human interaction with artificial systems.[5][6]
In 2007, he co-authored a functional neuroimaging study of interpersonal trust published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.[7]
He later co-authored a review in Trends in Neurosciences on interpersonal trust from the perspectives of neuroscience, psychology, and economics.[8]
Research related to these studies has been discussed in several media outlets including The New York Times and The Economist, Wired, Scientific American, and The Chronicle of Philanthropy.[9][10]
Specific findings have also been reported in science journalism outlets such as ScienceDaily and LiveScience, including studies examining altruistic decision-making and brain injury.[11][12]
Krueger is also the lead author of the 2025 article “A call for transdisciplinary trust research in the artificial intelligence era,” published in Humanities and Social Sciences Communications, which proposes a research framework for studying trust in artificial intelligence.[13]
Professional activities
Since 2020, Krueger has served as Specialty Field Editor for Social Neuroergonomics at Frontiers in Neuroergonomics.[14]
In 2021, he edited The Neurobiology of Trust, published by Cambridge University Press.[15]
In 2023, he was involved in the organization of the inaugural meeting of the Transdisciplinary Research Union for the Study of Trust (T-R-U-S-T) in Vienna, Austria. In 2026, he became President of the Transdisciplinary Research Union for the Study of Trust, a non-profit organization.[16]
Honors and awards
Krueger received a Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award for research collaboration at Tamagawa University in Tokyo, Japan (2025–2026).[17]
Media appearances
Krueger's work has been featured in public-facing media, including Curious Apes (2024), ResearchPod (2022), and This Is Your Brain with Dr. Phil Stieg (2021).[18][19][20]