Erwin-Josef Speckmann

Erwin-Josef Speckmann (born April 25, 1939 in Münster, Germany) is a German neuroscientist and artist. Until his retirement in 2005, he was the head of the Institute of Physiology at the University of Münster, and a professor in the Art Academy Münster. He is also a former dean of the medical faculty at the University of Münster, two-time president of the German EEG Society, and past president of the German Physiological Society. As well as his work on neuroscience, Speckmann has exhibited his art in several exhibition spaces including the botanical gardens of Münster and published three books about his art. He has also worked to promote music therapy.

Awards and honors
Speckmann was one of two winners of the 1973 Michael Prize, awarded annually to a young epilepsy researcher. In 1984, Speckmann won the Albert Hauptmann Prize, offered jointly every two years by the German Society for Epileptology for the best German-language research in epilepsy in the preceding two years. In 2007, he won the Otfrid Foerster Medal, a lifetime achievement award given by the German Society for Epileptology. 2011 Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany