Education and Professional Experience
Since April 2013: Assistant professor (Juniorprofessorin) at the Department of Psychology, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany January 2012 - December 2012: Research scientist at the Department of Psychology (PI: Ricarda Schubotz, Karen Zentgraf), University of Muenster, Germany August 2009 - December 2011: Postdoc at MIT's Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research (PI: Nancy Kanwisher), Cambridge, MA USA July 2008 - July 2009: Postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research (MPIH), Department of Neurophysiology (PI: Axel Kohler, Wolf Singer), Frankfurt, Germany December 2008: PhD in cognitive neuroscience/psychology, University of Maastricht, Department of Psychology (PI: Rainer Goebel), The Netherlands April 2005 - July 2008: PhD student at the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research (MPIH), Department of Neurophysiology (PI: Axel Kohler, Lars Muckli, Wolf Singer), Frankfurt, Germany January 2005 - March 2005: Research assistant at the University of Louisiana, Cognitive Evolution Group (PI: Daniel Povinelli), Lafayette, LA, USA October 2004: MA in philosophy, University of Duesseldorf, Department of Philosophy, Germany March 2004: MSc in psychology, University of Duesseldorf, Department of Psychology, Germany Grants and Awards 2012 Fellowship of the Daimler und Benz Foundation (Postdoktorandenstipendium) 2011 Fellow of the Robert Bosch Foundation ("Fast Track program") 2010 Postdoctoral Fellow of the Simon's Initiative on Autism and the Brain at MIT 2009 Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society 2008 "Cum laude" (highest distinction) from the University of Maastricht 2003 Research fellowship of the Hedwig und Waldemar Hort Stiftung 2001-2004 Excellence student scholarship of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung |