Experience

  1. Postdoctoral researcher

    Research Group Cognition & Plasticity, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
    Project: Contribution of cognitive control resources to the processing of language surprisal across the adult life span (DFG-funded project in collaboration with University of Lübeck)
    Advisers: Prof. Dr. Gesa Hartwigsen (MPI CBS), Prof. Dr. Jonas Obleser (University of Lübeck)

  2. Doctoral researcher

    Research Group Cognition & Plasticity, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
    Project: The Aging Brain in Semantic Cognition Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Gesa Hartwigsen (MPI CBS), Prof. Dr. Dorothee Saur (University Clinic Leipzig)

  3. Speech-Language Pathologist

    Median Klinik Berlin Kladow, Germany, Clinic for neurological rehabilitation

  4. Research Internship

    Research Group Cognitive Neurology, NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité Berlin, Germany
    Advised by Dr Robert Darkow

  5. Student Assistantship

    Center for Language and Cognition, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
    Advised by Prof Dr Roelien Bastiaanse

Education

  1. PhD Cognitive Neuroscience

    Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences
    Thesis on The aging brain in semantic cognition—Insights from fMRI and TMS. Supervised by Prof Dr Gesa Hartwigsen and Prof Dr Dorothee Saur
    Read my thesis

  2. MSc Clinical Linguistics

    University of Potsdam, Germany & University of Groningen, The Netherlands

    Grade: Excellent (1.1)

    Thesis on Improving communication in aphasia: A comparison of naming- and discourse-based treatment, both facilitated by transcranial direct current stimulation. Supervised by Prof Dr Agnes Flöel and PD Dr Frank Burchert

  3. BA Linguistics

    Humboldt University Berlin
    Grade: Very good (1.5)
    2009 – 2010 Erasmus exchange student at Université Aix-Marseille, France
Awards
Travel award
Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference, Center for Vital Longevity Dallas ∙ February 2025
I received a travel award to present my work at the Dallas Aging and Cognition Conference
Poster prize
Conference Psychology and Brain (Psychologie und Gehirn) ∙ June 2023
PhD Fellowship (~80.000 €)
German Academic Scholarship Foundation ∙ February 2018
Full stipend for my PhD, 2018-2022
Poster prize
German Society for Clinical Neurophysiology and Functional Imaging ∙ November 2020
First prize at Science Slam
German Association of Speech-Language Therapy ∙ February 2019
Travel award
Erasmus Mundus Program, European Union ∙ September 2014
Erasmus Mundus Fellowship (~24.000 €)
Erasmus Mundus Program, European Union ∙ September 2012
Full stipend for my Master’s studies in Groningen, The Netherlands, and Potsdam, Germany
DAAD Promos stipend
German Academic Exchange Service ∙ June 2011
Skills
Coding
Python
R
Matlab
Bash
Software
Git
Psychopy
Nilearn
SPM12
Analysis
Mixed-Effects Regression
Generalized Additive Models
Graph Theory
MVPA
Hard Skills
Lover of Statistics
Project management
Open Science
Grant writing
Soft Skills
Complex thinking
Supervision
Teamwork
Communication
Outreach
Science communication in podcasts and newspaper articles
Lectures and workshops for kids and students
TMS Lab demonstrations
Speaker at Long Night of the Sciences
Languages
100%
German
95%
English
75%
French
20%
Hebrew