Curriculum Vitae

August 25th 1981 born in Wolfen/Germany

2000 - 2005	Studies of Psychology at the University of Leipzig, Diploma in Psychology Diploma thesis: Ästhetik von Gesichtern: Elektrophysiologische und Verhaltensindikatoren deskriptiver und evaluativer Urteilsprozesse Supervisor: Dr. habil. Thomas Jacobsen
2005 - 2010	PhD student at the Institute of Psychology I, University of Leipzig (Prof. Dr. Erich Schröger), University position
2006 - 2010	Member of the International Postgraduate Programme "From signal processing to behaviour", University of Leipzig (DAAD)/ Research Academy Leipzig (RAL)
2006 - 2010	Postgraduate Studies of Computer Science, Hochschule Anhalt (FH)
05 - 08/2008	Research visit at the Rotman Research Institute, Toronto, Canada (Prof. Dr. Claude Alain)
2010-present	Scientific employee (postdoc) at the Institute of Psychology, University of Leipzig

Research Interests

Effects of individual long-term memory representations (familiarity, meaning, personal significance) on voluntary and involuntary sound processing
Perceptual training effects, Brain plasticity
Top-down effects on auditory scene analysis
Aesthetic processing; Aesthetic judgments

Awards and Scholarships

2007	Poster Award "Poster-Session-Preis der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychophysiologie und ihre Anwendung (DGPA) e.V."
2007-2010	PhD scholarship of the "Evangelisches Studienwerk e.V. Villigst"
2011	Postdoctoral mobility fellowship in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience (Erasmus Mundus ACN Exchange Network)