Main Focus
Cognitive neuroscientist with a focus on computational modeling of brain signals in language and cognition across the adult lifespan. My work integrates fMRI, TMS, and behavioral measures with machine learning and large language models to quantify prediction, semantic control, and executive functions. I am a strong supporter of open and transparent research practices like preregistration and registered reports. Co-organiser of a symposium on Good Scientific Practice: Doing Good – Scientific Practice under Review. My doctoral work was supported by the German Academic Scholarship Foundation (Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes).
Curriculum Vitae
Education
since 09/2023 Postdoctoral researcher
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Lise Meitner Research Group Cognition and Plasticity
Project: Executive and domain-specific processes in predictive language processing across the adult
lifespan
DFG-funded project together with Prof. Dr. Gesa Hartwigsen (Leipzig University) and Prof. Dr. Jonas Obleser (University of Lübeck)
2018 - 2023 PhD student
Cognitive Neuroscience (PD Dr. Gesa Hartwigsen & Prof. Dr. Dorothee Saur)
Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Lise Meitner Research Group Cognition and Plasticity &
University Hospital Leipzig, Language and Aphasia Lab
2014 M.Sc., European Master of Clinical Linguistics (EMCL)
University of Potsdam, Germany
University of Groningen, The Netherlands
2012 B.A., Linguistics (major) and French (minor)
Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany
2009/2010 Two semesters abroad
Université de Provence, Aix-Marseille, France
Experience
2015 - 2017 Speech-language pathologist
Median Clinic Berlin Kladow, Clinic for neurological rehabilitation
2014 - 2015 Research internship
Cognitive neurology (Prof. Dr. Agnes Flöel)
NeuroCure Clinical Research Center, Charité Berlin
2012 - 2013 Research assistantship
Center for Language and Cognition,
University of Groningen, The Netherlands