Main Focus
- Individual differences in language learning in children with and without learning disabilities (dyslexia), attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder, developmental language disorder
- The neurobiology of reading in children and adults with and without reading impairments
- Adaptive plasticity/compensation in neural networks of language and reading explored through combined non-invasive brain stimulation and neuroimaging
- Mental health in individuals with learning disorders
Curriculum Vitae
Education
10/2014-10/2019 Dr. phil. in English Studies: Applied Linguistics (Neurolinguistics), University of Graz (passed with distinction)
03/2010-02/2014 BA in Linguistics, University of Graz (passed with distinction)
09/2007-07/2012 Mag. phil. (Diplom) Teaching Degree in English & French, University of Graz (passed with distinction)
Academic experience
04/2023-04/2027 Postdoc, Cognitive and Biological Psychology, Leipzig University
DFG-funded project within the research unit MeMoSLAP (www.memoslap.de)
Project: Enhancing verbal working memory by focalized tDCS
08/2020-11/2022 Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers
Project: Exploring the neurobiology of reading and dyslexia with combined
neurostimulation and neuroimaging
09/2019-08/2020 Postdoc Lise Meitner Research Group Cognition and Plasticity, MPI CBS Leipzig, Germany
10/2017-10/2018 Career programme for female scientists/scholars
"Competencies, strategies and networks" (UniGraz, MedUni Graz, TU Graz & KunstUni Graz, Austria)
10/2017-10/2019 DOC-team fellowship of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW)
Project: Exploring individual differences in language learning abilities: from
linguistic morphology to brain morphology
since 01/2015 Active member of the research group “Music and Brain” (led by Dr. P. Schneider)
Department of Neuroradiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
07/2018-10/2018 Visiting researcher, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
01/2016-03/2016 Internship, Department for Neuropsychology, MPI CBS Leipzig, Germany
01/2015-07/2015 Visiting researcher, University Hospital Heidelberg, Germany
02/2012-05/2012 Visiting researcher, Communication Disorders Treatment and Research
Clinic, University of Sydney, Australia
12/2010-05/2011 Semester abroad, Université de Montréal, Canada