curriculum vitae
Education
2015 - 2021 | Ph.D, Psychology, University Bern, supervised by Prof. Fred W. Mast, Submission of the Thesis: January 2021, Defense March 2021 |
2011 - 2014 | M.Sc. in Psychology, University Bern, main focus Cognitive Psychology, Perception and Methodology |
2011 | Internship in a neurological rehabilitation clinic, München, Germany (August - September) |
2011 | Internship in a day care center for cognitively impaired children, St.Petersburg, Russia (March - June) |
2007 - 2010 | B.Sc in Psychology, University Bern |
Employment
since 2023 | Module leader „Personal development and complementary studies“, Mono Master in Sustainability Transformations, Centre for Development and Environment |
since 2023 | Postdoc in the COMMONPATHS project, Centre for Development and Environment |
2015-2023 | Assistant at the Institute of Psychology in Bern, Department of Cognitive Psychology, Perception and Methodology, supervised by Prof. Fred Mast |
Coordination, programming and realisation of experiments, data analysis, supervision of students in different projects (Bachelor, Master, Forschungsatelier, Experimental practice) | |
2014 - 2018 | Assistant at the Swiss Distance University, module for (visual) perception, Module direction: Dr. Marina Groner, Dr. Janek Lobmaier and Dr. Matthias Hartmann |
Lecture administration and communication with students, preparation and evaluation of weekly exams for 40-60 students, occasionally delivering part of the lectures | |
2015 - 2017 | Tutor for „Exercise Course Statistics“ II and III at the Institute of Psychology in Bern, supervised by Dr. Boris Mayer |
Teaching groups of around 40 students as part of the introductory statistics courses/lectures | |
2011 - 2013 | Research assistant at the Institute of Psychology in Bern, Department of Cognitive Psychology, Perception and Methodology, supervised by Dr. Corinna Martarelli |
Preparation of experimental stimuli, acquisition of (child) participants, and realisation of experiments |
Teaching
University of Bern | „Human cognitive makeup: getting to know our software for global problemsolving“, course in the Master in Sustainability Transformations, CDE, 2024 |
„Evidence-based career development“, course in the Master in Sustainability Transformations, CDE, 2024 | |
“How can I argue for a sustainable future?”, workshop, ESD network, 2023 | |
“Understanding and communicating data”, self-developed Proseminar, 2023 | |
“Psychology and sustainability: What do we need to act?”, self-developed proseminar, funded by the ESD network of the University of Bern, Syllabus at: https://osf.io/78ct6/, 2022, 2023 | |
„Exercise Course Statistics II and III”, weekly practice sessions accompanying the mandatory statistical classes for Psychology, Bachelor and Master level | |
“Scientific Work” (Bachelor) Tutorial | |
Supervision of Bachelor- and Master students | |
Swiss Distance University | Supervision of Bachelor students in the module for perception |
Preparation and evaluation of weekly exams, preparation and support for lectures |
Personal competences
Langages | German (native language) |
English (fluent) | |
Spanish (fluent) | |
Italian (intermediate, lived in Rome in 2013/14) | |
French (intermediate) | |
Russian (elementary, lived in St. Petersburg in 2011) | |
Digital skills | Advanced (bayesian) statistical analysis and data visualisation in R |
R Markdown / Quarto | |
Programming of experiments in MATLAB, Python and PsychoPy | |
Git | |
Moodle | |
Excel, Word, Powerpoint |
Outreach activities
- Member of researcher panel in the „stories for future“ project (since 2024)
- Presentation in the Eco Summer Camp (2024)
- Leader & Producer of Podcast „Zukunftswerkstatt - Ideas and Pathways to tomorrow“ (German, since 2023)
- Presentation in the Eco Summer Camp (2023)
- Participation in panel discussion on Sustainability, Environmental Group Belp (2023)
- Franxini Nano talk: “Yes we can - combat climate change with our brains” (2021)
- Public talk at Quadrat: “Where can we go with this brain?” (talk in Swissgerman, 2021)
- Proofread “Die Gretchenfrage im 21. Jahrhundert“ by Markus Neuenschwander (2020)
- Proofread “Black mamba - or the power of imagination“ by Prof. Fred Mast (2020)