Curriculum Vitae
EDUCATION AND DEGREES
... and read here her Unofficial CV
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2004 - 2008 |
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany Predoctoral Research Fellow, International Max Planck Research School |
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2002 - 2003 |
University of Georgia, GA, USA |
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2000 - 2002 |
University of Nebraska at Omaha, NE, USA |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
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Since 01/2018- |
Full Professor for Developmental Psychology at Goethe-University Frankfurt, Department of Psychology |
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Since 05/2012 |
Faculty member of the International Max Planck Research School on the |
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08/2015–12/2017 |
Lecturer, Division of Psychology, University of Stirling, UK |
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01/2012 –12/2016 |
Minerva research group leader, Max Planck Institute for Human |
| 04/2012–08/2012 |
Vertretungsprofessur (Visiting Professor), Entwicklungspsychologie |
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01/2010–12/2011 |
Research Scientist at the Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck |
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10/2008–12/2009 |
Postdoctoral Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellow at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany (Host: Prof. Florian Schmiedek) |
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10/2007–09/2008 |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany |
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10/2004–09/2007 |
Predoctoral Research Fellow at the Center for Lifespan Psychology, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany |
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08/2002–08/2004 |
Graduate Research Assistant for Dr. Martha Carr, Department of Educational Psychology, University of Georgia in NSF funded project “Early Influences on Gender Differences in Mathematics Achievement” |
GRANTS AND AWARDS
| 2023 – 2027 | Principal investigator, subproject “The Emergence of Abstract Representations in Learning and Development,” Research Unit (FOR5368 Abstract Representations in Neural Architectures), German Research Foundation, 405580€ (for subproject) | |
| 2022 – 2026 |
Principal investigator (together with Claudia Buss, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin), subproject “Ontogenesis of Memory Consolidation: From Remembering Regularities to Specifics,” Collaborative Research Centre (SFB1315, Mechanisms and disturbances in memory consolidation: From synapses to systems), German Research Foundation, 701600€ (for subproject) |
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| 2022 – 2026 | co-PI, “From Machine Learning to Machine Teaching (ML2MT) – Making Machines AND Humans Smarter”, VolkswagenStiftung, 504,000€ | |
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2021 – 2025 |
Principal investigator, “TAM – The Adaptive Mind” Cluster Project, Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst, 315689€ (for subproject) |
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2018 – 2022 |
Principal investigator (together with Prof. Dr. Claudia Buss and Prof. Dr. Angela Kaindl, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin), subproject “Ontogenesis of Memory Consolidation: A Longitudinal Perspective,” Collaborative Research Centre (Mechanisms and disturbances in memory consolidation: From synapses to systems), German Research Foundation, ~466000 € |
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2018 – 2020 |
Jacobs Foundation Research Fellow, CHF165,000 |
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2018 – 2023 |
Principal investigator, project “Predictive Memory Systems Across the Lifespan,” European Research Council Starting Grant, ~1,410,000 € |
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2017 – 2019 |
Principal investigator, (co-PIs: Dr. Emma R. Wood, University of Edinburgh; Dr. Rosamund F. Langston, University of Dundee), project “Development of Hippocampal Binding in Memory: An Investigation Linking Rodents and Humans,” Carnegie Collaborative Research Grants, 50,000 GBP |
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2015 – 2018 |
Principal investigator (together with Prof. Dr. Christine Heim, Charité, Universitätsmedizin Berlin), project “Delineating the Contribution of Glucocorticoid Pathways to Stress-Related Social Disparities in Cognitive Child Development,” Jacobs Foundation, 500,000 € |
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2014 – 2016 |
Co-investigator (PI: Dr. Markus Werkle-Bergner, MPIB), project “Hippocampal Subfield Contributions to Episodic Memory Formation: Child-Developmental Trends and Interaction with Top-Down Control During Adulthood", Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation), ~200,000 € |
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2012 |
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz-Preis, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) |
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2011 – 2013 |
Principal investigator (Co-investigator: Dr. Yvonne Brehmer), project “Neural Mechanisms of Lifespan Age Differences in Episodic Memory Formation: Separating Associative and Strategic Components,” |
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2011 |
Conference Travel Grant: International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience |
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2009 |
Otto Hahn Medal, Max Planck Society |
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2009 |
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers |
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2004 – 2007 |
Doctoral stipend in graduate program of International Max Planck Research |
