Curriculum Vitae | Grants and awards | Publications | Posters and Talks| Current fields of research | Methods and Workshops | Teaching
Curriculum Vitae
| 05/2021 | PhD in neuropsychology, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz; Thesis: Characterizing the Dynamic Multilevel Stress Response and its Influence on Cognitive Emotion Regulation |
| Since 04/2019 | Postgraduate psychotherapy trainee (cognitive behavioral therapy), Psychological Institute, Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz |
| Since 10/2016 | Research assistant, Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology, Psychological Institute, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz |
| 10/2014 – 09/2017 | M. Sc. in Applied Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Master thesis: Characterizing the dynamic stress response on neuroendocrine and large-scale brain network level. |
| 09/2013 – 02/2014 | Semester abroad at the University of Haifa, Israel Focus of research: Psychology of Conflict and Reconciliation, Terrorism and Responses |
| 03/2011 – 09/2014 | B. Sc. in Psychology, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Bachelor thesis (in collaboration with the Neuroimaging Center Mainz, AG ERIC): The influence of implicit emotional learning on motor inhibition. (Prof. Michèle Wessa, Dr. Alexandra Sebastian) |
Grants and awards
| Since 02/2017 | Member of GRADE (Goethe Graduate Academy, Goethe-University Frankfurt) |
| Since 12/2016 | Associated Fellow of TransMed (Graduate Academy, Mainz Research School of Translational Biomedicine) |
Publications
Sandner, M., Zeier, P., Lois, G., & Wessa, M. (2021). Cognitive emotion regulation withstands the stress test: An fMRI study on the effect of acute stress on distraction and reappraisal. Neuropsychologia, 157, 107876. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2021.107876
Sandner, M., Lois, G., Streit, F., Zeier, P., Kirsch, P., Wuest, S., & Wessa, M. (2020). Investigating individual stress reactivity: High hair cortisol predicts lower acute stress responses. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 118, 104660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psyneuen.2020.104660
Sebastian, A., Schick, A., Sandner, M., Werzlau, R. M., Chmitorz, A., Lieb, K., & Tüscher, O. (2020). Perceived threat modulates inhibitory performance. Emotion. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000746
Zeier, P., Sandner, M. & Wessa, M. (2019). Script-based Reappraisal Test - Introducing a new paradigm to investigate the effect of reappraisal inventiveness on reappraisal effectiveness. Cognition & Emotion, published online: 09 Sep 2019. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2019.1663153#
Lois, G., Kirsch, P., Sandner, M., Plichta, M. M., & Wessa, M. (2018). Experimental and methodological factors affecting test‐retest reliability of amygdala BOLD responses. Psychophysiology, 55(12), e13220. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13220
Posters and Talks
Sandner, M. E., Lois, G., & Wessa, M. (2017, September). Characterizing the dynamic stress response - Adaptation and validation of an in-MR paradigm to investigate various stress effects in humans. Poster at the 47th annual conference of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology (ISPNE), Zurich, Switzerland.
Sandner, M. E., Zeier, P., Lois, G., & Wessa, M. (2017, September). Characterizing the dynamic stress response - Adaptation and validation of an in-MR paradigm to investigate various stress effects in humans. Poster at the 3rd International Symposium on Resilience Research, Mainz, Germany.
Sandner, M., Lois, G., Zeier, P., & Wessa, M. (2018, July). Does chronic stress immunize against acute stress exposure? - Hair Cortisol predicts blunted reactivity to an acute stressor. Poster at the 11th FENS Forum of Neuroscience, Berlin, Germany.
Sandner, M., Lois, G., Zeier, P., & Wessa, M. (2018, September). Does chronic stress immunize against acute stress exposure? - Hair Cortisol predicts blunted reactivity to an acute stressor. Poster at the 48th annual conference of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology, ISPNE, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Sandner, M., Lois, G., Zeier, P., & Wessa, M. (2018, September). Does chronic stress immunize against acute stress exposure? - Hair Cortisol predicts blunted reactivity to an acute stressor. Poster at the 4th international resilience symposium, Mainz, Germany.
Sandner, M., Zeier, P., Lois, G., & Wessa, M. (2019, August). Investigating Emotion Regulation under Stress. Talk at the 49th annual conference of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology, ISPNE, Milan, Italy.
Sandner, M., Zeier, P., Lois, G., & Wessa, M. (2019, August). Investigating Cognitive Emotion Regulation in the Face of Stress. Poster at the 49th annual conference of the International Society of Psychoneuroendocrinology, ISPNE, Milan, Italy.
Sandner, M., Zeier, P., Lois, G., & Wessa, M. (2019, September). Investigating Cognitive Emotion Regulation in the Face of Stress. Poster at the 5th international resilience symposium, Mainz, Germany.
Current fields of research
- Emotionregulation in the face of stress (Collaborative Research Center 1193 of the German Research Foundation „Neurobiology of Resilience to stress-related mental dysfunction: from understanding mechanisms to promoting prevention“)
Methods and Workshops
- Behavioral data assessment
- Development of psychological tests and questionnaires
- Electroencephalography (EEG)
- Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)
| 03/2017 | Methods for designing and analyzing human MRI studies, Universitätsmedizin Mainz |
| 10/2016 | MathWorks Matlab Course, Neuroimaging Center, University Medical Center Mainz |
| 09/2015 | Functional and Clinical neuroanatomy, Department of Neurobiology, University Medical Center Mainz |
| 06/2015 | Neurobs Presentation Course, Neuroimaging Center, University Medical Center Mainz |
Teaching
| Winter 2020/21 | Ausgewählte Störungsbilder und Interventionen (MSc) |