Since 01/2020 employee at the Leibniz Institute for Resilience Research
University Education | Research and Clinical Experiences | Teaching | Participation in the university lecture series | Peer-reviewed Publications | Ad hoc Peer Reviewer | Professional Memberships | Current research interests
University Education
| 05/2010 to present | Post-Graduate Training in Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Central Institute of Mental Health Mannheim, ZPP, Germany |
| 10/2003 to 04/2009 | Undergraduate/Graduate Studies of Psychology, Technical University Dresden, Germany (Area of specialization: Clinical psychology) Diploma thesis: “Electrophysiological activity during emotional Stroop performance in chronic pain after motor vehicle accidents“ (Supervisor: Dr. Anke Karl, University of Southampton, UK) |
Research and Clinical Experiences
| 07/2013 to present | Research Assistant: Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology |
| 12/2011 to 07/2013 | Research Assistant: Heidelberg University, Center of Psychosocial Medicine, Department of General Psychiatry, Section for Experimental Psychopathology and Imaging |
| 05/2009 to 11/2011 | Ph.D. Student/Research Assistant in the Emmy Noether research group: “Mechanisms of emotional processing in bipolar affective disorders: symptom-dependency, specificity of disorder and vulnerability” (Head: PD Dr. Michèle Wessa), Department of Clinical and Cognitive Psychology, Central Institute of Mental Health, Mannheim |
Teaching
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz
M.Sc.-Seminar „Selected disorders and psychotherapeutic interventions“ (WS16/17, SS17, WS17/18)
M.Sc.-Seminar „Clinical models and psychotherapy research“ (SS14, WS14/15)
M.Sc.-Seminar „Course of illness, course of therapy, risks and decisions“ (SS14)
M.Sc.-Seminar Project-Thesis „Recent Research: Clinical psychology & neuropsychology“ (WS13/14)
Participation in the university lecture series
- Interdisciplinary lecture series: “The things that make us strong: Neurobiological and psychological mechanisms of stress resilience“ (WS15/16)
- Studying at 50plus: Seminar “Resilience: What makes us resistant to mental illnesses?“ (WS15/16)
Peer-reviewed Publications
Ad hoc Peer Reviewer
- Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience
- Psychophysiology
- Frontiers of Psychology: Emotion Science
- Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging
Professional Memberships
- Society for Psychophysiological Research (since 01/2008)
- Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychophysiologie und ihre Anwendung (DGPA) e.G. (since 05/2010)
Current research interests
- Electrophysiological correlates of early emotion processing and emotion regulation in bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder
- Cognitive biases (e.g., optimism bias) in bipolar disorder and individuals with hypomanic personality traits
- Resilience and emotion regulation (e.g., reappraisal, acceptance, self-compassion)