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| Academic Positions |
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| starting fall 2025 | University of Wisconsin-Madison Department of Psychology Assistant Professor |
| since 2021 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, McGovern Institute for Brain Research Postdoctoral Fellow Advisors: Nancy Kanwisher & Joshua Tenenbaum |
| 2016-2021 |
Justus Liebig University Giessen Department of Experimental Psychology Postdoctoral Associate Advisor: Roland Fleming |
| Education |
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| 2016 | Ph.D. (Dr.rer.nat.) in Experimental Psychology: 'Material Perception for Action' Justus Liebig University & University of Western Ontario Advisors: Roland Fleming, Karl Gegenfurtner, & Melvyn Goodale |
| 2012 | M.Sc. in Psychology Justus Liebig University Advisors: Karl Gegenfurtner (Predoctoral programm "PreProPsych") & Roland Fleming (Thesis) |
| 2010 |
B.Sc. in Psychology Justus Liebig University |
| Awards & Fellowships |
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| 2024 | Travel and Tech Award, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, MIT |
| 2021 | Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, (2 years) from the German Research Foundation |
| 2018 | Young Investigator Award, Fall Vision Meeting of the Optical Society of America (OSA) |
| 2017 | Dissertation Award, 2nd prize in biennial dissertation contest of the General Psychology Sections of the German Psychological Society (DGPs) |
| 2016 | Travel Award for the Annual Meeting of the Vision Sciences Society (VSS) |
| 2013 | Ph.D. Fellowship (3 years) within the International Research Training Group (IRTG) 1901: The Brain in Action - BrainAct |
| 2013 | Postgraduate Fellowship (2 years) from the Justus-Liebig University (declined) |
| 2011 | Undergraduate Fellowship ("Deutschlandstipendium", 1 year) from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research |
| 2010 |
Accepted for PreProPsych predoctoral research program in visual neuroscience |