| since 04/2021 | Professor (Allgemeine Psychologie), Health and Medical University, Potsdam |
| 11/2020 - 03/2021 | Principal Investigator (DFG grant), Applied Cognitive Psychology Lab, Technical University of Darmstadt |
| 04/2016 - 10/2020 | Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer, Applied Cognitive Psychology Lab, Technical University of Darmstadt |
| 10/2018 - 09/2019 | Visting Professor of General Psychology (Vertretungsprofessur für Allgemeine Psychologie), University of Hamburg |
| 10/2017 - 03/2018 | Visiting Professor of General Psychology (Vertretungsprofessur für Allgemeine Psychologie), University of Kassel |
| 04/2014 - 03/2016 | Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Learning and Transfer Lab (C. Shawn Green), University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| 06/2011 - 03/2014 | Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer, Applied Cognitive Psychology Lab (Prof. Wolfgang Ellermeier), Technical University of Darmstadt |
| 11/2007 - 06/2011 | Doctoral student, Applied Cognitive Psychology Lab (Prof. Wolfgang Ellermeier), Technical University of Darmstadt |
| 2021 |
Habilitation in Psychology (Dr. habil.), Technical University of
Darmstadt Thesis: “Sensory and cognitive mechanisms of auditory distraction” |
| 2011 |
PhD in Psychology (Dr. rer. nat.), Technical University of Darmstadt Thesis: “Cognitive factors in evaluative conditioning” |
| 2007 |
Diploma in Psychology (Dipl.-Psych.), University of Regensburg Thesis: “Pupillometric correlates of affective-evaluative learning” |
| 2024 | Colin Cherry Award 2024 in appreciation of a contribution to the field of Research on Speech in Noise and Cocktail Party Sciences with the poster “Effects of task-irrelevant whispered speech on short-term memory” presented at the 15th Speech in Noise Workshop (SPIN 2024), Potsdam, 11-12 January 2024. 10.5281/zenodo.10459813 |
| 2021 | Research Grant (PI), German Research Foundation (DFG), project number 399243066, Effects of evaluative conditioning on early sensory processing, extension for 3 months |
| 2020 - 2023 | Research Grant (PI), German Research Foundation (DFG), project number 421966099, Perceptual and cognitive control of auditory distraction, funding available for 36 months |
| 2018 - 2021 | Research Grant (PI), German Research Foundation (DFG), project number 399243066,, Effects of evaluative conditioning on early sensory processing, funding available for 30 months |
| 2012 | Travel Award for “Fechner Day 2012” in Ottawa, Canada, International Society for Psychophysics |
| 2010 | Teaching Award for “special achievements and success in academic teaching”, Vereinigung von Freunden der Technischen Universität zu Darmstadt e.V. (Ernst-Ludwigs Hochschulgesellschaft) |
Associate Editor for Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition (since 2021)
Review Editor for Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience
Guest Associate Editor for Auditory Perception & Cognition (Special Issue: On Theoretical Advancement in Auditory Distraction Research)
Reviewing (Journals): Acta Psychologica; Auditory Perception and Cognition; Behavioural Processes; Brain Sciences; Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience; Cognition and Emotion; Collabra: Psychology; Computers in Human Behavior; Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience; Frontiers in Psychiatry; Frontiers in Psychology: Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience; Frontiers in Psychology: Cognition; Heliyon; Journal of Cognitive Enhancement; Journal of Cognitive Psychology; Journal of Experimental Psychology: General; Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition; Journal of Experimental Social Psychology; Journal of Mathematical Psychology; Journal of Personality; Learning and Behavior; Learning and Motivation; Memory & Cognition; Multisensory Research; PLoS ONE; Psychological Research; Psychology of Music; Psychoneuroendocrinology; Social Cognition; Social Psychological and Personality Science; Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Reviewing (Grants): Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG); National Science Centre Poland (NCN)