Curriculum Vitae

For conference contributions and publications please see research output.
For outreach contributions please see impact and outreach.
A PDF version of my CV (including research output and outreach activities) is available here.

Education

2018 – 2022, PhD in Cognitive Science, joint degree from Macquarie University (Australia) and Universities of Potsdam (Germany), Newcastle (UK), Groningen (Netherlands), and Trento (Italy), IDEALAB PhD programme
2015 – 2018, MSc in Experimental & Clinical Linguistics, University of Potsdam, IECL programme
2010 – 2015, BA & MA in Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia

Academic employment

June 2022 – ongoing, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Rastle Lab, Royal Holloway, University of London
Feb 2020 – June 2022, Academic Tutor, Macquarie University
July 2016 – Aug 2018, Research Assistant, NOLA Lab & VasishthLab, University of Potsdam

Teaching & educating

10 July 2024, Instructor, Pre-registraion & Open Materials: The What, Why, and How, “Opening Up Open Science: Nuts and Bolts for Beginners” workshop, 31st annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading
27 March 2023, Workshop instructor, Fitting Bayesian Linear Mixed Effects and Distributional Regression models with brms, Royal Holloway, University of London
7 Nov 2022 – ongoing, Instructor, ReproducibiliTea journal club and workshop series, Royal Holloway, University of London
Academic Tutor, Macquarie University
- Session 1, 2021 & 2022, PSYU3349 Design and Statistics III
- Session 2, 2020 & 2021, PSYU2248 Design and Statistics II
- Session 2, 2020 & 2021, SPHL3311 Acquired Speech and Language Disorders
- Session 1, 2020, COGS2020 Experimental Design and Data Analysis for the Cognitive and Brain Sciences
18 Feb 2021, Workshop instructor, Data analysis using (generalised) linear mixed effects models in R, Macquarie University
21 – 25 Sept 2020, Co-instructor, Introduction to R Software Carpentry workshop, Macquarie University

Academic and administrative service

Peer-review: Reviewer for Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Behavior Research Methods, Journal of Memory and Language, Language, Cognition, & Neuroscience, Instructional Science, Journal of Research in Reading, Advances in Cognitive Psychology, Language and Speech, Psychology & Neuroscience, Applied Psycholinguistics
Open science: Organiser, ReproducibiliTea journal club, Royal Holloway, University of London
EDI: Postdoc representative in a successful bid for the Athena Swan silver award, Royal Holloway, University of London

Awards and funding

2023, Student Researcher Credibility prize, British Neuroscience Association; read the media announcement here
2021, Funding award for an 8-week instructor training with The Carpentries, Macquarie University
2020, Postgraduate Research Fund, Macquarie University
2019, Conference travel award, Commission for Research and Young Academics, University of Potsdam
2019, Conference travel award, Potsdam Graduate School, University of Potsdam
2019, Financial support for participant testing and recruitment, Commission for Research and Young Academics, University of Potsdam
2012 & 2014, Non-EU student exchange awards, Department of German Studies & Department of Linguistics, University of Vienna

Scientific societies

Further training and development

2024, Workshop Storytelling with Impact: Visual storytelling, Nifty Fox Creative
2024, Workshop Storytelling with Impact: Unleash the power of narrative, Duncan Yellowlees Training
2024, Workshop Storytelling to Success: Developing your Narrative CV, Researcher Development and Culture, University of Leeds
2023, Workshop Effective Grant Writing, Royal Holloway, University of London
2022, Introduction to Natural Language Processing in Python, DataCamp [certificate]
2022, The 6th Summer School on Statistical Methods for Linguistics and Psychology (SMLP), Bayesian Advanced stream, Univeristy of Potsdam
2021, Badged Instructor training, The Carpentries
2020, MOOC Python Data Structures, University of Michigan [certificate]
2020, MOOC Programming for Everybody (Getting Started with Python), University of Michigan [certificate]
2020, Workshop MATLAB Fundamentals, MathWorks, Macquarie University
2020, MOOC Python Basics for Data Science, edX (Audit)
2020, MOOC Understanding the Brain: The Neurobiology of Everyday Life, University of Chicago [certificate]
2019, Workshop Australasian Magnetoencephalography (WAM): Neurocognitive clinical applications of MEG: Present and future, Macquarie University
2019, Introduction to Python, Software Carpentry Workshop, Macquarie University
2019, The 3rd Summer School on Statistical Methods for Linguistics and Psychology (SMLP), Bayesian Advanced stream, Univeristy of Potsdam
2018, Workshop Advanced Methods: Bayesian Statistics with R, University of Potsdam
2017, fNIRS-Workshop, NIRx Medizintechnik GmbH, Berlin
2016, fNIRS-Workshop, NIRx Medizintechnik GmbH, Berlin
2016, Workshop Standardised Tests of Cognitive and Language Development in Children (SETK 2, SETK 3-5, Bayley-III, KABC-II), University of Potsdam

Experimental techniques and programming languages

Behavioural – EEG – Computational modelling – Eye-tracking – fNIRS
MATLAB – Python – R – Stan – HTML – LaTeX – OpenSesame – Presentation Neurobehavioral Systems – Stata

Language skills

German – English – Swedish – Russian – British Sign Language (beginner) – Icelandic (beginner)