For conference contributions and publications please see research output.
A (short) PDF version (including research output) is available here.
Education
- 2018 – 2022, PhD in Cognitive Science, joint degree from Universities of Potsdam (Germany), Newcastle (UK), Groningen (Netherlands), and Macquarie University (Australia), 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
- Jan 2023 – ongoing, Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Psychological Sciences, Macquarie University
- June 2022 – ongoing, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Rastle Lab, Royal Holloway, University of London
- Feb 2020 – June 2022, Academic Tutor, Macquarie University
- Nov 2019 – Jan 2020, Research Assistant, Language Research Group, Macquarie University
- Apr 2017 – June 2018, Research Assistant, VasishthLab, University of Potsdam
- July 2016 – Aug 2018, Research Assistant, NOLA Lab, University of Potsdam
Teaching & educating
- 27 March 2024, Presenter, Getting Started with Version Control, ReproducibiliTea meeting series, Royal Holloway, University of London
- 11 March 2024, Presenter, Getting Started with LaTeX, ReproducibiliTea meeting series, Royal Holloway, University of London
- 27 March 2023, Workshop instructor, Fitting Bayesian Linear Mixed Effects and Distributional Regression models with brms, 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, Helper, Introduction to R Software Carpentry workshop, Macquarie University
Academic service
- Reviewer for Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, Behavior Research Methods, Journal of Memory and Language, Language, Cognition, & Neuroscience, Advances in Cognitive Psychology, Language and Speech, Psychology & Neuroscience, Applied Psycholinguistics
- Organiser of the ReproducibiliTea journal club, Royal Holloway, University of London
Honors & awards
- 2023, Student Researcher Credibility prize, British Neuroscience Association (GBP 500); read the media announcement here
- 2020, Postgraduate Research Fund, Macquarie University (AUD 5,000)
- 2019, Conference travel award, Commission for Research and Young Academics, University of Potsdam (EUR 1,000)
- 2019, Conference travel award, Potsdam Graduate School, University of Potsdam (EUR 500)
- 2019, Financial support for test subjects as part of the dissertation, Commission for Research and Young Academics, University of Potsdam (EUR 760)
- 2014, Non-EU student exchange award (a one semester scholarship), Department of Linguistics, University of Vienna (EUR 2,500)
- 2012, Non-EU student exchange award (a one semester scholarship), Department of German Studies, University of Vienna (EUR 2,500)
Scientific societies
- The British Neuroscience Association
- The Experimental Psychology Society
- Society for the Scientific Study of Reading
- The European Society for Cognitive Psychology
- Psychonomic Society
Additional training and qualifications
- 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, 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 with 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 on 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, Internship at the NOLA Lab, University of Potsdam
- 2016, fNIRS-Workshop, NIRx Medizintechnik GmbH, Berlin
- 2016, Workshop on 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 – fNIRS
- Matlab – Python – R – Stata – HTML – LaTeX
Language skills
German – English – Swedish – Russian – BSL (beginner) – Icelandic (beginner)