I completed my master’s degree in Neuropsychology at Maastricht University and then joined the IRTG 2150 in June 2023. Under the supervision of Prof. Thomas Frodl and Prof. Ute Habel, my PhD project aims to compare the effects of two different trauma-focused therapies (EMDR versus ego state therapy) in patients with depression and a history of childhood trauma using fMRI and breath gas analysis (among other measures).

I have a background in neuropsychology in the field of dementia from Maastricht University and Massachusetts General Hospital. My PhD project will focus on neuropsychiatric symptoms, including aggression and impulsivity, in early and late stages of Alzheimer’s Disease and their relation to Alzheimer associated biomarkers and vascular pathology.

I graduated from RWTH Aachen University, obtaining a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering with a focus on biomedical imaging and machine learning.
Currently, I am a PhD student at the Brain and Behaviour group of the Institute of Neurosciences and Medicine at Forschungszentrum Jülich under the supervision of PD Dr. Oleksandr Popovych and Prof. Simon Eickhoff.
In my PhD project I will investigate the prediction of inter-individual differences using diffusion weighted images.

In summer 2022 I graduated from University Trier with a Master in Psychology focused on Clinical Psychology and Neuropsychology. After graduation I gained my first research experience in Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Currently I am a PhD student in Prof. Ute Habel’s research group within the IRTG 2150 under the supervision of Jun.-Prof. Lisa Wagels and Prof. Ute Habel. My research project focuses on the identification of transdiagnostic features for aggression in mental disorders using fMRI scanning.

In summer 2020 I graduated from Maastricht University with a Master in Psychology with a specialization in neuropsychology. After working in a practice for child and youth psychiatry for 10 month, I joined Prof. Ute Habel’s research group in September 2021 as a PhD student within the IRTG 2150. My research project focuses on the behavioral and neural correlates of aggression and impulsivity over the course of alcohol dependence using an fMRI and EMA approach.

I graduated from the Radboud University in Nijmegen, obtaining a bachelor’s in Psychology and master’s in Cognitive Neuroscience. In late 2021, I joint the Hyperscanning project of Jun.-Prof. Dr. Lisa Wagels, as a PhD student. The project investigates the overall intra- and inter-brain underpinnings, as well as inter-brain synchronicity during sibling interaction in terms of cooperative, competitive, dominant, and aggressive behavior.’

In my PhD I will focus on the prediction of impulsivity in healthy and clinical subjects using meta-analytically derived networks which provide a more interpretable alternative to the more data-driven whole brain prediction approach. I aim to utilise state-of-the-art machine learning approaches and large publicly available datasets to investigate the relation between behavioural measures of impulsivity and neuroimaging derived phenotypes.

Soon after graduating from master in Cognitive Sciences and Technologies HSE University Moscow in June 2021, I recently joined the IRTG 2150 in Nov, 2021 to pursue my doctoral studies at the Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, Uniklinik RWTH Aachen. In the doctoral project I will be working to characterize the resting state and task based functional connectivity of deep rooted brainstem region Locus Coeruleus in impulsive behavior in humans using ultra-high field 7 tesla fMRI and advanced imaging sequencing developed at the Jülich Research Center, under the supervision of Prof. Ute Habel, Prof. N. Jon Shah and Dr. Rosa Philippa Hüpen.
My academic background is (Forensic) Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience and research interests include working memory, homicide, deception detection, aggression and impulsive behavior. I have methodical background in neuroimaging methods- MEG and TMS and going to integrate and extend it with fMRI.

I graduated from the Complutense University of Madrid with a background in Psychology and Neuroscience. I am a PhD student under the supervision of Jun. Prof. Lisa Wagels and Prof. Ute Habel, and my research project will study the intra- and inter-brain underpinnings of cooperation, aggression and dominance in siblings using fMRI hyperscanning.

My PhD-project will be focussed on the methodological development and evaluation of the ALE meta-analysis. In recent years the ALE method has grown organically within the Juelich Research Center and it’s going to be my task to properly test and implement the newly developed features and provide a scientific foundation for further usage. Additionally I will port the method from Matlab to Python and maybe even develop a GUI to increase the ease of use for researchers and students alike.

I have a background in experimental and clinical neuroscience (Master from the University of Cologne, Germany). Currently, I am working in the research group of Prof. Reetz at the Department of Neurology RWTH Aachen. My project will focus on understanding the neural mechanisms as well as mediating factors underlying impulse control disorder in Parkinson’s Disease and REM-Sleep Behavior Disorder.

My name is Friederike Seifert and I graduated from RWTH Aachen with a background in neurobiology. I started my PhD in October 2019 in the Department of Chemosensation under supervision of Prof Dr. Marc Spehr. My project deals with the role of receptor proteins in the mouse vomeronasal organ.

In summer 2019 I graduated from Maastricht University with a Research Master in Clinical and Cognitive Neuroscience. Currently, I am a PhD student within the department of Child- and Adolescent Psychiatry under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Kerstin Konrad. My project will focus on understanding the role of the gut-brain interaction in relation to impulsivity in developmental Psychopathology.

After obtaining a B.Sc. in both Social Sciences at Cologne University as well as Psychology at Hagen University, I graduated from Osnabrück University with a M.Sc.in Clinical Psychology. In Fall 2019 I joined Prof. Ute Habel´s research group as a PhD student within the IRTG 2150. My research project focuses on the evaluation of the predictive power of different brain networks for behavioral impulsivity in psychiatric disease and health using a data driven as well as an experimental fMRI approach.

I started my undergrad studies in engineering, then for graduate studies, I moved on to Cognitive Neuroscience and did my master’s studies at the Center for Mind/Brain Sciences (CIMeC), University of Trento. For my master’s project, I visited the university hospital RWTH Aachen, worked on analyzing neuroimaging big-datasets. I then stayed in Aachen and joined Prof. Mathiak’s lab as a PhD student. For my project, we aim to examine the brain networks underlying impulsivity and their modulation using real-time fMRI neurofeedback in healthy and individuals with substance dependence.