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PhD candidate in cognitive neuroscience working on EEG and eye-tracking data. Experience spans signal processing pipelines, statistical modelling, and open-science workflows, alongside administrative and management roles in academic institutions.

Professional Experience

Doctoral Candidate
Apr 2024 – Present
Methods of Plasticity Research, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich
  • SNSF project «OculoCortical Coherence: Brain rhythms relate to cognition through oculomotor action»
  • Large-scale simultaneous EEG and eye-tracking study (120 participants, 2 h/session)
  • Signal processing pipelines, statistical models, and open-science workflows for transparent analysis
Managing Director (20%)
Sep 2023 – Present
Competence Center for Language & Medicine Zurich, University of Zurich
  • Financial oversight in SAP; organisation of an international conference, colloquia, and talks
  • Hosting of invited speakers; website content management in CMS Magnolia
Research Assistant
Mar 2023 – Mar 2024
Methods of Plasticity Research, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich

EEG and eye-tracking acquisition, preprocessing, and multiverse analyses (DALAS).

Research Assistant
Aug 2022 – Dec 2023
Decision Science Lab, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH)

Survey design in Qualtrics and data analysis in R.

Education

PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience
Apr 2024 – Present
University of Zurich & Center for Neuroscience Zurich (ZNZ); dissertation «EEG Signatures of Oculomotor Control»
MSc in Psychology
Feb 2021 – Dec 2023
University of Zurich; grade 5.6 (summa cum laude); focus Neuropsychology & Cognitive Neuroscience
BSc in Psychology
Sep 2017 – Dec 2020
University of Zurich; major Psychology, minor Dutch Philology

Selected Publications

Hansen, A.D., Strzelczyk, D., Troendle, M., Langer, N. & Popov, T. (2024). Modulations of posterior alpha power during working memory co-vary with task-dependent eye movement patterns. Psychophysiology, Registered Report (Stage 1 in-principle acceptance).

Three further registered reports and multiverse analyses on alpha and gamma oscillations in preparation.

Selected Research Software

Open-source analysis pipelines on GitHub: AOC (Alpha Oculomotor Control; full raw-to-statistics pipeline for registered report in Psychophysiology), GCP (gamma contrast perception), and DALAS (frontal alpha asymmetry multiverse analysis).

Selected Academic Activities

  • Teaching: Graduate teaching assistant for EEG and neurophysiology methods courses (2024–2026); additional roles in neuropsychology and cognitive neuroscience.
  • Supervision: Co-supervised 5 junior research projects (BA and Matura theses) on EEG, eye movements, and cognitive neuroscience.
  • Presentations: Posters and talks at ICON, SPR, ABIM, SAMBA, MEG-UKI, CuttingGardens, and UZH symposia.
  • Institutional service: Elected student representative, Institute Assembly and Commission for IT & Data Management, UZH Psychology (2024–present); steering committee, Brainfood neuroimaging peer mentoring group.

Grants & Awards

  • Open Science Prize, MaDoKo 2026, UZH
  • Poster Prize (2nd place), MaDoKo 2025, UZH
  • SNSF Mobility Grant (CHF 11,700; 6-month research visit)
  • UZH research, travel, and mentoring grants (~CHF 24k combined)

Advanced Training

  • Analyzing Neural Time Series Summer School, 2025
  • Advanced EEG Analysis in MATLAB, 2023