Academic Appointments

  • 2022–Present: Associate Professor, Department of Communication, Michigan State University
    • Affiliated Faculty: Cognitive Science, Neuroscience
  • 2016–2022: Assistant Professor, Michigan State University
  • 2015–2016: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Pennsylvania
    • Annenberg School for Communication (Communication Neuroscience Lab)
  • 2009–2014: Research Scientist, Universität Konstanz
    • Department of Psychology (General and Biological Psychology)

Education

  • 2009: Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat), Universität Konstanz
    • Dissertation: Intuitive Risk Perception - A Neuroscientific Approach
  • 2005: Diploma in Psychology, Universität Konstanz

Selected Awards & Honors

  • 2021: Faculty Impact Award, MSU College of Communication Arts and Sciences
  • 2015: Fellow, Warren Center for Network and Data Science, UPenn
  • 2012: Master Docendi, Student Teaching Award, Universität Konstanz
  • 2010: Visiting Researcher, Princeton University, Hasson Lab; Young Scholar Fund, Zukunftskolleg Uni Konstanz; Lienert Stiftung for Biopsychological Methods
  • 2009: Stiftung Schmieder Award (Neuropsychological Rehabilitation Research)
  • 2009: Tursky Award, Society for Psychophysiological Research
  • Various: 9 Top Paper Awards (ICA and NCA)

Teaching

Michigan State University Various lectures and seminars on Communication, Neuroscience, VR/AI Methods, and Health Communication

  • Introduction to Cognitive Science (Undergraduate)
  • Neurocognitive Communication (Graduate)
  • Communication and the Brain (Undergraduate)
  • Media Neuroscience (Graduate)
  • Public Communication Campaigns (Undergraduate)
  • Health Communication Research Methods: From Time-proven methods to Neuroscience and AI (Undergraduate)
  • The Future of Health Communication: Designing Digital Health Interventions with Apps, VR, and AI (Undergraduate)

Universität Konstanz Various lectures and seminars on General and Biological Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Empirical/Experimental Research Methods:

  • Empirical Research Methods I & II
  • Learning and Memory (in the real world!)
  • Emotion, Stress & Social Neuroscience