Leonhard currently is in his bachelor's studies in psychology and in statistics at the University of Vienna and a student assistant at the Educational Psychology department.
His main areas of interest are research methodology and knowledge transfer in interdisciplinary psychological research - under the banner of Open Science principles.
His personal happy moments are when he finds the time to open up a novel again.
Patrick is currently finishing his Bachelor in Psychology at the University Vienna. Afterwards, he will to do his Masters in General Psychology and Methodology. He is passionate about research methods, especially in the field Human Computer Interaction. Besides work, he likes to travel, read, and does a lot of voluntary work in the psychological faculty in Vienna.
Mary-Ann is currently doing her Masters' in Neuro-Cognitive Psychology, MSc at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University in Munich, Germany. To broaden her knowledge and skills even further, she applied for and is currently finishing her exchange semester in Finland. She is fascinated by the enigmas of the (human) brain, namely topics such as gender and sexuality, but also synaesthesia, colour perception and artificial intelligence. In order to maintain a balance between her interests, she also finds time for cooking, pilates, books, travelling and learning languages.
Having a passion towards design, Ece enrolled in the university as an Architecture student, later started her double major in Psychology to discover the relationship between people and space. She is interested in environmental psychology, affordances, place attachment, human behavior and design. She enjoys travelling, designing posters and, watching TV series.
Anna just finished her master's studies in psychology at the University of Vienna. For her thesis she studied neural correlates of empathy in the brain and is aiming to follow her interest in neuroscience, clinical psychology, sleep and science communication. Traveling, friends, making music and writing keep her busy during leisure time.
Leonhard is in his last year of his Bachelor in psychology at LMU Munich. His main interests are philosophy of science, research of happiness, mindfulness, psychodynamic therapies, methodology, and open science. He is also speaker of the Open Science working group of the conference of German student councils. In his free time he enjoys anything with soccer or almost all other sports as well as reading, improvisation theatre, travelling, and playing piano.
Ana is currently working on her Master's degree in Psychology at the University of Maribor and is also actively involved in the local psychology students’ association. She is interested in cognitive psychology, artificial intelligence and traffic psychology. In her free time, she loves doing sports, visiting art exhibitions, travelling and beekeeping.
Eva Štrukelj recently graduated in Clinical and Health Psychology at the University of Algarve in Portugal. Her main areas of interest are health psychology and sexology. Regarding research, she is particularly curious about the various kinds of stigma associated with human sexuality.
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Darren is a recent graduate from the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology. His main research interests lie in cognitive neuroscience, meta-cognition, and generally all things ‘consciousness’. He plans on eventually applying for a Master of Research course in neuroscience but for now he is going to embark on a gap year and switch his mind to other things such as re-exploring what is means to not undergo formal education day in and day out. Apart from that, he enjoys Latin social dance (e.g. Salsa, Bachata, etc.), over-consuming music, and silly banter.
Eda is currently in her second year of her psychology bachelor’s at the University of Würzburg. As a research assistant at the Clinical Psychology department, she is working on cognitive control in the context of stress and health. When she is not promoting Open Science practices, she is trying to perfect her latté art skills.
Bojan recently got his Masters in Clinical Psychology at the University of Leuven. At the moment, he is trying to build a career that combines his passion for research and non-formal education. He is fascinated by neuroscience, cognitive psychology, and human reasoning, and can literally spend hours debating a broad range of sociopolitical and/or philosophical issues. Whenever he is free, he enjoys travelling, hanging out with friends, working out, reading, writing, and pretending to know how to play the guitar.
Max will finish his Bachelor in Psychology at Radboud University in the next few months. Afterwards, he is planning to do a Research Master in the Netherlands. He is interested in Open Science, intergroup relations, prejudice, stereotypes and the neuroscience of perception. In his spare time he likes to travel, game, and do sports.
After finishing her MSc in Behavioral and Cognitive Neuroscience at University of Granada, María José now works as a PhD student in the Basic Psychology department at University of Málaga. She is interested in fear extinction and learning processes. When she is not doing research, she enjoys watching movies and series, travelling and reading.
Chiara received her bachelor’s in cognitive science and master’s in neuroscience from the University of Padua, Italy, and then became a qualified psychologist with the aim to bridge neuroscience and developmental psychology. She is interested in how higher cognitive functions develop and how early experience can shape the way we look at the world. Chiara is also the president of the Dublin University Neuroscience Society, the social coordinator of the OHBM Student/Postdoc Special Interest Group, and an associate editor at the Journal of European Psychology Students.
Psychologist interested in empathy, arts, literature, prosocial behaviour and engagement with objects. Background in theatre and applied arts in health, education, criminal justice and social care.
Katharina Brecht works as a Postdoc Candidate at the Institute of Neurobiology at the University of Tübingen. Her research focuses on evolution and development of social cognition. She completed her PhD at the University of Cambridge, and her "Diplom" (M.Sc.) in Tübingen, Germany.
He received his PhD at the University of Leipzig and his Psychology Diploma (Master's Degree) at the University of Tuebingen. Currently he is a Post-Doc at the University of Leipzig. His research focuses on disgust, shame and fear in the context of obsessive-compulsive disorders and social phobia
Florian recently joined the Behavioral Engineering Group at KU Leuven as a postdoctoral researcher. Here, he is applying insights from the study of executive functioning to promote pro-environmental behavior change. During his studies in Braunschweig and Hannover, he has pursued several lines of research ranging from field experimental work on cooperation and pedestrian behavior in traffic to laboratory studies on self-control processes and the neuropsychological analysis of cognitive flexibility.
David holds a Ph.D. in neuroimaging from Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), U.K. His expertise includes brain imaging (EEG, fMRI) in healthy and disease (depression, stroke, Parkinson's disease), clinical trials, open science research practices (including preregistration), biofeedback interventions, and plasticity of the motor system. David is final year M.D. candidate and works as a post-doctoral researcher at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Muenster Medical School, Germany.
PhD student in Psychology at Durham University. Research interests include the development of body representations through childhood, and user experience in virtual reality.
Merve is studying psychology at Yeditepe University, Istanbul. She plans to apply for a Master's Degree in Clinical Psychology after she graduates. Her main interests are attachment, addiction and psychodrama. She is the editor of PsiNossa, which is a semi-academic journal published by psychology students on a monthly basis. In her free time, she enjoys theatre and doing yoga.
Maria is a recent graduate from National and Kapodistrian University of Athens Greece, with a bachelor in psychology. Her main interests are learning, education, motivation and methodology as well as open science and epistemology. She was also the Member Representative of Greece in the European Federation of Psychology Students' Associations for the 2019-2020 mandate. In her free time she enjoys doing crafts, reading books, travelling and hanging out with friends.
Martha is just finishing her final year at the University of Sussex, studying Psychology with Neuroscience. She hopes to go on to study a Master’s in Neuroscience and Developmental Psychology upon completing her undergraduate degree. She loves music, basketball, football, and talking about nonsense, but her main passion lies in trying to understand people and the brain.
