Carolin Heitmann, M.Sc.

Education

 10/2018 – ongoing

University of Hamburg, Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology

PhD Candidate, Advisor: Prof. Dr. Brigitte Röder

Project: Retinotopic Organization and Feedback Processing in Sight Restoration Individuals

 

09/2016 – 08/2018

Maastricht University, The Netherlands

Research Master in Neuropsychology

Master of Science with cum laude in August 2018

 

02/2018 – 07/2018

University of Hamburg

Research Internship, including the Masterthesis at the Department of Biological Psychology and Neuropsychology, Supervisor: Dr. Maria Guerreiro

Masterthesis: “The Influence of Transient Congenital Blindness on Resting-State Functional Connectivity”

 

11/2017 – 02/2018

Charité University Clinic, Berlin

Clinical Internship at the Neuropsychology Department, Clinical Supervisor: Dr. Ute Kopp, University Supervisor: Dr. Sven Stapert

Minorthesis: “Clinical Profiles of Parkinson’s Disease-associated Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia”

 

09/2013 – 08/2016

University of Groningen, The Netherlands

BSc Psychology

Bachelor of Science with cum laude in August 2016

 

09/2015 – 12/2015

Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Semester Study Abroad

 

01/2014 – 08/2016

University of Groningen, The Netherlands

Honors Bachelor Track

A track for a selected, motivated group of students to be completed next to the regular study program (an extra of 45 ECTS) aiming at greater depth and breadth of  education.

               

Work Experience

 
07/2016 – 08/2016

Waldklinik Jesteburg, Jesteburg, Germany

Internship in a neurologic rehabilitation center under the supervision of F. Barm, observing and executing diagnostic testing, individual and group therapies. Gaining experience in the work as clinical neuropsychologist.

 

09/2015 – 12/2015

Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

Research Internship under Jordan Poppenk, PhD, doing extensive literature research on theoretical models of memory (e.g. Fuzzy Trace Theory and Source Monitoring Framework), as well as attending computational memory lab meetings and holding presentations about the literature research.

 

06/2015 – 07/2015

Praxis am Königsteich, Hildesheim, Germany

Internship in the field of behavioral and systemic psychotherapy and psychiatry for children and adolescents under the supervision of R. Hirschberg M. A., observing psychiatric interviews, therapy sessions and assessments, attending conferences, and carrying out standardized tests under supervision.

 

09/2014 – 07/2015

University of Groningen

Research Assistant of Dr. Ralf F. A. Cox, developing and designing a research setup investigating the temporal structure of noise in learning.

                                                

Grants

2015  Holland Scholarship for study and research abroad at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada

 

Skills

Programming

Matlab, R, SPSS

 

Research skills

fMRI, BrainVoyager

                              

 

 

 

Heitmann, C., Zhan, M., Linke, M., Hölig, C., Kekunnaya, R., van Hoof, R., Goebel, R., & Röder, B. (2023). Early visual experience refines the retinotopic organization within and across visual cortical regions. Current Biology, 33(22), 4950-4959.e4. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.10.010