Alena Russmann

Ph.D.Student

Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy with focus on Clinical Neuroscience

Address

University of Hamburg

Faculty of Psychology and Human Movement Science

Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience

Von-Melle-Park 11

D-20146 HamburgGermany

Office

Room: 112

Office hours

Arrangement by mail

Contact

Tel: +49 40 42838-5821

Email: alena.russmann"AT"uni-hamburg.de

Academic-CV

Since 01/2024	PhD Student, Department of Clinical Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Hamburg
09/2015-08/2017	Research Master Cognitive Neuropsychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Master Thesis	Different levels of pupil-linked arousal are associated with spatially distinct patterns of band-limited power modulations
09/2012-06/2017	BSc Neuroscience with Cognitive Science, University of Sussex
Bachelor Thesis	Final year Project (Neuroscience): Behavioural lateralization in juveniles of the desert locust (Schistocerca gregaria) Dissertation (Cognitive Science): Is Pepsi okay? On the multi-modal view of doxastic penetration and it’s not-so-dire consequences

Research Focus

- Dynamic belief updating during adolescence

- Electroencephalogram (EEG; event-related potentials and frequency bands)

- Pupillometry

Scientific Work and Internships

Since 10/22	Study Psychologist, institute of Systems Neuroscience, Research group „Fear, Anxiety and Stress“, University medical center Hamburg-Eppendorf
10/2017-03/2019	Research Assistant, DonnerLab, University medical center Hamburg-Eppendorf
2016-2017	Hospitation Netherlands Brain Bank
06/2016	Volunteer at Interdisciplinary Conference on Psychedelics Research 2016

Publications

Pfeffer, T., Keitel, C., Kluger, D. S., Keitel, A., Russmann, A., Thut, G., ... & Gross, J. (2022). Coupling of pupil-and neuronal population dynamics reveals diverse influences of arousal on cortical processing. elife, 11, e71890.