Academic Employment
2013-2014 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute of Psychology II, General Psycholgy (Professor Stefan Pollmann),
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. Bridgning funding to writing a grant proposal, a review article on
albinism, and an article on the prevalence of ADHD in persons with albinism.
2012 Visiting Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate, Visual Processing Lab (Apl. Professor Michael
Hoffmann), Department of Ophthalmology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. Experimental design and
programming of an fMRI task, putting in place the necessary technical infrastructure including eye tracking,
trigger I/O and an analysis pipeline.
MRI Technician, CUBRIC, Cardiff University. MRI data acquisition involving young adults with Schizophrenia.
2008-2012 Postdoctoral Research Associate, TMS Group (Dr Chris Chambers), CUBRIC, School of Psychology, Cardiff
University. Full responsibility for research projects in agreement with line manager: experimental design,
stimulus programming, piloting, data acquisition, data analysis, preparation of manuscripts for publication,
technical implementation of MR-compatible eye tracking and somatosensory stimulation, co-line management
of a research assistant, co-supervision of a PhD student, independent supervision of BSc project students.
2007 Research Assistant, Neuroimage Nord (Professor Ferdinand Binkowski), University of Lübeck. fMRI and EOG
data analysis and experimental design for fMRI.
2000 Undergraduate Research Assistant, School of Psychology, (Professor Robert Rafal), Bangor University.
Collection of reaction time data.
2000 Undergraduate Research Assistant, School of Psychology (Professor Steve Tipper), , Bangor University.
Participant recruitment, and collection and processing of infrared movement detection data.
Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. Bridgning funding to writing a grant proposal, a review article on
albinism, and an article on the prevalence of ADHD in persons with albinism.
2012 Visiting Senior Postdoctoral Research Associate, Visual Processing Lab (Apl. Professor Michael
Hoffmann), Department of Ophthalmology, Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg. Experimental design and
programming of an fMRI task, putting in place the necessary technical infrastructure including eye tracking,
trigger I/O and an analysis pipeline.
MRI Technician, CUBRIC, Cardiff University. MRI data acquisition involving young adults with Schizophrenia.
2008-2012 Postdoctoral Research Associate, TMS Group (Dr Chris Chambers), CUBRIC, School of Psychology, Cardiff
University. Full responsibility for research projects in agreement with line manager: experimental design,
stimulus programming, piloting, data acquisition, data analysis, preparation of manuscripts for publication,
technical implementation of MR-compatible eye tracking and somatosensory stimulation, co-line management
of a research assistant, co-supervision of a PhD student, independent supervision of BSc project students.
2007 Research Assistant, Neuroimage Nord (Professor Ferdinand Binkowski), University of Lübeck. fMRI and EOG
data analysis and experimental design for fMRI.
2000 Undergraduate Research Assistant, School of Psychology, (Professor Robert Rafal), Bangor University.
Collection of reaction time data.
2000 Undergraduate Research Assistant, School of Psychology (Professor Steve Tipper), , Bangor University.
Participant recruitment, and collection and processing of infrared movement detection data.
Postgraduate Education
2002-2007 PhD Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London (Professor Andy Smith) & Institute of Systems
Neuroscience, University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf (Professor Christian Büchel and Dr Michael Rose). Thesis
title: The influence of task demands on response properties of human posterior parietal and lateral occipital
cortex.
2003-2004 European Diploma in Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Delmenhorst, Germany
Neuroscience, University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf (Professor Christian Büchel and Dr Michael Rose). Thesis
title: The influence of task demands on response properties of human posterior parietal and lateral occipital
cortex.
2003-2004 European Diploma in Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Delmenhorst, Germany
Undergraduate Education
2004-present BSc (Hons.) Open Degree, The Open University, including the following course of interest to my work:
C-programming I; Using Mathematics; Analysing Data; Practical Modern Statistics (Bayesian statistics, time
series analysis, multivariate analysis & medical statistics)
1999-2002 BSc (Hons.) Psychology 1st class, Bangor University. 3rd year project: Concreteness and
hemispheric effects in noun processing: an electrophysiological investigation of Dual Coding Theory (Prof.
Guillaume Thierry). Selected for the Academic Advancement Program.
C-programming I; Using Mathematics; Analysing Data; Practical Modern Statistics (Bayesian statistics, time
series analysis, multivariate analysis & medical statistics)
1999-2002 BSc (Hons.) Psychology 1st class, Bangor University. 3rd year project: Concreteness and
hemispheric effects in noun processing: an electrophysiological investigation of Dual Coding Theory (Prof.
Guillaume Thierry). Selected for the Academic Advancement Program.
Professional Education
2012 Python workshop, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
PyMVPA workshop, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
2011 Leadership & Management Development Programme for Research Team Leaders, Cardiff University
& Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
Research visit, in the lab of Professor Sabine Kastner, Princeton University to learn topographic mapping of
the intraparietal sulcus
2010 Chairing university appointing panels, Cardiff University
Interviewing skills, Cardiff University
2009 BBSRC Media training, BBSRC, London
Managing research projects, Cardiff University
Personal impact and confident networking, Cardiff University
2008 Supervising research students, Cardiff University
Getting grant funding, Cardiff University
Applying for Marie Currier funding, Cardiff University
2003 College Certificate for Teaching Skills in Higher Education, Royal Holloway, University of London
PyMVPA workshop, Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
2011 Leadership & Management Development Programme for Research Team Leaders, Cardiff University
& Leadership Foundation for Higher Education
Research visit, in the lab of Professor Sabine Kastner, Princeton University to learn topographic mapping of
the intraparietal sulcus
2010 Chairing university appointing panels, Cardiff University
Interviewing skills, Cardiff University
2009 BBSRC Media training, BBSRC, London
Managing research projects, Cardiff University
Personal impact and confident networking, Cardiff University
2008 Supervising research students, Cardiff University
Getting grant funding, Cardiff University
Applying for Marie Currier funding, Cardiff University
2003 College Certificate for Teaching Skills in Higher Education, Royal Holloway, University of London
Invited Talks
2013 Institute of Systems Neuroscience, University Clinic Hamburg Eppendorf (Professor Christian Büchel): Albinism:
an understudied model of cortical organisation and perceptual, cognitive and motor functions.
2011 School of Psychology, Cardiff University: Cortical plasticity in the face of congenitally altered input into V1.
2011 Annual meeting of the German Society for Neuropsychology (GNP): The role of ‘load’ in the management of
cognitive resources.
2009 Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (WICN) Annual Conference: Functional and anatomical correlates of
top-down control of cross-modal attention and its effects on sensory processing.
an understudied model of cortical organisation and perceptual, cognitive and motor functions.
2011 School of Psychology, Cardiff University: Cortical plasticity in the face of congenitally altered input into V1.
2011 Annual meeting of the German Society for Neuropsychology (GNP): The role of ‘load’ in the management of
cognitive resources.
2009 Wales Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (WICN) Annual Conference: Functional and anatomical correlates of
top-down control of cross-modal attention and its effects on sensory processing.
Ad Hoc Reviewing for Journal Manuscripts
Brain and Cognition
Cortex
Experimental Psychology
Frontiers in Cognition
Human Brain Mapping
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Journal of Neuroscience
Neuropsychologia
Neuroscience and Biobehabioral Reviews
Psychological Reports
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Cortex
Experimental Psychology
Frontiers in Cognition
Human Brain Mapping
Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience
Journal of Neuroscience
Neuropsychologia
Neuroscience and Biobehabioral Reviews
Psychological Reports
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
Public Engagement
2014 Subject of a commisioned photographic project exploring vision in persons with visual impairments by articsts
Jo Bannon and Manuel Vason for Unlimited... at London's South Bank Centre 2nd-7th Sept. 2014
2011 Co-organiser of Open Day tours at Cardiff University Brain Research and Imaging Centre (CUBRIC)
2010 Presentation for school group attached to a Researcher in Residence
2009 Part of the organizing committee of the 2009 British Chapter ISMRM conference held at the Cardiff University
Brain Research and Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), Cardiff University
2009 Information stall at Science In Health – Live!, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
2002 Organiser of the British Psychological Society Postgraduate Winter Workshop, Department of Psychology,
Royal Holloway, University of London
Jo Bannon and Manuel Vason for Unlimited... at London's South Bank Centre 2nd-7th Sept. 2014
2011 Co-organiser of Open Day tours at Cardiff University Brain Research and Imaging Centre (CUBRIC)
2010 Presentation for school group attached to a Researcher in Residence
2009 Part of the organizing committee of the 2009 British Chapter ISMRM conference held at the Cardiff University
Brain Research and Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), Cardiff University
2009 Information stall at Science In Health – Live!, School of Medicine, Cardiff University
2002 Organiser of the British Psychological Society Postgraduate Winter Workshop, Department of Psychology,
Royal Holloway, University of London