Biography

Neuroimaging is a topic I first came across during introductory courses as an undergrad in psychology, and the fascination with it remained in the back of my head for a long time. However, only during my Master’s degree in systems neuroscience I realized that it could be not just a research method, but a research subject of its own. Luckily, I could conduct the research for my Master’s thesis at the Laboratoire de recherche en neuroimagerie in Lausanne, where imaging neuroscientists shared their expertise and love for MRI with me. During my PhD in Clinical Neurosciences with Dr. Tim Rittman I will use multimodal MRI, post-mortem data and machine learning techniques to examine how tau pathology (a hallmark of various neurodegenerative diseases) progresses in the brain. Apart from science, I care about science communication and mental health advocacy. Therefore I’m a board member of two nonprofit organisations—the German Brain Bee (a neuroscience competition and outreach programme for highschool students) and Blaupause Gesundheit (an organisation for mental health awareness/support for health professionals). I’m honored to be joining this community and hope I can contribute to it as well as meet wonderful like-minded people.

Previous Education

Philipps-Universität Marburg Systems Neuroscience 2022
Bayerische-Julius-Maximillians-Universitat Wurzber Psychology 2019
Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen Economics 2015

Links

https://www.rittman.uk
https://www.linkedin.com/in/tatjana-schmidt-793a78b0