Biography

I am a clinician scientist at the Institute for Cognitive Neuroscience and Dementia (IKND) and the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE), while also serving as a psychiatric resident at the University Clinic for Psychiatry and Psychotherapy in Magdeburg. My current research explores changes in awareness across the Alzheimer’s continuum, applying both subjective and objective methods, including first- and second-person perspectives, metacognition-confidence ratings, and neuroimaging.

In addition to my research, I actively see patients at the memory clinic and the Early Diagnostic and Therapy Centre for Psychosis (FeTZ), where I also hold responsibilities as a study doctor. My academic interests lie in (micro-)phenomenology, particularly in examining the processes of remembering, recalling, and forgetting in elderly individuals, as well as investigating subtle, self-experienced disturbances in patients at high risk for psychosis through a methodical study of subjective experience. Currently, I am collaborating with Dr. Dzwiza-Ohlsen from the University of Cologne's Philosophy Department to establish a multidisciplinary network for dementia research in Germany.

Our goal is to develop an embodied and enactive understanding of dementia, bridging the gap between neuroscience and philosophy.

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