“I have no special talent, I’m only passionately curious” -Albert Einstein
PERSONAL INFORMATION
| Name | Mohamed S. Ameen |
| mohamed.ameen[at]sbg.ac.at | |
| Address | Hellbrunner Straße 34 5020 Salzburg Austria +43 (0) 662 – 8044 5146 |
| Web page | https://mohamedsameen.github.io |
| Nationality | Egypt |
EDUCATION
| since 09/2019 | PhD student – Doctoral College “Imaging the Mind” funded by the FWF Austrian Science Fund / University of Salzburg, Austria / Laboratory for Sleep & Consciousness Research – Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Mag. Dr.rer.nat. Kerstin Hoedlmoser |
| 2014 – 2016 | M.Sc. in Neuroscience – Joint Master in Neuroscience (JMN)– Universities of Strasbourg, Freiburg, & Basel Master thesis title: “Characterizing the effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on 40Hz oscillations in the transition from Wakefulness to Sleep” Supervisor: Dr. Tristan Bekinschtein |
| 2008 – 2013 | B.Sc. in Pharmacy – Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Egypt |
EMPLOYMENT
| since 09/2019 | PhD Student at the University of Salzburg, Austria / Department of Psychology / Laboratory for Sleep, Consciousness, and Cognition Research |
| 03/2017 – 08/2019 | Research Assistant at the University of Salzburg, Austria / Department of Psychology / Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience / Laboratory for Sleep, Consciousness, and Cognition Research |
| 11/2016 – 02/2017 | Senior Pharmacist – S.A.T pharmacies – Cairo, Egypt |
| 09/2015 – 01/2016 | Student Assistant – Radiology Department – University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg am Breisgau, Germany |
SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS
| 09/2019 | DOC doctoral fellowship (115,000€) – Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW) – Project: “Generating predictions during Sleep” |
| 02/2017 | Meetings and Courses Fellowship (500€) – European Sleep Research Society (ESRS) |
| 06/2016 | Bourse Boussole International mobility aid (1000€) – Strasbourg – France |
PUBLICATIONS
| 2021 | Ameen MS, Heib DP, Blume C, Schabus M (2021) The brain selectively tunes to unfamiliar voices during sleep. Available at: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.26.457494v1. |
| 2020 | van Schalkwijk, FJ, Hauser T, Hoedlmoser K, Ameen MS, Wilhelm FH, Sauter C, Klösch G, Moser D, Gruber G, Anderer P, Saletu B, Parapatics S, Zeitlhofer J, & Schabus M (2020). Procedural memory consolidation is associated with heart rate variability and sleep spindles. Journal of Sleep Research, 29(3), e12910. https://doi.org/10.1111/jsr.12910 |
| 2019 | Ameen MS, Cheung LM, Hauser T, Hahn MA, Schabus M (2019) About the Accuracy and Problems of Consumer Devices in the Assessment of Sleep. Sensors 19:4160. |
TALKS
| 09/2020 | 25th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS 2020) – “The preferential processing of relevant sounds continues during NREM sleep.” |
| 02/2020 | 4th Symposium on Sleep, Cognition, and Consciousness – “K-complex mediate the preferential processing of relevant sounds during NREM sleep.” |
| 03/2017 | 3rd Symposium on Sleep, Cognition, and Consciousness – “Characterizing the effects of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) on 40Hz oscillations in the transition from Wakefulness to Sleep.” |
AWARDS
| 09/2020 | Finalist – Young Scientist Abstract Award – the 25th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS2020) |
| 02/2020 | Best presentation (2nd prize) – 4th Symposium on Sleep, Cognition, and Consciousness |
| 12/2019 | Poster prize – Salzburg Neuroscience annual meeting |
INTERNSHIPS
| 03/2016 – 07/2016 | Master Thesis internship – Consciousness and Cognition Lab – Cambridge University – UK |
| 09/2015 – 01/2016 | Research intership – Advanced Brain Imaging lab – Radiology Department – Univeristy Hospital Freiburg, Germany |
| 06/2015 – 07/2015 | Student internship – Biomicrotechnology lab, Dept. of Microsystems Engineering, University of Freiburg, Germany |
ADDITIONAL ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
| since 10/2019 | Student Speaker – Doctoral College “Imaging the Mind” |
TECHNICAL & SOFTWARE SKILLS
| Acquisition | hdEEG: EGI Geodesic – Brainproducts BrainAmp – Alphatrace ambulatory EEG system fMRI: 3T PRISMA Magnetom Wrist actigraphy: MotionWatch (CamNTech) – MiFit (Xiaomi) – ActiGraph wGT3X-BT (ActiGraph) |
| Programming | Matlab (Advanced) Python (Intermediate) R and Rmarkdown (Beginner) |
| Data processing | EEGlab (Advanced) Fieldtrip (Advanced) MNE python (Beginner) SPM12 (Beginner) HRV data: Kubios & BrainVision Analyzer (Advanced) |
| Experiments | Psychtoolbox (Advanced) Experiment builder (beginner) |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Mechanisms of sleep and dreams
Information processing and predictions during sleep
Sleep-associated memory consolidation
Brain oscillatory dynamics
Open science
Science communication