MSc. Christopher Höhn

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Address Hellbrunner Straße 34
5020 Salzburg
Austria
christopher.hoehn[at]sbg.ac.at
Web page www.sleepscience.at
Date of birth 8th May 1995
Nationality German

EDUCATION

since October 2020 PhD student and associated to the Doctoral College “Imaging the Mind” funded by the FWF Austrian Science Fund (W1233-G17) at the Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Austria. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Mag. Dr. Kerstin Hödlmoser
October 2018 –
August 2020
Master-Degree (M.Sc.) in Psychology (graduation with distinction) at the Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Austria. Topic of master thesis: “The impact of smartphone night-shift modes on alertness, sleep and memory consolidation”. Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Mag. Dr. Kerstin Hödlmoser
October 2015 –
July 2018
Bachelor-Degree (B.Sc.) in Psychology (graduation with distinction) at the Paris-Lodron-University in Salzburg (Austria)
September 2014 –
August 2015
Voluntary Year of Social Service (FSJ) at Hochfränkische Werkstätten Hof, Germany
2005 -2014 Abitur, Schiller-Gymnasium Hof, Germany (graduation from High School)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

since October 2020 University assistant (PhD student) at the Department of Psychology, Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Austria
October 2019 –
July 2020
Research assistant in the project “How SMART is it to go to bed with a PHONE?” funded by the FWF Austrian Science Fund, Salzburg, Austria
July 2017 –
August 2020
Tutor for Statistics at the Department of Psychology, Paris-Lodron-University Salzburg, Austria
October 2017 –
July 2019
Study assistant / Research assistant in different projects of the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience and the SCI-TReCS at the Department of Neurology of the Christian-Doppler-Clinic in Salzburg, Austria.

INTERNSHIPS, SUMMER SCHOOLS, WORKSHOPS

July 2020 Summer School “Science Communication”, Faculty of Natural Science, Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Austria.
February 2020 Winter-Symposium “Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness”, Werfenweng, Austria.
June 2018 Workshop “Missing Values in R”, Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Austria.
January 2018 Workshop “4. Salzburger EEG-Kurs (Grundkurs nach ÖeGKN)“, Paracelsus-Medical-University, Christian Doppler Clinic, Salzburg, Austria.
August 2017 Research Internship at the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit of the Christian Doppler Clinic in Salzburg, Austria.

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

September 2019 Young Investigators Award of the Österreichische Alzheimer Gesellschaft (ÖAG)
2018 Merit scholarship for academic performance in the studies of Psychology (Bachelor) at the University of Salzburg, Austria

PUBLICATIONS & POSTER PRESENTATIONS (presenting author underlined)

September 2020
(Poster)
Höhn, C., Schmid, S.R., Bothe, K., Plamberger, C., & Hödlmoser, K. (2020). Exposure to smartphone LED-screens in the evening and their impact on sleep-dependent memory consolidation. ePoster presented at the 25th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society. Virtual Congress, September 22nd -24th 2020.
February 2020 Höller, Y., Höhn, C., Schwimmbeck, F., Plancher, G., & Trinka, E. (2020). Effects of Antiepileptic Drug Tapering on Episodic Memory as Measured by Virtual Reality Tests. Frontiers in Neurology, 11, 93. https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2020.00093
February 2020 Höller, Y., Höhn, C., Schwimmbeck, F., Plancher, G., & Trinka, E. (2020). A virtual reality paradigm to assess episodic memory: Validation-dataset for six parallel versions and a structured behavioral assessment. Data in Brief, 29, 105279. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.105279
September 2019
(Poster)
Höhn C., Scherer, K., Schwimmbeck, F., Rossini, F., Aigner, L., Lobendanz, M., Reichenpfader, P., Staffen, W. & Höller, Y. (2019). Effects of an 8-week treatment with Montelukast on cognitive functioning in humans. Abstract presented at the 32nd Annual Meeting of the Österreichische Alzheimer Gesellschaft (ÖAG), Gars-Thunau, Austria, September 20th – 21st 2019.
September 2018
(Poster)
Renz, N., Höhn, C., Frey, V., Schwenker, K., van Schalkwijk, F., Höller, Y. & Trinka, E. (2018). Motor Imagery in patients with SCI measured by the MIQ-RS. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting/Retreat of the Spinal Cord Injury and Tissue Regeneration Centre Salzburg (SCI-TReCS), Wagrain, Austria, September 13th – 14th 2018.
 

SOFTWARE SKILLS

General Microsoft Office (Expert)
Matlab & Psychtoolbox (Intermediate)
Statistics R (Intermediate)
SPSS (Expert)
Jamovi (Advanced)
EEG acquisition Brainvision Recorder (Intermediate)
Netstation (Electrical Geodesics, EGI) (Beginner)
EEG data processing Brainvision Analyzer (Advanced)
Fieldtrip (Beginner)