Dr. Christina Plamberger

 

 

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Address Hellbrunner Straße 34
5020 Salzburg
Austria
+43 (0) 662 – 8044 4145
christina.plamberger[at]sbg.ac.at
Web page www.sleepscience.at
Date of birth 30th September 1987
Nationality Austria

EDUCATION

Oktober 2017-Juli 2019 Maternity protection and maternity leave
September 2016-September 2017 Teacher- Internship in the Bundesgymnasium Zaunergasse Salzburg
November 2014-August 2016 Maternity protection and maternity leave
September 2011 –
November 2014
Dissertation position at the University of Salzburg. Department cellbiology and psychology. Member of the international PhD Program „Imaging the Mind“ funded from the FWF Austrian Science Fund. Title of the dissertation: „The effect of endogenous sex hormones on brain oscillations“
September 2007 –
Juni 2011
University of Salzburg: teacher training program: subjects of instructions in Biology and environmental Studies and History, social studies and political education leading to the award of a Master´s degree Mag.rer.nat.
September 2002 -Juni 2007 College for Nursery Education at BAKIP Salzburg, Austria

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since August 2019 Postdoc position at the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Salzburg Austria, (Prof. Dr. Hödlmoser) Project: ” How SMART is it to go to bed with a PHONE?“ funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
November 2010- April 2011 Research assistant in the project “Impact of sex hormones on brain structures” at the Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Austria with Belinda Pletzer and Hubert Kerschbaum

SCHOLARSHIPS

2014 Merit scholarship for outstanding academic achievement in the studies of Biology (Dr.rer.nat) at the University of Salzburg, Austria
2011 Merit scholarship for outstanding academic achievement in the studies of Biology and History teacher training program (Mag.rer.nat) at the University of Salzburg, Austria

INTERNSHIPS, SUMMER SCHOOLS, WORKSHOPS

June 2013 “Imaging the Mind” Summer School “Aspects of Functional and Structural Brain Connectivity”, Strobl, Austria, 24th – 26th of June, 2013.
September 2012 Workshop „Oscillations and Consciousness“, from the Center for Neurocognitive Research , University of Salzburg, Strobl, Austria, 28th – 29th of September 2012
July 2012 “Imaging the Mind” Summer School “The Human Mind: A Biopsychosocial Perspective”, Salzburg, Austria, 12th – 14th of July, 2012.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Summer term 2013 Empirical Seminar (Electroencephalographic & working memory) for MSc students

PUBLICATIONS

2015 Brötzner, C.P., Klimesch, W., Kerschbaum, H.H. (2015a). Associations of endogenous 17-β-estradiol with theta amplitude and performance in semantic categorization in young women. Neuroscience, 284, 685-692.
2015 Brötzner, C.P., Klimesch, W., Kerschbaum, H.H. (2015). Progesterone-associated increase in ERP amplitude correlates with an improvement in performance in a spatial attention paradigm. Brain Research, 1595, 74–83.
2015 Himmelstoss, N.A. ,Brötzner, C.P., Zauner, A., Kerschbaum, H.H., Gruber, W., Lechinger, J., Klimesch, W. (2015). Prestimulus amplitudes modulate P1 latencies and evoked traveling alpha waves. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 302.
2014 Brötzner, C.P., Klimesch, W., Doppelmayr, M., Zauner, A., Kerschbaum, H.H. (2014). Resting state alpha frequency is associated with menstrual cycle phase, estradiol and use of oral contraceptives. Brain Research, 1577, 36-44.

TALKS

 2012 Brötzner, C., Klimesch,W., Kerschbaum, H. H: Estradiol level predict individual alpha frequency. September 2012, Strobl, Austria. Strobl workshop 2012 from the Center for Neurocognitive Research, University of Salzburg

 

 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS (presenting author in bold)

2013 Brötzner, C., Klimesch,W.,  Doppelmayr, M., Kerschbaum, H. H. (2013). Saliva estradiol level predicts individual alpha frequency in women. Poster presented at the 10th Göttingen Meeting, Göttingen, Germany, March 13th‐16th  2013.
2013 Brötzner, C., Klimesch,W., Kerschbaum, H. H Progesterone-associated increase in alpha oscillation correlates with an increase in performance in a spatial attention paradigm. DK+ Poster session, Dezember 2013, Salzburg
2011 Brötzner, C., Klimesch,W.,  Doppelmayr, M., Kerschbaum, H. H Saliva Estradiol level predicts individual alpha frequency in women. DK+ Poster session , Dezember 2011, Salzburg

SOTWARE SKILLS

General Microsoft Office (Expert)
Matlab (Beginner)
Statistics SPSS (Expert)
EEG acquisition Brainvision Recorder (Expert)
EEG data processing Brainvision Analyzer (Expert)
Experimental control Presentation (Expert)

Psychtoolbox 3 (Beginner)

RESEARCH INTERESTS           

 

 

brain research, neurobiology, neurophysiology, neuroscience, endocrinology