MSc. Alexandra Hinterberger


PERSONAL INFORMATION

Name Alexandra Hinterberger
Address Hellbrunner Straße 34
5020 Salzburg
Austria
alexandra.hinterberger[at]plus.ac.at
Web page www.sleepscience.at
Date of birth 15th February 1998
Nationality Austria/Poland

EDUCATION

since March 2023 PhD student at the Laboratory for Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness Research, Department of Psychology, Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Austria. Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manuel Schabus
October 2020 – February 2023 Master’s degree (M.Sc.) in Psychology at the Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Austria. Master thesis: “Pocket-sized sleep lab: Changes in subjectively and objectively assessed sleep parameters through CBT-I oriented app-training – a pilot study” (Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manuel Schabus)
October 2017 –
September 2020
Bachelor’s degree (B.Sc.) in Psychology at the Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Austria. Bachelor thesis: “Sex differences in face perception – Comparison of object perception and face perception” (Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. DDr. Belinda Pletzer)
2009 – 2016 Gymnasium Fürstenried in Munich, Germany

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE & INTERNSHIPS

October 2022 – January 2023
Study Assistant for the Laboratory for Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness Research (head: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manuel Schabus), Department of Psychology, University of Salzburg, Austria
March – June 2022 Teaching Assistant for the Empirical Seminar “Interaction and Attachment in Early Childhood” (Department of Psychology) at the University of Salzburg, Austria
July 2021 – February 2023 Student Employee in the Research project: “Das virtuelle Schlaflabor: Digitale Schlafanalyse & Schlaf-Coaching X” funded by the County of Salzburg (Project lead: Univ-Prof. Dr. Manuel Schabus) at the Laboratory for Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness Research (Center for Cognitive Neuroscience) at the University of Salzburg, Austria
June – August 2021 Clinical Internship at the Christian-Doppler-Clinic, Salzburg, Austria (Divisions: Psychosomatic Psychiatry and Forensic Psychiatry)
since December 2020 Voluntary Work as psychological adviser at “JugendNotmail” (online counseling platform for children and adolescents)
July – August 2019 Forensic-Psychological Internship at the „Gesellschaft für wissenschaftliche Gerichts- und Rechtspsychologie“ (GWG), Munich, Germany

PUBLICATIONS

2023 Topalidis, P., Heib, D. P. J., Baron, S., Eigl, E.-S., Hinterberger, A., & Schabus, M. (2023). The Virtual Sleep Lab – A Novel Method for Accurate Four-Class Sleep Staging Using Heart-Rate Variability from Low-Cost Wearables. Sensors, 23(5), 2390. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23052390

TALKS

February 2023 First evaluation and clinical relevance of NUKKUAA – an innovative smartphone-app for treating insomnia. Talk presented at the 5th Wintersymposium on Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness, Werfenweng, Austria, February 8th-12th 2023.

POSTER PRESENTATIONS
(presenting author underlined)

November 2022 Hinterberger, A., Eigl, E.-S., Hauser, T., Topalidis, P., & Schabus, M. (2022). NUKKUAA: Insomnie-Behandlung mittels neuer Smartphone-App – erste Ergebnisse und klinische Relevanz. Poster presented at the 30th Congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schlafmedizin und Schlafforschung (DGSM), Wiesbaden, Germany, November 10th – 12th 2022.
September 2022
Hinterberger, A., Eigl, E.-S., Hauser, T., Topalidis, P., & Schabus, M. (2022). NUKKUAA: Insomnia treatment using a novel smartphone App – First results and clinical data. Poster presented at the 26th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS), Athens, Greece, September 26th – 30th 2022.

AWARDS

February 2023 Best Blitz Presentation (2nd prize) – 5th Wintersymposium on Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness, Werfenweng, Austria, February 08th – 12th.

ATTENDED CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS

February 2023
Conference: 5th Wintersymposium on Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness, Werfenweng, Austria, February 08th – 12th 2023.
November 2022
Conference: 30th Congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Schlafmedizin und Schlafforschung (DGSM), Wiesbaden, Germany, November 10th – 12th 2022.
September 2022
Conference: 26th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS), Athens, Greece, September 26th – 30th 2022.
July 2022
Conference: Salzburg Mind Brain Annual Meeting (SAMBA), Salzburg, Austria, July 14th – 15th 2022.
April 2022
Workshop (online): Diagnose und Therapie von Schlafstörungen (“diagnostis and therapy of sleep disorders”), Akademie für Schlafmedizin (academy for sleep medicine), April 29th – 30th 2022.
April 2022
Spring School (online): Science Communication by “congressa” and “Wissenschaft im Dialog”, April 4th – 7th 2022.
March – April 2022
Workshop (online): Cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I) by Prof. Dr. Dieter Riemann, March 31st – April 2nd 2022.

SOFTWARE SKILLS

General Microsoft Office (Advanced)
Limesurvey (Intermediate)
Matlab (Beginner)
Statistics SPSS (Advanced)
EEG acquisition Brainvision Recorder (Beginner)
EEG data processing Brainvision Analyzer (Beginner)

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Sleep Physiology of healthy and disordered sleep
Efficacy of interventions and treatment for insomnia
Interaction &
Attachment
Attachment and mother-child-interactions in early childhood