Valerie Ambrosi

Gender Studies in MINT University of Freiburg Department of Computer Science Georges-Köhler-Allee 079 D- 79110 Freiburg Room: Phone: 079-UG-1012 +49 761 - 203 54163 Email: valerie.ambrosi[at]tf.uni-freiburg.de

• 02/2018-today: Doctoral studies in Gender Studies in MINT, Faculty of Engineering, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
  PhD thesis: ‘Neurofeedback-Mediated Modulation of Neural Correlates of Gender Stereotype Threat’ Interdisciplinary research project with theoretical background in Gender Studies and a methodological background in Neurosciences (fMRI)
  Since December 2020: Speaker of doctoral candidate council of the Faculty of Engineering, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
  Since November 2019: Funded by a doctoral fellowship of the Landesgraduiertenförderung (LGF) awarded by the University of Freiburg.
  Since May 2018: Member of the BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence Graduate Program, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• 04/2019-10/2019: Research associate at Gender Studies in MINT, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
  Research on the above mentioned doctoral project
• 05/2018-03/2019: Research associate at BrainLinks-BrainTools Cluster of Excellence, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
  Research on the above mentioned doctoral project
• 08/2017-02/2018: Informal affiliation to Gender Studies in MINT, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
  Preparation and application for admission to doctoral studies at the Faculty of Engineering, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
• 03-05 & 10-12/2015: Volunteer research assistant in the group of Laura Parducci, Department of Ecology and Genetics, Evolutionary Biology Center, Uppsala Universitet
  Training in PCR, handling and analysing delicate fossil tree DNA and integration in a complete different field of research
• 10/2012-10/2014: International Master’s program Medical Neurosciences, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin
  Degree: Master of Science, thesis: ‘Neuronal expression pattern of Drosophila melanogaster Ets96B during different developmental stages’, conducted at the Biomedical Center, Uppsala Universitet
  Training in various fields of neuroscientific research, ranging from MRI image assessment (Charité Stroke Unit, Berlin) to fluorescence-imaging of brain and neuromuscular junction of Drosophila melanogaster (Biomedical Center, Uppsala and CharitéCrossOver institute, Berlin)
• 11/2010-06/2012: Student assistant, Institute of Neurobiology, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
  Support of experiments with Drosophila melanogaster
• 10/2009-08/2012: Bachelor’s program Biowissenschaften, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
  Degree: Bachelor of Science, thesis: ‘Construction of wildtype and mutant BAC transgenes of the fas2 gene’, conducted at the Institute of Neurobiology, WWU Münster
  Focus on molecular neurobiology, training in basic molecular biological and genetic techniques (BAC recombineering, confocal microscopy, PCR) applied on the model organism Drosophila melanogaster

• 03.07.2019: Presentation at the Science Slam! Freiburg 2019, organized by Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Freiburg, Universität Freiburg
• 12.02.2019: Presentation at the group seminar of Prof. Dr. Dimitri Van De Ville, Campus Biotech, Geneva, Switzerland
• 17.01.2019: Presentation at the "Kognitionswissenschaftliches Kolloquium", Prof. Dr. Evelyn Ferstl, Universität Freiburg
• 16.11.2017, 01.02.2018, 28.06.2018, 04.07.2019: Presentation at the research seminar „Gender in Technology and Science“, Prof. Dr. Anelis Kaiser, Universität Freiburg
• 2018: Poster presentation at the BrainLinks-BrainTools Annual Workshop 2018, Freiburg
• 2016: Williams, Michael J., A. Klockars, A. Eriksson, S. Voisin, R. Dnyansagar, L. Wiemerslage, A. Kasagiannis, M. Akram, S. Kheder, V. Ambrosi, E. Hallqvist, R. Fredriksson, H. B. Schiöth. 2016.
  The Drosophila ETV5 Homologue Ets96B: Molecular Link between Obesity and Bipolar Disorder.
  PLOS Genetics 12 (6):e1006104.
• 2015: Kufner, A., I. Galinovic, V. Ambrosi, C. H. Nolte, M. Endres, J. B. Fiebach, and M. Ebinger. 2015.
  Hyperintense Vessels on FLAIR: Hemodynamic Correlates and Response to Thrombolysis.
  American Journal of Neuroradiology 36 (8):1426–30.

• 10/2021-today: Elected representative of doctoral students at the senate of the University of Freiburg
• 10/2021-today: Elected representative of doctoral students at the faculty council of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Freiburg
• 12/2020-today: Elected doctoral candidates representative of the Faculty of Engineering, University of Freiburg

• Sex/Gender Differences in the Brain
• Neuroplasticity and Adaption
• fMRI and rtfMRI-nf