Education
PhD in Psychology
University of Basel
02/2016 – 05/2019
Honors: Summa cum laude
M.Sc. in Psychology
University of Bern
01/2012 – 08/2014
Honors: Insigni cum laude
B.Sc. in Psychology
University of Fribourg
09/2008 – 08/2011
Honors: Insigni cum laude I Bilingual studies
Employment History
Postdoctoral Researcher
SNSF Early Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship
University of Heidelberg | Max Planck Institute for Human Development | Yale University
05/2020 – 11/2021
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Psychology, University of Bern
09/2019 – 04/2020
Research Associate
Department of Psychology, University of Basel
09/2014 – 01/2016
Research Grants
SNSF Early Postdoc.Mobility Fellowship
18-month research project abroad funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Title: A closer look at situations, experiences, and outcomes in romantic relationships: How do personality and age matter? | $75,000
SNSF Doc.CH Grant
36-month dissertation project funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF). Title: How we become who we are within romantic relationships. Disentangling the complex interplay between personality and romantic relationships from three perspectives | $205,098
Mobility Grant
Research visit funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) at the University of Heidelberg, Germany (Amount $9,900 | 1/2019 – 7/2019) and at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA (Amount $13,900 | 3/2017 – 11/2017)
Mobility Grant
Research visit funded by the Swiss Study Foundation at the University of California, Riverside, CA, USA | Amount $5,100 | 9/2016 – 12/2016
Scholarships and Prizes
Antelope@university
Program for highly qualified female doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers at the University of Basel | Amount $ 3,000 | 2019 – 2020
Swiss Study Foundation
Fellow | 2008 – 2017
Teaching and Supervision
Lecture
Personality and differential psychology | University of Basel | Autumn 2018
Seminars
Personality development across adulthood | University of Basel | 2019
Master’s colloquium in personality and developmental psychology | University of Basel | 2016 – 2018
Romantic relationships: Theories, concepts, empiricism | Master’s Level | University of Basel | 2016
Personality development in close relationships | Bachelor’s Level | University of Basel | 2015
Social competence training | Bachelor’s Level | University of Zurich | 2013
Public Talks
How personality affects romantic relationships | Public Universities of Basel and Zurich | 2017 – 2018
Understanding the interplay between personality and close relationships | University of Basel | 2015
Graduate Education
Workshop on job interviews | Graduate Center | University of Basel | 2017 to present
Workshop on preparing application material | Graduate Center | University of Basel | 2018 – 2019
Supervision of Students
Louisa Scheling, Heidelberg University | 2020 – 2021
Jasmin Aebi, University of Bern | 2019 – 2020
Dominic Hochreutener, University of Bern | 2019 – 2020
Sofia Jakupi, University of Bern | 2019 – 2020
Marijke Kley, University of Bern | 2019 – 2020
Giulia Stotz, University of Basel | 2019 – 2020
Stefanie Szabo | University of Basel | 2018 – 2019