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Grants and awards (selected)

10/2019-09/2022

Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship (Global fellowship), awarded by the European Union under the MSC Actions in the program Horizon2020 (€264,669)


2018

Diversity-award 2018 (category ‘Research’), awarded by the University of Duisburg-Essen


2016

  • Teaching award (together with the working group of Prof Dr Andreas Büchter) of the University of Duisburg-Essen

  • Postdoc-award 2016 of the Faculty of Mathematics of the University of Duisburg-Essen


2015

Resarch grant in the 'Program Supporting Excellent Young Researchers' for the project “DeafMath: The mathematics of hearing-impaired learners – Barriers and chances“, granted by the principle office of the University of Duisburg-Essen (€26,800)


Additional skills, expertise

  • Development of accessibility options for research presentations (summer 2021)

  • Coaching in and workshop on science communication and storytelling (Debatrix, The Netherlands) (09/2020)

  • Designing digital activities with numworx / using numworx as a tool for teaching (see numworx.nl)

  • Languages: German (mother tongue);

English, Italian (fluent);

French, American Sign Language, German Sign Language (beginner)

  • Course in website design (Imperia) at the University of Duisburg-Essen (07/2018)

  • Course (unofficial audit) in American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf Culture at San José State University (02/2018-04/2018)

  • Participation in the YERME-Summer school YESS-6 in Faro, Portugal (08/2012)

  • Course in German Sign Language (10/2011-07/2012, 09/2016-01/2017)

Memberships

  • Cognitive Science Society (CogSci)

  • Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group (CMESG)

  • L'Associazione Italiana di Ricerca in Didattica della Matematica (AIRDM) (2016-2018)

  • International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME)

  • European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (ERME)

  • European Women in Mathematics (EWM)

  • International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS)

  • German Society for Mathematics Education (GDM)

  • Interdisciplinary Center for Educational Research (IZfB), University of Duisburg-Essen

Additional skills, expertise

  • Development of accessibility options for research presentations (since Spring 2021)

  • Coaching in and workshop on science communication and storytelling (Debatrix, The Netherlands) (09/2020)

  • Designing digital activities with numworx / using numworx as a tool for teaching (see numworx.nl)

  • Languages: German (mother tongue);

English, Italian (fluent);

French, American Sign Language, German Sign Language (beginner)

  • Course in website design (Imperia) at the University of Duisburg-Essen (07/2018)

  • Course (unofficial audit) in American Sign Language (ASL) and Deaf Culture at San José State University (02/2018-04/2018)

  • Participation in the YERME-Summer school YESS-6 in Faro, Portugal (08/2012)

  • Course in German Sign Language (10/2011-07/2012, 09/2016-01/2017)

Review activities and editorial board

  • Frontiers in Education (Review editor / Editorial board)

  • Educational Studies in Mathematics

  • For the Learning of Mathematics

  • Canadian Journal of Science, Mathematics and Technology Education

  • Journal for Research in Mathematics Education

  • Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education

  • American Annals of the Deaf (Special Issue)

  • Deafness & Education International

  • Didacticum

  • PME-NA – Conference of the North American chapter of PME

  • PME & Yandex Russian Conference "Technology and Psychology for Mathematics Education” (2019)

  • PME - Conference of the IGPME (since 2016)

  • CERME - Congress of ERME (since 2015)

Organisational activities

  • Organisation / Co-chair of the Thematic Study Group "Semiotics in Mathematics Education" (TSG 60) at ICME 14 (2018-07/2021);
    Webmaster of the TSG-website     www.tsg60icme14.wordpress.com

  • Organisation of two teaching/research visits of Dr Wesley Maciejewski (San José State University, California) at the Mathematics Education working group at the University of Duisburg-Essen;
    Organisation of the corresponding seminars (01/2017, 06-07/2018)

  • Organisation of the teaching/research visit of Prof Jérôme Proulx (UQAM, Montréal, Canada) at the Mathematics Education working group at the University of Duisburg-Essen;
    Organisation of the corresponding seminars (02/2016)

  • Organisation of a workshop on data security and data management in empirical research at the mathematics education working group of the University of Duisburg-Essen (12/2015)

  • Organisation of and participation in two workshops on programs related to qualitative data analysis (MaxQDA & feldpartitur) at the math education working group of the University of Duisburg-Essen (03/2015)

Further activities and service

2021 - 2024
Elected Member of the International Committee / Board of Trustees of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (IGPME)

2016 - 2019
Contact person for questions of inclusion in teaching and learning at secondary level at the mathematics education unit of the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)

2015 - 2019
Member of the “Qualitätsverbesserungskommission” (Committee for the improvement of quality in teaching) at the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany)

2007
Student member of the search committee for the position of Associate Professor in Algebra, Faculty for Mathematics, CvO-University Oldenburg (Germany)

2003 - 2008
Student representative at the Department of Mathematics, CvO-University Oldenburg (Germany)

2005 - 2006
Member of the students‘ parliament at the CvO-University Oldenburg (Germany)