12/2017  Doctoral degree, Psychology (Dr. rer. nat.) | University of Graz, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Graz, Austria 

07/2012  Diploma, Psychology (Dipl. – Psych.) | University of Tübingen, Department of Psychology, Tübingen, Germany

Since 09/2022  Assistant professor |Aarhus University, Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus, Denmark

09/2021 - 08/2022  Senior postdoc | University of Graz, Institute of Psychology, Section Neuropsychology, Graz, Austria

06/2018 - 08/2021  Postdoctoral researcher | Aarhus University, Department of Clinical Medicine, Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus, Denmark

04/2016 – 06/2016  Visiting researcher | Ghent University, IPEM - Institute for Psychoacoustics & Electronic Music, Ghent, Belgium

10/2013 – 12/2017  Research associate / doctoral student | University of Graz, Institute of Psychology, Section Neuropsychology, Graz, Austria

05/2011 – 10/2011  Diploma thesis research | Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Music Cognition and Action Research Group, Leipzig, Germany

2019  Erwin Schrödinger postdoctoral fellowship from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF), 36 months - 172,430 EUR 

2015  DOC doctoral fellowship from the Austrian Academy of Sciences (ÖAW), 36 months - 105,000 EUR

2023  Research grant from Parkinsonforeningen (Danish Parkinson's Association); Project title: Unlocking the pleasurable urge to move to music in people with Parkinson’s disease through rhythm and social connection; Jan Stupacher (main applicant) & Victor Pando Naude; 75,150 DKK (10,075 EUR)

2021  Conference grant from the Carlsberg Foundation for the organization of SysMus21 – International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology in Aarhus; Jan Stupacher (main applicant), Signe Hagner, Christine Ahrends, & Niels Chr. Hansen; 42,704 DKK (≈ 5,740 EUR)

2021  Conference grant from the Novo Nordisk Foundation for the organization of SysMus21 – International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology in Aarhus; Signe Hagner (main applicant), Christine Ahrends, Jan Stupacher, & Niels Chr. Hansen; 97,050 DKK (≈ 13,050 EUR)

2019  Research grant: IMC Seed Funding from Interacting Minds Centre, Aarhus University; Project title: Replication and Extension of Nozaradan et al. (2011); Jan Stupacher (main applicant) & Cecilie Moeller; 5,850 DKK (≈ 790 EUR)

2019  Outreach Henry Prize for scientific outreach, collaboration, and support of colleagues; awarded by CFIN/MINDLab and Center for Music in the Brain, Aarhus University

2018  INGE St. Doctoral Dissertation Award for the best dissertation in the field of neuroscience in Styria in 2017; awarded by the Styrian Brain Research Initiative (INGE St.) 

2017  ESCOM Young Researcher Award for the best proceedings paper by a PhD student at the Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music, 2017, Ghent, Belgium; awarded by the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM) 

2017  SEMPRE Travel Award for ESCOM 2017, Ghent, Belgium; awarded by SEMPRE, the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research

2016  SEMPRE Travel Award for SysMus 2016, Jyväskylä, Finland; awarded by SEMPRE, the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research

2014  SEMPRE Travel Award for SysMus 2014, London, UK; awarded by SEMPRE, the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research

2022 - 2024  Advisor in the executive committee of the International Conference Series of Students of Systematic Musicology

2022 - 2023  Groove Workshop organizing committee
First international Groove Workshop, online, January 25 - 27, 2023

2020 – 2021  SysMus21 Organizing Committee
SysMus21 – "International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology" at Center for Music in the Brain and Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University, November 3-5 2021

2018 – 2020  Member-at-large in the executive committee of the International Conference Series of Students of Systematic Musicology

Review Committees 
ICMPC 2023 – International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition
CIM 2022 – Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology: Participation
RPPW 2021 – Rhythm Production and Perception Workshop
CIM 2019 – Conference on Interdisciplinary Musicology: Embodiment in Music
SysMus 2018 – International Conference of Students of Systematic Musicology

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