PERSONAL INFORMATION

Address	Hellbrunner Straße 34 5020 Salzburg Austria +43 (0) 662 – 8044 4145 christina.plamberger[at]sbg.ac.at
Web page	www.sleepscience.at
Date of birth	30th September 1987
Nationality	Austria

EDUCATION

Oktober 2017-Juli 2019	Maternity protection and maternity leave
September 2016-September 2017	Teacher- Internship in the Bundesgymnasium Zaunergasse Salzburg
November 2014-August 2016	Maternity protection and maternity leave
September 2011 – November 2014	Dissertation position at the University of Salzburg. Department cellbiology and psychology. Member of the international PhD Program „Imaging the Mind“ funded from the FWF Austrian Science Fund. Title of the dissertation: „The effect of endogenous sex hormones on brain oscillations“
September 2007 – Juni 2011	University of Salzburg: teacher training program: subjects of instructions in Biology and environmental Studies and History, social studies and political education leading to the award of a Master´s degree Mag.rer.nat.
September 2002 -Juni 2007	College for Nursery Education at BAKIP Salzburg, Austria

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since August 2019	Postdoc position at the Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience, University of Salzburg Austria, (Prof. Dr. Hödlmoser) Project: ” How SMART is it to go to bed with a PHONE?“ funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF)
November 2010- April 2011	Research assistant in the project “Impact of sex hormones on brain structures” at the Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Austria with Belinda Pletzer and Hubert Kerschbaum

SCHOLARSHIPS

2014	Merit scholarship for outstanding academic achievement in the studies of Biology (Dr.rer.nat) at the University of Salzburg, Austria
2011	Merit scholarship for outstanding academic achievement in the studies of Biology and History teacher training program (Mag.rer.nat) at the University of Salzburg, Austria

INTERNSHIPS, SUMMER SCHOOLS, WORKSHOPS

June 2013	“Imaging the Mind” Summer School “Aspects of Functional and Structural Brain Connectivity”, Strobl, Austria, 24th – 26th of June, 2013.
September 2012	Workshop „Oscillations and Consciousness“, from the Center for Neurocognitive Research , University of Salzburg, Strobl, Austria, 28th – 29th of September 2012
July 2012	“Imaging the Mind” Summer School “The Human Mind: A Biopsychosocial Perspective”, Salzburg, Austria, 12th – 14th of July, 2012.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Summer term 2013

Empirical Seminar (Electroencephalographic & working memory) for MSc students

PUBLICATIONS

2015	Brötzner, C.P., Klimesch, W., Kerschbaum, H.H. (2015a). Associations of endogenous 17-β-estradiol with theta amplitude and performance in semantic categorization in young women. Neuroscience, 284, 685-692.
2015	Brötzner, C.P., Klimesch, W., Kerschbaum, H.H. (2015). Progesterone-associated increase in ERP amplitude correlates with an improvement in performance in a spatial attention paradigm. Brain Research, 1595, 74–83.
2015	Himmelstoss, N.A. ,Brötzner, C.P., Zauner, A., Kerschbaum, H.H., Gruber, W., Lechinger, J., Klimesch, W. (2015). Prestimulus amplitudes modulate P1 latencies and evoked traveling alpha waves. Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 9, 302.
2014	Brötzner, C.P., Klimesch, W., Doppelmayr, M., Zauner, A., Kerschbaum, H.H. (2014). Resting state alpha frequency is associated with menstrual cycle phase, estradiol and use of oral contraceptives. Brain Research, 1577, 36-44.

TALKS

2012	Brötzner, C., Klimesch,W., Kerschbaum, H. H: Estradiol level predict individual alpha frequency. September 2012, Strobl, Austria. Strobl workshop 2012 from the Center for Neurocognitive Research, University of Salzburg

 

 

POSTER PRESENTATIONS (presenting author in bold)

2013	Brötzner, C., Klimesch,W.,  Doppelmayr, M., Kerschbaum, H. H. (2013). Saliva estradiol level predicts individual alpha frequency in women. Poster presented at the 10th Göttingen Meeting, Göttingen, Germany, March 13th‐16th  2013.
2013	Brötzner, C., Klimesch,W., Kerschbaum, H. H Progesterone-associated increase in alpha oscillation correlates with an increase in performance in a spatial attention paradigm. DK+ Poster session, Dezember 2013, Salzburg
2011	Brötzner, C., Klimesch,W.,  Doppelmayr, M., Kerschbaum, H. H Saliva Estradiol level predicts individual alpha frequency in women. DK+ Poster session , Dezember 2011, Salzburg

SOTWARE SKILLS

General	Microsoft Office (Expert) Matlab (Beginner)
Statistics	SPSS (Expert)
EEG acquisition	Brainvision Recorder (Expert)
EEG data processing	Brainvision Analyzer (Expert)
Experimental control	Presentation (Expert) Psychtoolbox 3 (Beginner)

RESEARCH INTERESTS           

brain research, neurobiology, neurophysiology, neuroscience, endocrinology