PERSONAL INFORMATION
Address | Hellbrunner Straße 34 5020 Salzburg Austria +43 (0) 662 – 8044 5146 Michael.Hahn[at]sbg.ac.at |
Web page | www.sleepscience.at |
Date of birth | 30th April 1991 |
Nationality | German |
EDUCATION
since March 2017 | Student of the Doctoral College “Imaging the Mind” funded by the FWF Austrian Science Fund (W1233-G17), University of Salzburg, Austria |
since December 2016 | PhD student at the Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Austria, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCNS), Laboratory for „Sleep and Consciousness Research“. Supervisor: Ass. Prof. Dr. Kerstin Hoedlmoser |
October 2014 – November 2017 | Studies of psychology (Master) at University of Salzburg, Austria, Topic of master’s thesis: “Maturational changes of sleep spindles and slow oscillations and their impact on memory consolidation and general cognitive abilities” Supervisor: Ass. Prof. Dr. Kerstin Hoedlmoser |
October 2011 – July 2014 |
Studies of psychology (Bachelor) at University of Salzburg, Austria |
2001 – 2010 | Abitur, Albert-Einstein-Gymnasium, Germany |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
since December 2016 | PhD student at the Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Austria, Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience (CCNS), Laboratory for „Sleep and Consciousness Research“. Supervisor: Ass. Prof. Dr. Kerstin Hoedlmoser |
INTERNSHIPS, SUMMER SCHOOLS, WORKSHOPS
January 2018 | Winter School: 3rd Annual DK ‘Imaging the Mind’ Winter School, ‘Foundations of Cognitive Neuroscience’, Salzburg, Austria, January 8th – 9th 2018 |
November 2017 | Workshop: Scientific Writing, Salzburg, Austria, October 10th – 13th 2017 |
June 2017 | Summer School: 2nd Annual DK ‘Imaging the Mind’ Summer School, ‘Career Planning: From PhD to Postdoc’, Salzburg, Austria, July 5th & September 13th 2017 |
January 2017 | Winter School: 2nd Annual DK ‘Imaging the Mind’ Winter School, ‘Bayesian Statistics and Cognitive Modelling’, Eugendorf, Austria, January 25th – 27th 2017 |
September 2016 – November 2016 | Research internship at Laboratory for „Sleep and Consciousness Research“, University of Salzburg, Austria |
July 2013 – September 2013 |
Research internship at the geriatric rehabilitation of Robert-Bosch Hospital, Germany |
PUBLICATIONS
2018 | Hahn, M., Joechner, A., Roell, J., Schabus, M., Heib, D.P.J., Gruber, G., Peigneaux, P., & Hoedlmoser K. (2018). Developmental changes of sleep spindles and their impact on sleep‐dependent memory consolidation and general cognitive abilities: A longitudinal approach. Developmental Science. Doi: 10.1111/desc.12706 |
2017 | Hahn, M. & Hoedlmoser, K. (2017). Altersbedingte Veränderung schlafspezifischer Gehirnoszillation. In M. Schimke & G. Lepperdinger (Eds.), Gesund Altern. Einblicke und Ausblicke zum Thema „Alt werden und gesund bleiben“ (pp. 240 – 249). Doi: 10.1007/978-3-658-19973-9 |
TALKS
September 2018 | Slow oscillation-spindle-coupling from childhood to adolescence – growing into synchrony! Talk presented at the 24th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS), Basel, Switzerland, September 25th-28th, 2018 |
July 2018 | Decoding memory reactivation during sleep spindles and slow oscillations – a study concept. Talk presented at the Young Scientists Symposium of the 2nd Salzburg Mind-Brain Annual Meeting (SAMBA), Salzburg, Austria, July 12th-13th, 2018 |
December 2017 | Hints for different consolidation processes of complex gross motor skills between adults and adolescents. Talk presented at the “Sleep ‘n’ Cycle” Symposium, Salzburg, Austria, December 6th-7th, 2017 |
March 2017 | The impact of developmental changes of sleep spindles on declarative learning and general cognitive abilities – a longitudinal approach. Talk presented at the 3rd Wintersymposium “Sleep, Cognition and Consciousness”, Kaprun, Austria, March 2nd-5th, 2017 |
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
July 2018 | Hahn, M., Helfrich, R.F., Heib, D. P. J., Schabus, M., & Hoedlmoser, K. (2018). Growing into synchrony? Slow oscillation-trough-locked spindle activity decreases from childhood to adolescence. Poster presented at the 2nd Salzburg Mind-Brain Annual Meeting (SAMBA), Salzburg, Austria, July 12th-13th, 2018 |
May 2018 | Hahn, M., Joechner, A., Heib, D. P. J., Gruber, G., Schabus, M., & Hoedlmoser, K. (2018). Developmental changes of sleep spindles and slow waves related to memory consolidation hint at altered slow wave-spindle-coupling from childhood to adolescence. Poster presented at the 2nd International Conference on Sleep Spindle and Related Phenomena, Budapest, Hungary May 24th – 26th, 2018 |
April 2018 | Hahn, M., Joechner, A., Heib, D. P. J., Gruber, G., Schabus, M., & Hoedlmoser, K. (2018). Development of sleep spindles and slow waves predicts sleep-dependent memory consolidation enhancement across adolescence. Poster presented at the 27th ASRA Annual Meeting, Fuschl, Austria April 6th – 7th, 2018 |
August 2017 | Hahn, M., Joechner, A., Heib, D. P. J., Schabus, M., & Hoedlmoser, K. (2017). Developmental changes of slow wave up-states relate to increased cognitive abilities across adolescence. Poster presented at the 13th International Conference on Cognitive Neuroscience (ICON), Amsterdam, The Netherlands August 5th-9th, 2017 |
July 2017 | Hahn, M., Joechner, A., Heib, D. P. J., Schabus, M., & Hoedlmoser, K. (2017). Developmental changes of slow waves during NREM sleep reflect changes in cognitive abilities across adolescence. Poster presented at the first Salzburg Mind Brain Annual Meeting (SAMBA), Salzburg, Austria July 13th – 14th, 2017 |
AWARDS
April 2018 | 1st poster prize of the Austrian Sleep Research Association for “Development of sleep spindles and slow waves predicts sleep-dependent memory consolidation enhancement across adolescence” |
SOFTWARE SKILLS
General | Microsoft Office (Expert) Matlab (Beginner) |
Statistics | SPSS (Expert) R (Beginner) |
EEG acquisition | Brainproducts BrainAmp (Advanced) Alphatrace (Ambulatory EEG-Amplifier) (Advanced) Neuroscan SynAmp (Advanced) |
EEG data processing | Brainvision Analyzer (Expert) EEGlab (Beginner) Fieldtrip (Beginner) |
Experimental control | Presentation (Beginner) |
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Developmental aspects of sleep | |
Sleep-dependent memory consolidation | |
Oscillatory brain dynamics |