| Address | Hellbrunner Straße 34 5020 Salzburg Austria sophia.schnelzer@plus.ac.at |
| Web page | www.sleepscience.at |
| Date of birth | 23rd November 1996 |
| Nationality | German |
EDUCATION
| since July 2023 | PhD Student funded by the FWF Austrian Science Fund (I 6206-B) at the Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Austria. Supervisor: Assoc.-Prof. Dr. Kerstin Hödlmoser |
| September 2020 – July 2022 | Master-Degree (M.Sc.) in Research Master Psychology (with distinction) at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| September 2016 – June 2019 | Bachelor-Degree (B.Sc.) in Psychology (with distinction) at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| September 2015 – February 2016 | Federal Volunteer Service (BFD) at kbo-Kinderzentrum Munich, Germany |
| September 2007 – July 2015 | Abitur at Klenze Gymnasium Munich, Germany |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| August 2022 – June 2023 | Research Assistant at the Clinical Department of the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany |
| January 2022 – July 2022 | Graduate Research Assistant at the Emotional Memory Lab of the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| September 2021 – December 2021 | Research Assistant at the Baby Lab of the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
| February 2021 – June 2021 | Research Intern at the Brain & Cognition Department of the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
AWARDS
| October 2017 | ‘Christiaan Hamaker Prize’ for best propaedeutic thesis |
| March 2025 | Short-term Research Fellowship awarded by the European Sleep Research Society |
PUBLICATIONS
| April 2025 | Schnelzer, S., Lefèvre, R., Debarnot, U., Saimpont, A., Gruber, G., & Hoedlmoser, K. (2025). The effects of sleep on gross motor sequence learning by motor imagery – Preliminary results. In J. Hermsdörfer, P. Gulde, W. Stadler, & D. W. Franklin (Eds.), Dimensions of motor control – Sport, health, development, robotics: Proceedings of the 18th conference of the Human Movement Science Section of the German Association of Sports Science (dvs) (p. 72). Technical University of Munich. https://doi.org/10.14459/2025md1774621 |
| December 2022 | Van Opstal, F., Aslanov, V., & Schnelzer, S. (2022). Mindwandering in larks and owls: The effects of chronotype and time of day on the frequency of task-unrelated thoughts. Collabra: Psychology, 8(1), 57536. |
| September 2017 | Schnelzer, S. A. (2017). The relationship between child abuse and the severity of a borderline personality disorder. De Spiegeloog, 45(348), 14-19 [non-peer reviewed magazine at the University of Amsterdam] |
ORAL & POSTER PRESENTATIONS
| March 2025 | Schnelzer, S., Lefèvre, R., Debarnot, D., Saimpont, A., Gruber, G., & Hoedlmoser, K. (2025). The effects of sleep on gross motor sequence learning by motor imagery [invited talk]. Dimensions of Motor Control, TUM School of Medicine and Health, Munich, Germany. |
| September 2024 | Schnelzer, S., Lefèvre, R., Debarnot, D., Saimpont, A., & Hoedlmoser, K. (2024). The effects of sleep on gross motor sequence learning by motor imagery – preliminary results [Poster presentation]. 27th Congress of the European Sleep Research Society (ESRS), Sevilla, Spain. |
| July 2024 | Etzler, A., Schnelzer, S., & Hoedlmoser, K. (2024). Mu-desynchronization during motor imagery of a motor sequence task – preliminary results [Poster presentation]. Salzburg mind brain annual meeting 2024 (SAMBA), Salzburg, Austria. |
SOFTWARE SKILLS
| General | MS Office (Advanced) Matlab (Beginner) Presentation (Beginner) Brain Vision Analyzer (Intermediate) LimeSurvey (Intermediate) |
| Statistics | R (Intermediate) SPSS (Advanced) |