CATHARINA ZICH
I am a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Nick Ward and Prof. Sven Bestmann at the University College London (Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences) and Prof. Charlie Stagg at the University of Oxford (Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging).
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My main research aim is to advance our understanding of movement-related brain activity to facilitate human motor plasticity. To this end, I use a suite of neuroimaging techniques. My key methods are EEG and MEG.
RESEARCH THEMES
Behavioural and neural changes during uni- & bimanual motor learning.
Biomarkers of early motor recovery post-stroke & motor imagery in chronic stroke.
EEG-based & fMRI-based neurofeedback for movement and emotion regulation,
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EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON
10/2019 - date
I am a postdoctoral researcher with Prof. Nick Ward and Prof. Sven Bestmann at the Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences. I am investigating biomarkers related to early motor recovery post-stroke using MEG and mobile EEG. My work is funded by Brain Research UK.
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
04/2017 - 09/2020
As postdoctoral researcher at the Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroimaging with Prof. Charlie Stagg I investigated electrophysiological correlates of uni- and bimanual motor learning using MEG. My work was funded by the Wellcome Trust. I now hold an honorary position at the University of Oxford.
UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD
05/2016 - 03/2017
I was a research assistant with Dr Kathrin Cohen Kadosh at the Department of Experimental Psychology. As part of BRAINTRAIN we studied the feasibility of fMRI-based neurofeedback in anxious adolescent girls.
UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG
12/2011 - 09/2013
I worked as research assistant at the University of Oldenburg (Department of Psychology) with Prof. Hans Colonius and Prof. Stefan Debener
EDUCATION
PHD
10/2013 - 08/2017
PhD (Dr.rer.nat.) in Psychology at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg.
Thesis: Characterizing signatures of motor imagery in younger and older adults using multimodal Neuroimaging
Prof. Stefan Debener; Dr Cornelia Kranczioch
MSC
10/2011 - 09/2013
Master of Sciences in Neurocognitive Psychology at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg.
Thesis: Wireless EEG with individual electrode positions facilitates motor imagery training
Prof. Stefan Debener; Dr Cornelia Kranczioch
BA
10/2008 - 09/2011
Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy-Neurosciences-Cognition at the Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg.
Thesis: Criteria of rational action planning through the example of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
Prof. Holger Lyre; Gerhard Chr Bukow
CONTACT
Department of Clinical and Movement Neurosciences
UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
33 Queen Square, London WC1N 3BG
