Katharina Hierl
Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
NameMs Katharina Hierl M.Sc.
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Katharina Hierl received her B.Sc. in Psychology and M.Sc. in Cognitive Affective Neuroscience from the Technical University of Dresden. In 2024, she started a PhD position at the Institute of Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience.
In her research, she investigates neural correlates of trajectories of affective disorders, especially with regard to emotion regulation and empathy. She is furthermore enthusiastic about (neuro)scientific research methods and olfaction.
Academic Experience
| since 2024 | Research associate at Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Neuroscience lab at TU Dresden |
| 2023 - 2024 | Project leader in the Neuromarker research group, Clinic for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Dresden, in cooperation with the Primate Behavior and Evolution research group at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Leipzig/ Chair of Behavioral Ecology at the University of Leipzig |
| 2023, 2024 | Reviewer for student research proposals for FOSTER - funds for student research, Technical University of Dresden |
| 2023 | Intern at the Center for Integrative Neuroscience, University of Nevada, Reno, United States |
| 2022 - 2023 | Scientific assistant working on a guideline for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic abdominal pain, Department of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Dresden |
| 2019 - 2022 | Scientific assistant in the Neuromarker research group, Clinic for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, University Hospital Dresden |
| 2021 | Intern at the Center for Infant Cogntition, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada |
Education
| since 2025 | Training to become a licensed psychotherapist (CBT), Akademie für Allgemeine Psychotherapie Dresden |
| 2024 | M.Sc. in Psychology: Cognitive Affective Neuroscience, Technical University of Dresden |
| 2021 | B.Sc. in Psychology, Technical University of Dresden |
Honors and Awards
| 2023 - 2024 | FOSTER - Funds for Student Research, part of the Excellence Strategy of the Technical Univerity of Dresden “TUD 2018 - Synergy and beyond”, funded by the Free State of Saxony and the BMBF: Funding for her student research project “You smell like me - you belong to me. Analysis of family signatures in the chemical profile of body odors.” Funding total: €10,750 |
| 2021 | Scholarship for an internship in Canada: RISE worldwide - Research internships for German undergraduate students in science and engineering. |
| 2021 | Audience award winner in FameLab Germany - Talking Science Ted Talk competition, regional heat Dresden, topic: The subtle role of body odors. |