Curriculum Vitae - Klaus Libertus

 

Education:

Ph.D. candidate
August 2005 - present

Duke University, Durham, NC, U.S.A. Ph.D. candidate, Psychology and Neuroscience
Advisor: Dr. Amy Needham

BSc
October 2001 – March 2005 

University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
B.S., Cognitive Science, summa cum laude
Thesis Advisor: Dr. Peter König

August 2003 – January 2004

McGill University, Montréal, Canada
Visiting Exchange Student, Psychology/Neuroscience

 

Research Interests:

How do our perceptual and conceptual abilities develop during infancy?
What is the relation between perception and motor action and how do
motor disorders influence perceptual development?
How do infants learn from the actions of other people and how do they
understand these actions?

 

Research Experience:
August 2004 – August 2005 Associate in Research, Center for Cognitive Neuroscience
Duke University, Durham, NC, U.S.A.
Research on the development of numerical knowledge in infancy in
Dr. Elizabeth Brannon’s lab. Responsibilities included conducting
behavioral and electrophysiological experiments with infants,
supervising undergraduate students and general lab administration.
September 2004 – August 2005

Practicum, Department od Psychological and Brain Sciences –
Infant Perception Lab of Dr. Amy Needham
Duke University, Durham, NC, U.S.A.
Conducting behavioral experiments with infants.

 

Work & Teaching Experience:
August 2006 - present Instructional Assistant, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience,
Duke University, Durham, NC, U.S.A.
Class: Biological Basis of Behavior - PSY 91
April 2004 – July 2004 Teaching Assistant, Department of Mathematics and Computer
Science, University of Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany
Class: Theoretical Computer Science
June 2001 – March 2002

Caregiver for mentally and physically challenged children
Schwarzbachschule Biberach, Biberach, Germany
Responsibilities included general supervision of a group of children,
special care for an autistic youth and special care and motor training
for one child.

 

Awards & Fellowships:
Summer 2006:  Vertical Integration Scholarship, Duke University
September 2005 – present: German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship
August 2005 – present: Graduate Student Fellowship,
Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
Duke University, Durham, NC, U.S.A.
May 2003 – present  Scholarship, e-fellows.net GmbH, Germany
August 2003 – January 2004 Tuition Scholarship, CREPUQ exchange to McGill University
March 2003

Travel Grant, Freunde und Förderer des Instituts für Kognitionswissenschaft, Germany

 

Workshops & Training:
March 2004 Using EyeLink 2, Training Workshop by SR Research
March 2003

Interdisciplinary College 2003: Applications, Brains and Computers, Fraunhofer Gesellschaft

 

Professional Memberships:
2006 – present Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
2006 – present Association for Psychological Science (APS)
2004 – present Society for Neuroscience (SfN)
2004 – present

Cognitive Neuroscience Society (CNS)
2004 - present International Brain Research Organization (IBRO)

Poster Presentations & Publications:

 

References:

Dr. Amy Needham,
9 Flowers Drive Box 90086, Duke University, Durham NC 27708, U.S.A.
Phone: 919-660-5714
email: amy.needham@duke.edu

Dr. Peter König
Universität Osnabrück, Institut für Kognitionswissenschaft, Albrechtstr. 28
49069 Osnabrück, Germany
Phone: 0541-969-2399
email: pkoenig@uos.de

* Due to a name change in 2005 some presentations may be listed with my previous name Klaus Tichacek.