Research Interests

• Reward sensitivity in psychiatric disorders 
• Neurobiological mechanisms in psychiatric disorders 
• Intervention research

Curriculum Vitae 

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  Since 01/2021
  PhD in Psychology (Dr. rer. nat.), Philipps University of Marburg, Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment
  Advisor: Prof. Dr. Winfried Rief
  
  Since 10/2020
  Postgraduate training in cognitive behavioral therapy, Institut für Psychotherapieausbildung Marburg (IPAM)
  
  10/2018 – 09/2020 
  Master in Psychology (M.Sc.), Dresden University of Technology
  Thesis: „Neural substrates of craving regulation in cigarette smokers“
  
  10/2014 – 09/2017
  Bachelor in Psychology (B.Sc.), Justus-Liebig-University Giessen

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  Since 01/2021
  PhD-Scholarship, Philipps University of Marburg, Department of Psychology, Division of Clinical Psychology and Psychological Treatment 
  
  Since 01/2021
  Clinical Psychologist, Outpatient Clinic for Psychological Interventions, Psychotherapie Ambulanz Marburg (PAM)
  
  01/2019 – 09/2020
  Student Research Associate, Chair of Addiction Research (Prof. Dr. Endrass), Dresden University of Technology
  
  06/2016 – 09/2017
  Student Research Associate, Department of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy (Prof. Dr. Hermann), Justus-Liebig-University Gießen

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  04/2018 – 08/2018 
  Research Internship at the University of Nottingham and at the Wells Road Center (Forensic Psychiatric Clinic), Nottingham, Great Britain
  
  10/2017 – 12/2017
  Internship at „Autism Western Cape“, Cape Town, South Africa
  
  09/2013 – 09/2014
  Voluntary Social Year at a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Center for People with a Psychiatric Disorder, Cape Town, South Africa 

Publications 

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  Potsch, L., & Rief, W. (2023). Transdiagnostic considerations of the relationship between reward sensitivity and psychopathological symptoms-a cross-lagged panel analysis. BMC psychiatry, 23(1), 650.
  
  Yang, C. C., Mauer, L., Völlm, B., & Khalifa, N. (2020). The Effects of Non-invasive Brain Stimulation on Impulsivity in People with Mental Disorders: a Systematic Review and Explanatory Meta-Analysis. Neuropsychology Review, 1-22.
  
  Mauer, L., Yang, C. C., & Khalifa, N. (2018). The Use of Non-invasive Brain Stimulation Techniques to Modulate Impulsivity. SVEIKATOS, 28(4), 51.