Herr Dr. Amir Jahanian Najafabadi

• Academic Positions

- Postdoctoral Researcher and Lecturer in Neuroscience at the Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Bielefeld University, February 2023- ongoing
- Guest Researcher in Interdisciplinary Neuroscience (DFG project 402779631), Constructor University Bremen, February 2023- ongoing
- Resident Associate - Professional support Student Life and Wellbeing Department, Constructor University Bremen, February 2020- July 2023
- Research Associate in Neuroscience at the Department of Psychology and Methods at Constructor University Bremen, 2019-2023 (DFG project 402779631)
- Adjunct lecturer in Psychology and Neuropsychology at Touro University Berlin, 2022-2025 (courses: PSYG432 Neuropsychology, PSYG 201 Developmental Psychology, PSYG 351 Biological Psychology, PSYG 101 Introduction to Psychology)
- Teacher Assistant at Constructor University Bremen, Methods in Neuroscience, Life-span Neuroscience, Human Neuroscience Advanced Lab, Neurobiology, 2020-2023.
- Researcher at Developmental Neuroscience lab at NTNU Norway, 2018-2019.

• Visiting Researcher

- Sensorimotor Lab, Radboud University, Netherlands (2022)
- Technische Universität Chemnitz, Germany (2019)
- Developmental Neuroscience Lab (NTNU), Norway (2018)
- Psychophysioloy Lab, Minho University, Braga, Portugal (2017-2018)
- Addiction Biology Lab, Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde - Universidade do Porto (2017-2018)
- Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience Department, Helsinki University, Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland (2017)
- Department of Neuroanatomy, Kings College London, London, UK (2017)
- Department of Neuropscyhology, Utrecht University, Netherlands (2016)
- Department of Neurology and Neuroanatomy, LMU, Munich, Germany (2016)

• Current Projects

1. Time perception in healthy aging, how real and virtual active tool-use affect time perception depending on the near and far spaces in healthy aging
2. Plasticity of minimal self across life span, how virtual and real-life changes in sensorimotor experiences shape perception of body ownership, sense of agency and location (In collaboration with Constructor University Bremen and Universität Bremen)
3. Long-term motor experiences and its effect on the plasticity of space and body representations in golfers and raket players
4. Early detection and personalized treatment for neuropsychiatric, neurological and neurodevelopmental disorders
5. Effects of simulated gravitational conditions on time perception and tool embodiment in extended realities

Current Collaborators:
Dr. Dennis Küster, Dr. Felix Putze & Dr. Stefan Verschoor (University of Bremen);
Prof. Roman Liepelt & Prof. Sven Hoffmann (FernUniversität in Hagen);
Prof. Bernhard Hommel (Shadong University, China);
Prof. Dr. Ben Godde (Constructor University Bremen);
Dr. Jean Botev, Dr. Neno Sun (Luxemborg University);
Dr. Carolyne Kroger (Michigan State University);
Prof. Argiro Vatakis (Panteion University);
Prof. Matthew Longo and Prof. Elisa Ferre (Birkbeck University of London)