University Education
- 2018-2023
PhD in Communication Sciences
Media Psychology Lab (formerly School for Mass Communication Research), KU Leuven, Belgium
- 2017-2018
Master (MSc) in Communication Sciences
KU Leuven, Belgium
- 2014-2017
Bachelor in Communication Sciences
KU Leuven, Belgium
Academic Positions • Professional Experience
- Since 10/2024
Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Communication, Vienna Advertising & Media Psychology Research Group (AdMe), Professor Jörg Matthes
- 10/2023-09/2024
Postdoctoral Researcher at the School for Mass Communication Research, KU Leuven, Belgium
Project: #Smokefree: Developing and Testing an Active Involvement Prevention Intervention to Reduce Smoking among Youth
- 11/2019-10/2023
Doctoral Researcher at the School for Mass Communication Research, KU Leuven, Belgium
PhD project: Disentangling Alcohol-Related Social Media Effects: A Multimethod approach to Explore the Role of Different Socialization Agents and Different Message Types
- 09/2018-10/2019
Doctoral Researcher at the School for Mass Communication Research, KU Leuven, Belgium
Project: Exploring the Longitudinal Association Between Social Media and Adolescents’ Alcohol Use