Simon Steinkamp
Dr. phil.
Medical Psychology, Affective Neuroscience
Curriculum Vitae
- since 2026 Postdoc at the Center of Medical Psychology and Translational Neuroscience, Faculty of Medicine, Ruhr University Bochum
- 2021–2026 Postdoc, Computational Neuroscience of Reward Group, at Danish Research Centre for Magnetic Resonance (DRCMR), Copenhagen University Hospital — Amager and Hvidovre, Denmark
- 2016–2020 Doctoral Researcher, Cognitive Neuroscience (Institute of Neuroscience and Medicine — 3), Research Centre Jülich, Germany
- 2013–2016 M.Sc. Neurocognitive Psychology, University of Oldenburg, Germany
- 2010–2013 B.Sc. Psychology, University of Groningen, Netherlands
Methods and research interests
- Computational modeling of brain and behavior — especially in reward learning and sensory uncertainty
- Mapping the reward and pain systems & investigating computational models across different task domains
- Reproducible and open science — especially software development