Curriculum Vitae

 

Name: Nina Bien
Born: 14-11-1980, Heerlen, The Netherlands
Nationality: Dutch
 

 

 

PhD dissertation: "Parietal cortex and spatial cognition: Combined evidence from neuroimaging and functional brain stimulation"

        Thesis available on request. Defended June 23rd 2011.

Education
2002 – 2006 Doctoral exam Biological Psychology, track Cognitive Neuroscience, Maastricht University [cum laude]

2005 – 2006 Research internship with Alard Roebroeck en Alexander T. Sack. Thesis: “The inhibition of automatic imitation: a brain imaging study”
2001 – 2002 Propedeutic exam Psychology, Maastricht University
1999 – 2001 Cinematography, Narafi, Brussels, Belgium
1992 – 1999 High school (VWO-β), Maastricht, Netherlands

Employment
September 2011 - current: Post-doctoral researcher at the EMACS-unit of University of Luxembourg, with Dr. Christine Schiltz, and at the

        Department of Cognitive Neuroscience of Maastricht University, with Dr. Alexander T. Sack. Position funded by the AFR Postdoc grant

        "Space oddities: Exploring the impact of number-space associations using TMS and EEG" granted to Dr. Nina Bien by the National Research

        Fund (FNR) of Luxembourg.

April 2007 – June 2011: PhD candidate, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht

        University. Supervisor: Dr. Alexander T. Sack, Promotor: Prof. dr. Rainer Goebel. Position funded by the Vidi grant

        “Visualizing virtual lesions and plasticity in the working human brain: simultaneously combining fMRI and TMS“,

        granted to Dr. Alexander T. Sack by the Dutch Organization for Scientific Research (NWO).
April 2006 – April 2007: Research assistant, Department of Cognitive Neuroscience, Faculty of Psychology and Neuroscience, Maastricht

        University. Position funded by the ‘Future Talent’ (‘Talent van de Toekomst’) initiative of Maastricht University.
 

Research areas

4  Spatial attention

4  Synesthesia

4  Multisensory integration

4  TMS and (simultaneous) combinations with fMRI and EEG

4  Brain connectivity

4  Mental imagery

4  Parietal cortex

4  Mirror neurons

 

Sports and hobbies

4  Long distance horse riding (endurance)

4  Organising yearly endurance tournament Dutch Mountains Endurance

4  Former Dutch top-ten swimmer & licensed swim trainer

4  Playing guitar and drums