Anastasiia Asmolova

Anastasiia Asmolova is a doctoral researcher affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences in Leipzig, Germany, and the Department of Neurology. Her work focuses on brain plasticity, motor cortex dynamics, and applications of TMS and MRI in motor rehabilitation.

Academic Background:

• Fast-track Doctoral Candidate (2022-present) at the Max Planck School of Cognition, supervised by Prof. Dr. Arno Villringer and Dr. Vadim Nikulin.
• M.Sc. in Cognitive Neuroscience (2022-2024) from Freie Universität Berlin, specializing in brain plasticity following iTBS of the premotor cortex.
• B.Sc. in Psychology (2017-2021) from the National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, focusing on cortical representation reorganization after motor learning.

Research Trends: Her recent work involves non-invasive brain stimulation techniques (TMS/iTBS), neuroimaging (MRI), and mechanisms of brain plasticity in motor rehabilitation contexts. This aligns with interdisciplinary research in cognitive neuroscience and neurology.

Awards:

• Oxford Russia Fund Scholarship (2020-2021)

Research Experience:

• Research Assistant (2021-2022) at the V. Zelman Center for Neurobiology and Brain Rehabilitation, Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow.
• Research Assistant (2018-2022) at the Centre for Cognition and Decision Making, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow.