Angelika Dierolf

Angelika Dierolf serves as a Researcher at the Department of Behavioural and Cognitive Sciences within the Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences at the University of Luxembourg. Her work focuses on the intersection of cognitive neuroscience, pain physiology, and stress-related disorders, utilizing advanced psychophysiological methodologies.

Education:

• MSc equivalent in Psychology from the University of Trier (2010)
• PhD from the University of Trier (2014) within the International Research Training Group “Psychoneuroendocrinology of Stress” (Trier-Leiden collaboration), funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG)

Research Focus: Her investigations span age-related pain modulation mechanisms, stress-executive function interactions, and neurophysiological correlates of hypnotic phenomena. She specializes in EEG/ECG methodologies to examine interoception in somatoform disorders and stress pathophysiology, with particular emphasis on how aging affects pain perception and cognitive processing under stress conditions.

Current Project: Dr. Dierolf collaborates with Dr. Marian van der Meulen on the FNR-funded project “Age-related Changes in Human Pain Perception and Modulation: Evidence from Functional Brain Imaging” (ACHE), employing neuroimaging to analyze age-dependent pain processing variations.

Scientific Awards: No awards documented in available materials.

Research Support: Her work has received funding from the German Research Foundation (DFG) during doctoral training and currently from the Luxembourg National Research Fund (FNR). No student advising records are publicly accessible.

Research Environment: Based at the Maison Sciences Humaines (MSH) in Esch-sur-Alzette, she operates within interdisciplinary teams focusing on behavioral neuroscience and clinical psychophysiology, contributing to Luxembourg's growing research infrastructure in cognitive sciences.