Anja Ernst

Dr. Anja Ernst is an Assistant Professor at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Behavioural and Social Sciences, affiliated with the Psychometrics & Statistics Department. She holds a PhD in Dynamic Clustering (2022) and focuses on statistical modeling for intensive longitudinal data, clustering methods, and software implementation. Her research includes developing latent class vector-autoregressive models and promoting open-source tools via GitHub and the Open Science Framework.

Education:

• BSc Psychology (cum laude), Honours College
• Research Master in Psychometrics & Statistics (cum laude)
• PhD on Dynamic Clustering (supervised by Albers & Timmerman)

Research Interests: Ernst's work centers on between-individual differences in longitudinal data, statistical software development, and improving statistical methodology adoption in empirical research. She emphasizes practical applications through freely available code and collaboration with researchers globally.

Grants & Awards: Recipient of the NWO Research Talent grant supporting her PhD research. Active in promoting research transparency and open science practices.

Teaching & Mentorship: Teaches Advanced Statistics and supervises multiple PhD students focusing on psychometrics and statistical techniques. Leads the Methodology shop supporting students and researchers in methodology design.