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Nils Clusmann is a Doctoral Researcher in the Neuroendocrinology research group at the Institute of Animal Cell and Systems Biology, Department of Biology, University of Hamburg. He has held this position since 2022 under the supervision of Prof. jun. Dr. Esther Diekhof within the Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science and Natural Sciences.
His academic background includes:
- 2016-2019: Bachelor of Psychology at Maastricht University, Netherlands. Thesis: "Improving Paralysed Patients’ Brain-Computer Interface Performance: An Analysis of Psychological Factors" supervised by Lars Hausfeld, PhD.
- 2019-2021: Master's in Research Master in Cognitive and Clinical Neuroscience with Specialisation in Psychopathology at Maastricht University, Netherlands. Thesis: "Stress-induced Reconsolidation Impairment of Arousing Associative Memory: Roles of Amygdala and Hippocampus" supervised by Prof. Dr. Lars Schwabe (University of Hamburg) and Conny Quaedflieg, PhD (Maastricht University).
Clusmann's research examines how personal and environmental factors influence brain development and resulting cognitive/behavioral outcomes. His doctoral work specifically investigates stress and sex hormone effects on the adolescent brain, focusing on neurophysiological mechanisms of social hierarchy learning. He explores how menstrual cycles and hormonal contraceptives modulate stress reactions and impact social development during adolescence, operating at the intersection of cognitive neuroscience, psychopathology, and clinical practice.
No scientific awards were documented in the source material.
As a doctoral candidate, Clusmann does not supervise students. No research grants or funding sources were referenced in the provided text.
He conducts his research within the Neuroendocrinology group at the Institute of Animal Cell and Systems Biology, utilizing university facilities at Martin Luther King Square 3, Hamburg.
