Aradia Wilms
Doctoral Candidate
Academic Education |
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| Since 2025 |
Doctoral candidate, Max Planck School of Cognition, Leipzig, Germany
Lab rotations in the orientation phase: Prof. Dr. Matthew Larkum, Prof. Dr. Moritz Helmstädter, Dr. Casey Paquola, Prof. Dr. Peter Dayan |
| 2024 - 2025 | Bachelor of Science in Physics, Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany (selected coursework) |
| 2022 - 2025 | Master of Science in Mind & Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
| 2018 - 2022 | Bachelor of Science in Psychology, MSB Medical School Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
Research Experience |
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| 2024 - 2025 | Guest Scientist and Lab Rotation, Cognitive Neuroscience and Neurotechnology Group (Dr. Romy Lorenz), Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany |
| 2021 - 2022 | Lab Rotation, Molecular Psychology Lab (Prof. Dr. Sebastian Markett), Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
Scholarships, Prizes & Awards |
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| 2025 | 3 rd Place Poster Award, Category: Brain Function at Ultra-High Fields, ISMRM Joint Workshop of the Ultra-High Field MR & Brain Function Study Groups 2025 |
| 2025 | Travel Stipend, ISMRM Joint Workshop of the Ultra-High Field MR & Brain Function Study Groups 2025 |
| 2020 -2021 | Merit-based scholarship, MSB Medical School Berlin |
| 2018 | Regional Winner of the Deutsche Neurowissenschaften Olympiade (DNO) |
| 2018 | 7 th place, National Competition of the Deutsche Neurowissenschaften Olympiade (DNO) |
| 2017 | 2 nd place, Regional Competition of the Deutsche Neurowissenschaften Olympiade (DNO) |
| 2017 | 10 th place, National Competition of the Deutsche Neurowissenschaften Olympiade (DNO) |
Volunteering |
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| Since 2023 | Writer, Reviewer, and Content & Engagement Coordinator at Charité NeuroScience (CNS), a student-run science communication journal |
| 2024 - 2025 | Editor-in-Chief at Charité NeuroScience (CNS), a student-run science communication journal |
| 2024 - 2025 | Education Team Member, Student Network for Open Science (NOS): assistance in the development of a course "Critical Methodology: MRI" |
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| 2023 -2024 | Student Assistant in the office of the Cluster of Excellence, NeuroCure, Berlin, Germany |
| 2021 - 2023 | Course Instructor “Test für medizinische Studiengänge (TMS)” courses at MedBooster GmbH |
| 2021 | Psychological Internship in the Ward for Affective Disorders, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany |
Conference Abstracts
Maria-Aradia Wilms, Denis Chaimow, Kenny Seidel, Matilde Vaghi, Nikolaus Weiskopf, and Romy Lorenz. Precision Functional Mapping of the Frontoparietal Network at the Level of Cortical Layers. 31st Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (2025).
Simon Faßnacht, Dana Ramadan, Maria-Aradia Wilms, Sebastian Mueller, Denis Chaimow, Rüdiger Stirnberg, Philipp Ehses, Klaus Scheffler, Jonas Bause, Romy Lorenz. Layer-Specificity of Functional Connectivity Estimates with bSSFP fMRI. 31st Annual Meeting of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping (2025).
Maria-Aradia Wilms, Denis Chaimow, Kenny Seidel, Matilde Vaghi, Nikolaus Weiskopf, and Romy Lorenz. Precision Functional Mapping of the Frontoparietal Network at the Level of Cortical Layers. ISMRM Joint Workshop of the Ultra-High Field MR & Brain Function Study Groups (2025).
Talks
Maria-Aradia Wilms, Denis Chaimow, Kenny Seidel, Matilde Vaghi, Nikolaus Weiskopf, and Romy Lorenz. Precision Functional Mapping of the Frontoparietal Network at the Level of Cortical Layers. [invited talk] Department of High Field Magnetic Resonance, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tübingen, Germany
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