Yuliya Kovalchuk

Doctoral Candidate

Yuliya.Kovalchuk@maxplanckschools.de

Research interests: • neurological underpinnings of sexual arousal, orgasm, sexuality • neuroendocrinology and effects of menstrual cycle on cognition • stress and immunology • sex-specific fMRI research

Academic education

since 2021  Doctoral candidate, Max Planck School of Cognition, Leipzig, Germany
                     Lab rotations in the orientation year: Julia Sacher, Christine Heim and Carmine Pariante

2019            Master of Science in Mind and Brain, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

2016            Bachelor of Science in Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanities, Warsaw, Poland

Scholarships

2020 Development Grant, Stiftung "Erinnerung, Verantwortung und Zukunft", Germany

2020 Development Grant, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, Germany

2020 UNESCO World’s Best Digital Sex Ed Projects. Vpershe, Ukraine

2019 Prague Civil Society Center Grant for Best Social Initiatives in Post-Soviet Region

2019 The Harnish Foundation Grant “Awesome Without Borders”

2016–2019 DAAD Scholarship, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany

2014 Erasmus+ Scholar, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

2010–2011 FLEX (Future Leaders Exchange) Scholar, American Councils