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General Information

Full Name Aleksander W. Nitka
Languages English, Polish

Education

  • 2015 - 2021
    PhD in Experimental Psychology
    University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
    • thesis Analysis of Self and Retrieval Generated Priming in Human Recognition Memory.
    • BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership
    • Behavioural Neuroscience group, School of Psychology
  • 2020 - 2021
    Postgraduate diploma in Data Science
    AGH University of Technology, Kraków, Poland
    • final project Eye movement based classification of participants performing the recognition memory task
  • 2012 - 2015
    BSc (1st Class Hons) in Psychology with Cognitive Neuroscience
    University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

Experience

  • 2021 -
    Postdoctoral Researcher
    Consciousness Lab, Institute of Psychology, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
  • 2015 - 2019
    Freelance Consultant in Science Communication
    Self employed
  • 2018
    Visiting Research Associate
    Department of Psychology, Lehigh University, Bethlehem PA, USA
  • 2017 - 2018
    Coordinator
    Behavioural Neuroscience Group, School of Psychology, University of Nottingham, UK
  • 2016 - 2017
    Consciousness and Experiential Section Representative
    Psychology Postgraduate Affairs Group
  • 2013 - 2015
    Voluntary Research Assistant
    Centre for Systems Neuroscience, University of Leicester, UK
  • 2014
    Undergraduate Summer Research Scholar
    School of Psychology, University of Leicester, UK

Professional Development

  • 2022
    • DIPY Course
    • FSL Course
  • 2021
    • SPM fMRI/MRI/VBM Course
  • 2020
    • Neuromatch Academy, Computational Neuroscience Summer School
  • 2019
    • Mental Health First Aid, MHFA England
  • 2017
    • PsychoPy Official Workshop, Programming Experiments in Python
    • PsychoPy Official Workshop, Building Experiments in PsychoPy

Grants, honours & awards

  • 2015
    • BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership Scholarship
    • Undergraduate Dissertation Prize
  • 2014
    • Leicester Award, Peer Assisted Learning, Senior Leader
  • 2013
    • Action on Hearing Loss Summer Research Scholarship
  • 2012
    • University of Leicester Undergraduate Scholarship

Teaching

  • 2021 - 2022
    • Internship Supervisor, Elements of research in psychology, Jagiellonian University
    • Tutorials Leader, Cognitive Psychology I, Jagiellonian University
  • 2020 - 2021
    • English language teacher, Freedom Language School
  • 2016 - 2018
    • Demonstrator, Practical Methods in Psychology, University of Nottingham
  • 2013 - 2015
    • Senior Leader, Peer Assisted Learning, University of Leicester

Academic Interests

  • Learning and Memory
    • Associative account of human recognition memory
    • Sometimes Opponent Process (SOP) model of learning and memory
    • Computational modelling of behavioural processes
    • Behavioural correlates of human memory
  • Consciousness and Awareness
    • Role of awareness in human learning and memory
    • Neural correlates of consciousness
  • Interactions between attention, working and long-term memory
    • Top-down control of attentional mechanisms
    • N2pc ERP component
  • Neuroimaing
    • Use of multimodal imaging to predict behaviour
    • Machine learning in neuroimaging
    • Standarisation of analysis methods, Open Science