Julia Merkt, Dipl.-Psych.

Curriculum vitae

• Since 11/2009    PhD Student in the ADHD Project of the IDeA Centre
  
• 2009    Diploma in Psychology at the University of Hamburg, Thesis: „Multitasking in Adults with ADHD“

Professional activities

• 11/2011-02/2012    Research visit at the Developmental Brain Behaviour Laboratory at the University of Southampton, England
• 2009    Student research assistant at the IDeA Centre
• 2009    Student research assistant in the project „ProfiLe“ at the Centre for Higher Education of the University of Hamburg
• 2008    Internship at the neuropsychological outpatient Practice of Dr. Bodenburg
• 2007    Research internship at New York University
• 2006 - 2009    Student research assistant at the department for Educational Psychology and Motivation at the University of Hamburg
• 2006 - 2008    Research internship at the department for Educational Psychology and Motivation at the University of Hamburg

Teaching

• Winter 2011/12    ADHS bei Schulkindern: kognitive, emotionale und motivationale Entwicklung [ADHD in schoolchildren: cognitive, emotional and motivational development]
  
• Summer 2009     Selbstregulation bei Kinder mit ADHS aus psychologischer Sicht [Self-regulation in children with ADHD - a psychological perspective]

Scholarships

• 2011    Travel Assistance of the Vereinigung der Freunde und Förderer, University of Frankfurt
  
• 2010    Travel Assistance of the Vereinigung der Freunde und Förderer, University of Frankfurt
  
• 2010    Travel Assistance of the Association for Psychological Science
  
• 2009    Travel Assistance of the Emmy und Alfred B. Steffens Memorial Fund
  
• 2008    Travel Assistance of the Foundation of the University of Hamburg
  
• 2008    Travel Assistance of the Association for Psychological Science 

Posters and presentations

• Merkt, J. & Gawrilow, C. (2011, September). Selbstregulation, exekutive Funktionen und ADHS-Symptome im Übergang von Kindergarten zur Grundschule [Self-regulation, executive function and ADHD Symptoms in the transition from Kindergarten to School]. Talk held at the 13. Fachgruppentagung der Pädagogischen Psychologie der DGPs, Erfurt, Germany.
  
• Merkt, J. & Gawrilow, C. (2011, May). Measures of Inhibition Support the Prediction of Early Academic Skills. Poster presented at the 3rd International Congress on ADHD, Berlin, Germany.
  
• Merkt, J. & Gawrilow, C. (2010, May). Health, Dietary Habits, and Achievement Motivation in College Students With ADHD. Poster presented at the 22nd Annual Convention of the APS, Boston, USA.
  
• Merkt, J. & Gawrilow, C. (2009, May). Multitasking in ADHD. Poster presented at the 21st Annual Convention of the APS, San Francisco, USA.
  
• Gawrilow, C., Merkt, J., Albert, J., Singmann, H., Kappes, A., & Wendt, M. (2009, May). Reduced Interference of Distractor Stimuli in Female Undergraduates With ADHD. Poster presented at the 21st Annual Convention of the APS, San Francisco, USA.
  
• Albert, J., Singmann, H., Merkt, J., Schweikert, L., Kappes, A., Köhler, D., Gawrilow, C., &     Wendt, M. (2009, May). Social Presence Enhances Selective Spatial Attention Without Reducing Adaptation to Distractor Utility. Poster presented at the 21st Annual Convention of the APS, San Francisco, USA.
  
• Singmann, H., Merkt, J., Albert, J., Schweikert, L., Kappes, A., Köhler, D., Gawrilow, C., Wendt, M. (2009, April). Soziale Erleichterung in der Flankierungsaufgabe. Poster presented at the Annual Conference for Experimental Psychologists, Jena, Germany.
  
• Merkt, J., Gawrilow, C., Oettingen, G., & Gollwitzer, P. M. (2008, May). If-Then Plans Improve Multitasking in Children with ADHD. Poster presented at the 20th Annual Convention of the APS, Chicago, USA.

Publications

• Gawrilow, C., Merkt, J., Goossens-Merkt, H., Bodenburg, S., & Wendt, M. (2011). Multitasking in Adults with ADHD. ADHD, 3, 253-264.

Current work and research priorities/current projects

• Risk- and Resilience Factors for ADHD Diagnosis in Primary School
  
• Multitasking performance in ADHD
  
• Compensational mechanisms in adults with ADHD