Research focus: neurorehabilitation, stroke, sleep electrophysiology, neuromodulation (auditory stimulation)

Short Description: My research focuses on the clinical translation of targeted auditory sleep modulation into personalized interventions for neurorehabilitation after stroke. I investigate how auditory input modulates sleep-specific brain oscillations and physiology in healthy controls to refine stimulation parameters for maximum efficacy.  These mechanistic insights provide the foundation for developing therapeutic applications designed to enhance neurorehabilitation and drive functional recovery after stroke. 

Academic CV: 

2021 -- present: PhD student at the Department of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Zurich / University Children's Hospital Zurich (Huber SLEEP Lab, Prof. Dr. Reto Huber)
2020: Internship at Cumulus Neuroscience Ltd. (formerly BrainWaveBank Ltd.), Dublin, Ireland
2020 – 2021: Research Assistant at the Centre of Neurology, Division of Neuropsychology, Hertie-Institute for Clinical Brain Research, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
2018 - 2021: MSc in Neural and Behavioural Sciences, Graduate Training Centre of Neuroscience, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
2017 – 2019: Research Assistant at Clinical Affective Neuroimaging Laboratory (CANLAB), University Psychiatry Tübingen, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
2016 – 2017: Academic Exchange, University of Washington, Seattle (WA), USA

Funding & Prices:

2021: Dean’s List, Graduate Training Centre of Neuroscience, International Max Planck Research School, Tübingen
2020: Erasmus travel grant
2019 & 2014: "Deutschlandstipendium" Scholarship

Publications: Vanessa Kasties (0000-0002-1456-091X) - ORCID, ‪Vanessa Isabel Kasties - ‪Google Scholar