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Hire Dr. Martyna R.

United Kingdom

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Freelance International Researcher and Data Analyst with +7 years of experience in Neuroscience/Psychology

Profile Summary

I'm PhD researcher in the Laboratory of Neuroscience and Psychology of Sleep at Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), supervised by Prof Penny Lewis. Throughout my PhD I've been using EEG and MRI as the primary tools to investigate the relationship between sleep and memory, with a particular focus on the long-term effects of targeted memory reactivation and the underlying neuroplasticity. I designed and conducted long-term behavioural studies with multiple imaging modalities during which I managed and trained several interns, successfully equipping them with data collection and fundamental analysis skills. I am trained in statistical analysis of behavioural, fMRI, diffusion MRI, and sleep EEG data, thereby becoming a competent user of MATLAB, R, FSL, SPM, SPSS, Microsoft Package. I presented my work at numerous University meetings and international conferences and I'm currently publishing research in peer-reviewed journals. Academic Awards: Junior Researcher of the Year prize in 2020 (Cardiff University), Best Dissertation in Neuroscience Honours in the 2017-2018 Academic Session (The University of Edinburgh)

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Neuroscience
• ★ Psychology
• ★ Learning & Memory
• ☆ Neuropsychology
• ☆ Neurobiology
• ☆ Cognitive Science
• ☆ SPSS
• ☆ Matlab
• ☆ Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing

Research Market Research, User Research, Meta-Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Digital Strategy Consulting, Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Big Data Analytics, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Formulation, Product Evaluation

Work Experience

PhD Researcher

Cardiff University

September 2018 - Present

Research Assistant

The University of Edinburgh

September 2016 - May 2018

Research Assistant

Imperial Collage London

May 2017 - May 2017

Research Assistant

The University of Oxford

May 2016 - May 2016

Research Assistant

The University of Edinburgh

November 2015 - May 2016

Education

PhD in Sleep Engineering (Psychology)

Cardiff University

October 2018 - October 2021

Bachelor's Degree in Neuroscience (Biological and Biomedical Sciences)

The University of Edinburgh

October 2014 - May 2018

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

PREPRINT

Martyna Rakowska, Paulina Bagrowska, Alberto Lazari, Miguel Navarrete, Mahmoud E. A. Abdellahi, Heidi Johansen-Berg, Penelope A. Lewis (2022). Cueing motor memory reactivation during NREM sleep engenders learning-related changes in precuneus and sensorimotor structures .

Anne C. M. Koopman and Mahmoud E. A. Abdellahi and Suliman Belal and Martyna Rakowska and Alun Metcalf and Monika {\'{S}}ledziowska and Thomas Hunter and Penny Lewis(2020). Targeted memory reactivation of a serial reaction time task in SWS, but not REM, preferentially benefits the non-dominant hand . []. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Martyna Rakowska and Mahmoud E.A. Abdellahi and Paulina Bagrowska and Miguel Navarrete and Penelope A. Lewis(2021). Long term effects of cueing procedural memory reactivation during NREM sleep . NeuroImage. 244. p. 118573. Elsevier {BV}