Jacek Manko

	Room:   03016 Phone: +49 761 203 4947 E-mail: jacek.manko@cognition.uni-freiburg.de	Center for Cognitive Science Institute of Computer Science and Social Research Friedrichstr. 50 D-79098 Freiburg

Research Interests

• Neurolinguistics, clinical pragmatics, Autism Spectrum Disorders, cognitive neuroscience

CV

Education:

since October 2014 - Ph.D. Student at Center for Cognitive Science, University of Freiburg, (Ph.D advisor - Prof. Dr. Evelyn Ferstl) and in cooperation with Universitäres Zentrum Autismus Spektrum, Department for Psychiatry & Psychotherapy.

October 2009 - September 2014; Studies of cognitive science at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (Posen), Poland.

2014: M.A. Thesis - Volumetric analysis of the amygdala and social competence in individuals with autism spectrum disorder.

October 2012 - March 2014; Study period abroad, cognitive science at University of Freiburg.

Work experience:

since December 2014 - research assistant at the Department for Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg

since October 2014 - research assistant at the Center for Cognitive Science, University of Freiburg

June 2013 - February 2014; student assistant at the Department of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, University of Freiburg

Awards and scholarships:

January 2012, 2013 - Rector scholarship for top students at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

May 2012 - Scholarship for winter term 2012/2013 at the University of Freiburg sponsored by Gemeinschaft für studentischen Austausch in Mittel- und Osteuropa (GFPS) e. V. and by the Stiftung Für Deutsch-Polnische Zusammenarbeit 

September 2012 - Award for the best students empirical study in summer term 2012 issued by the Institute of Psychology, Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

Semptember 2013 - LLP/Erasmus Scholarship for a semester stay in Germany

International conference contributions

• February 2012 -  Discourse particles as a part of formulaic language. Evidence from the clinical studies, The 13th Szklarska Poreba Workshop on the Roots of Pragmasemantic, Poland
• May 2012 - Exploration of the cognitive abilities underlying pragmatic competence, Young Linguists' Meeting in Poznań 2012, Poland
• March 2015 - Does volume of subcortical structures in male children with ASD or ADHD differ and depend on image quality?, Poster on the 8th Scientific Meeting for Autism Spectrum Conditions (WTAS), Augsburg, Germany