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Melinda Herfet

Melinda Herfet

Melinda Herfet
Research associate (PhD)

E-mail: melinda.herfet@uni-bayreuth.de
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5844
Building Sport, Room 1.28
Consultation hours: by appointment

Links: https://linktr.ee/melindaherfet

Working experience

since 11/2022

Joint/Cotutelle PhD Candidate, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

since 10/2021

Research associate (PhD) at the Chair in Social and Health Sciences in Sport, BaySpo - Bayreuth Center of Sport Science, University of Bayreuth

08/2021

Research assistant for the research group “Movement, physical performance and health within the second half of life”, Network Aging Research (NAR), University of Heidelberg

07/2021 - 09/2021

Research associate at the Department of Sports Psychology, Institute of Sport Science, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz

04/2021 - 05/2021

Global volunteer within the project “Healthy Sports” in Ghana, Africa

01/2021 - 03/2021

Working student in the vaccination centre of the Clinical Centre Neumarkt i.d.Opf.

09/2020 - 12/2020

Research associate for the research group “Mental Performance”, Red Bull Athlete Performance Centres (APC), Thalgau, Austria

10/2017 - 04/2020

Student assistant at the Department of Kinesiology, Institute of Sport Science, University of Regensburg

10/2018 - 12/2019

Working student for workplace health management, E-T-A Elektrotechnische Apparate GmbH, Altdorf

Academic education

2018 - 2021

M.A. Applied Kinesiology „Motion and Mindfulness“, University of Regensburg

2020

Semester abroad as a research student at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Institute of Sport Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

2015 - 2018

B.A. Applied Kinesiology, University of Regensburg

Research priorities:

  • Applied sports psychology
  • Active travel and cognitive functions
  • Neurocognitive processes in sport and exercise
  • Mental Performance
  • Public Health


Teaching priorities:

  • Applied sports psychology
  • Social sciences in sport
  • Physical activity related health promotion
  • Back and spinal school
  • Snowboard
  • Olympic Seminar (DOSB)
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Working experience

since 11/2022

Joint/Cotutelle PhD Candidate, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia

since 10/2021

Research associate (PhD) at the Chair in Social and Health Sciences in Sport, BaySpo - Bayreuth Center of Sport Science, University of Bayreuth

08/2021

Research assistant for the research group “Movement, physical performance and health within the second half of life”, Network Aging Research (NAR), University of Heidelberg

07/2021 - 09/2021

Research associate at the Department of Sports Psychology, Institute of Sport Science, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz

04/2021 - 05/2021

Global volunteer within the project “Healthy Sports” in Ghana, Africa

01/2021 - 03/2021

Working student in the vaccination centre of the Clinical Centre Neumarkt i.d.Opf.

09/2020 - 12/2020

Research associate for the research group “Mental Performance”, Red Bull Athlete Performance Centres (APC), Thalgau, Austria

10/2017 - 04/2020

Student assistant at the Department of Kinesiology, Institute of Sport Science, University of Regensburg

10/2018 - 12/2019

Working student for workplace health management, E-T-A Elektrotechnische Apparate GmbH, Altdorf

Academic education

2018 - 2021

M.A. Applied Kinesiology „Motion and Mindfulness“, University of Regensburg

2020

Semester abroad as a research student at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports, Institute of Sport Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

2015 - 2018

B.A. Applied Kinesiology, University of Regensburg