Profile
Nicolas Rothen is a professor of psychology at UniDistance Suisse, Brig, Switzerland. His research interests include memory, perception and individual differences. He leads the Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience group, which investigates the foundations of enhanced memory performance (e.g., how visual perceptual abilities are related to memory performance).
Education
Habilitation in Psychology
University of Bern, Switzerland
November 2016
PhD in Psychology
University of Bern, Switzerland
October 2009
Licenciate (MSc) in Psychology
University of Bern, Switzerland
November 2006
Experience
Rector ad interim
UniDistance Suisse, Switzerland
since February 2024
Vice-Rector for Research
UniDistance Suisse, Switzerland
March 2023 – December 2024
Associate Professor (Extraordinarius, tenured)
Faculty of Psychology, UniDistance Suisse, Switzerland
since February 2020
Assistant Professor (tenure track)
Faculty of Psychology, UniDistance Suisse, Switzerland
January 2018 – January 2020
Swiss National Science Foundation “Ambizione” Fellow
Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland
Mai 2015 – November 2018
Visiting Research Fellow
School of Psychology, Sackler Centre for Consciousness Studies, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
January 2011 – April 2015
Research and Teaching Assistant
(MSc student, PhD student, Postdoc)
Institute of Psychology, University of Bern, Switzerland
September 2005 – December 2010