Bio
I am a doctoral researcher in comparative cognition and computational neuroethology, currently studying pigeon behavior at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience in Bochum, Germany.
During my Master’s degree in Psychological Research Methods I worked on numerical cognition in Chimpanzees, Lemurs, and Humans. My Bachelor’s degree focused on signal processing and machine learning models for sleep detection in fatigued car drivers.
Beyond my academic research, I work as an independent Statistical Consultant and Research Software Engineer in academic and industrial projects.
- Embodied Cognition
- Cognitive Neuroscience
- Computational Neuroethology
- Machine Learning
PhD in Psychology, since 2020
Ruhr-University Bochum
MSc in Psychological Research Methods, 2019
University of Stirling
BSc in Psychology, 2017
University of Wuppertal
Abitur German/Spanish, 2011
Deutsche Schule Barcelona
Curriculum Vitae
Skills
| Softskills | Hardskills | Languages |
|---|---|---|
| Team and Project Management | Statistical Analysis | English (professional) |
| Online and Offline Teaching | Experimental Design | German (native) |
| Student Supervision | Web Development | Spanish (native) |
| Science Communication | Python, R, C++, MATLAB | Catalan (native) |
Education
| 06/2020 - present | Ph.D. in Psychology, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Onur Güntürkün |
| 09/2018 - 11/2019 | M.Sc. in Psychological Research Methods, Stirling University, Scotland Thesis: “Human and Non-Human Primates undergo Similar Interferences in Quantity Representation during Spontaneous Food Choices” |
| 10/2013 - 09/2017 | B.Sc. in Psychology, Bergische Universität Wuppertal, Germany Thesis: “Fatigue Detection based on Multimodal Biosignal Processing” |
| 10/2011 - 09/2013 | B.Sc. in Physics, Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany Minoring in Philosophy and Chemistry |
| 09/2009 - 05/2011 | Abitur, Deutsche Schule Barcelona, Spain Majoring in Physics, Mathematics and German Language |
Training
| 05/2022 | Safety Officer in University Laboratories Advanced Seminar from the Accident Insurance NRW |
| 04/2022 | Introduction to Leadership Skills Seminar from the University Bochum Research School |
| 10/2021 | Communicating Science Online Seminar from the German National Institute for Science Communication (NaWik) |
| 07/2021 | Computational Neuroscience Neuromatch Academy |
| 03/2021 | EU Function A Training Certificate from the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA) |
| 01/2021 | Rat Tickling Certification MOOC from Purdue University |
| 01/2021 | Deep Learning in Python MOOC from Udemy |
| 07/2020 | Python for Research MOOC from HarvardX |
| 05/2020 | Machine Learning in Matlab MOOC from Stanford online |
| 04/2020 | Fundamentals in Neuroscience MOOC from HarvardX |
| 04/2020 | Probability and Statistics MOOC from University of London |
| 04/2020 | Philosophy of Cognitive Science MOOC from University of Edinburgh |
| 07/2016 | Fitness Instructor B Certification German Fitness & Aerobic Association |
Research Experience
| 09/2019 - 01/2020 | Postgraduate Research Placement Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology, University of Bonn, Germany Biostatistical analysis of cichlid fish behavior and ecology |
| 11/2018 - 06/2019 | Postgraduate Research Placement Department of Psychology, University of Stirling, Scotland Research in cumulative culture in macaques, ERC-2014-CoG RATCHETCOG |
| 09/2014 - 11/2015 | Research Assistant Schumpeter School of Business & Economics, Bergische Universität Wuppertal Experimental Industrial and Organizational Psychology |
| 04/2011 - 05/2011 | Student Work Placement ALBA Synchrotron Light Facility, Barcelona Spain Electron accelerator sensors and ionized plasma chambers |
Professional Experience
| 06/2020 - present | Research Assistant Philosophy of the Mind, Faculty of Philosophy, Ruhr-Universität Bochum DFG funded Research Training Group GRK 2185 Situated Cognition |
| 01/2019 - present | Independent Scientific and Statistical Consultant Research methodology, study design and statistical analysis Coaching for Businesses, Bachelor, Master and PhD dissertations |
| 01/2017 - 05/2018 | Project Manager Institute of Experimental Psychophysiology GmbH Team management in public and industry funded research projects |
| 07/2015 - 12/2016 | Research Assistant Institute of Experimental Psychophysiology GmbH Computational models for microsleep and discomfort detection |
| 09/2015 - 07/2018 | Fitness Instructor - DFAV certified |
| 07/2014 - 06/2015 | Student Assistant Faculty of Psychology, Bergische Universität Wuppertal Department of Methodology and Psychological Diagnostics |
Academic Achievements
Awards, Grants and Memberships
| 09/2022 | Contribution to the DFG Evaluation of the CRC 1372 Grant Period |
| 01/2022 - present | Member of the Society for Neuroscience (SfN) |
| 01/2021 | Contribution to the DFG Evaluation of the RTG 2185 Grant Period |
| 01/2020 – present | Member of the Cognitive Science Society (CSS) |
| 12/2019 | External funding from Kyoto University for Conference Contribution |
| 06/2019 | Best Academic Poster Award from the Behaviour and Evolution Research Group, University of Stirling |
| 01/2019 – 12/2020 | Member of the Association for the Study of Animal Behaviour (ASAB) |
| 05/2011 - 12/2013 | Scholarship for Scientific Education Abroad from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) |
Invited Talks and Appearances
| 08/2022 | Keynote Chairmanship at the second Avian Cognitive Neuroscience Conference Ruhr University Bochum |
| 07/2022 | Speaker at the Research Colloquium of the Neural Basis Of Learning Unit of the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience Ruhr University Bochum |
| 05/2022 | Speaker at the Scientific Retreat of the Department of Biopsychology Hamburg Medical School |
| 06/2020 | Speaker at the Research Colloquium of the Department of Biopsychology Ruhr University Bochum |
| 12/2019 | Speaker at the Research Colloquium of the Institute of Evolutionary Biology and Ecology University of Bonn |
Ad hoc Reviewer
| 08/2022 | Scientific Reports 2-year impact factor (2021): 4.996 |
Teaching and Research Supervision
| 2022 | B.Sc. Thesis Sarah M. Möser |
| 2022 | B.Sc. Thesis Victor Ludwig |
| 10/2021 - 03/2022 | Undergraduate Seminar Computational Ethology (5 credits, seminar id: 112726) |
| 10/2021 - 03/2022 | Postgraduate Seminar Tracking Animal Behavior (3 credits, seminar id: 118924) |
Science Communication and Open Science
I host the personal blog Open Lab Notebook, to share new academic research methodologies and studies in the making. I actively maintain a scientific network on Twitter as @G_HidalgoGadea and I share Open Courseware and Open Shareware of ongoing and past seminars and paper methods. I also host tutorials for deep learning based behavior tracking at PigeonSuperModel.com and I regularly contribute to scientific conferences and peer-reviewed journals.
| Courseware | Shareware | PigeonSuperModel | PrePrints |
|---|---|---|---|
| - Teaching Website - Seminar Computational Ethology - Seminar Tracking Animal Behavior | - Open Source Website - GitHub: VideoPyToolbox - GitLab: syncFLIR | - Website - Repository | - PsyArXiv |
Conference Contributions
Hidalgo-Gadea, G., Rook, N., Ludwig, V., Li, M., Inda, M., Tuff, J.M., Otto, T., Pusch, R., Güntürkün, O. (2022*). 3D Tracking of freely moving pigeons reveals behavioral differences during space and color discrimination tasks. Poster presented at the 51st annual Meeting of the Society of Neuroscience, San Diego, CA, USA.
Hidalgo-Gadea, G. (2019). Cognitive Magnitude Interferences in Spontaneous Food Choices. Talk at the International Student Symposion for the Study of Animal Behavior and Cognition, Kyoto University.
Hidalgo-Gadea, G., & Martin-Ordas, G. (2019). Spontaneous Numerical Cognition in human and non-human Primates. Talk at the Primate Society of Great Britain Spring Meeting.
Hidalgo-Gadea, G. (2019). Human and Chimpanzee Strategies in Spontaneous Quantitative Cognition. Talk at the Scottish Primate Research Group Spring Meeting.
Hidalgo-Gadea, G., Kreuder, A., Stahlschmidt, C., Schnieder, S., & Krajewski, J. (2019). Brute Force ECG Feature Extraction Applied on Discomfort Detection. Talk at the 6th International Conference on Information Technologies in Biomedicine, Poland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91211-0_33
Hidalgo-Gadea, G., Schnieder, S., Roelen, S., Wiggerich, A. & Krajewski, J. (2016). Erfassung körperlicher Aktivität in der Selbstevaluation gesundheitsbezogenen Verhaltens: Validität und Usability von Wearables. Talk at the 58th Conference of Experimental Psychologists, University of Heidelberg.
Schnieder, Hidalgo-Gadea, G., S., Roelen, S., Wiggerich, A. & Krajewski, J. (2015). Validität und Usability von Wearables zur Erfassung körperlicher Aktivität in der Selbstevaluation gesundheitsbezogenen Verhaltens. Talk at the 11th Berlin Workshop on Human-Machine Systems of the Institute of Psychology and Ergonomics (IPA), Track: Trends in Neuroergonomics, Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. http://dx.doi.org/10.14279/depositonce-4887
Publications
Ocklenburg, S., Packheiser, J., & Hidalgo-Gadea, G. (2022). Social touch in the age of computational ethology: Embracing as a multidimensional and complex behaviour. Current Psychology, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-022-03051-9
Hidalgo-Gadea, G., Kreuder, A., Krajewski, J., & Vorstius, C. (2021). Towards better microsleep predictions in fatigued drivers: exploring benefits of personality traits and IQ. Ergonomics, 64 (6), 778-792. https://doi.org/10.1080/00140139.2021.1882707
Jansen, M. T., Jansen, N. C., Weber, A., Hidalgo-Gadea, G., Ansari, E., & Scheren, P. (2017). Semantic Priming with Homonymous Nouns: Hints of Clarifying the Issue of Selective vs. Non-Selective Priming. Journal of European Psychology Students, 8(1), 15–29. https://doi.org/10.5334/jeps.408
Schuller, B., Steidl, S., Batliner, A., Bergelson, E., Krajewski, J., Janott, C., Amatuni, A., Casillas, M., Seidl, A., Soderstrom, M., Warlaumont, A. S., Hidalgo-Gadea, G., Schnieder, … Zafeiriou, S. (2017). The INTERSPEECH 2017 Computational Paralinguistics Challenge: Addressee, Cold & Snoring. Interspeech 2017, 3442–3446. https://doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2017-43
Contact
- guillermo.hidalgogadea@ruhr-uni-bochum.de
- +49 234 3228232
- Universitätsstraße 150
44801 Bochum - Enter Building IB and take the elevator to Office 95 on Floor 6
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