Team > Melinda Herfet

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Chair in Social and Health Sciences in Sport

Curriculum Vitae:

Working experience

• Since 10/2021: Research associate (PhD) at the Chair in Social and Health Sciences in Sport (Prof. Dr. Susanne Tittlbach), University of Bayreuth
  
• 08/2021 - 04/2022: Research assistant for the research group “Movement, physical performance and health within the second half of life” (Dr. Michael Schwenk) of the Network Aging Research (NAR), University of Heidelberg
• 07/2021 – 09/2021: Research associate at the Department of Sports Psychology (Prof. Dr. Michael Doppelmayr) of the Institute of Sport Science, Johannes-Gutenberg University Mainz
• 04/2021 – 05/2021: Global volunteer within the project “Healthy Sports” in Ghana, Africa
• 09/2020 – 12/2020: Research associate for the research group “Mental Performance” (Dr. York-Peter Kloeppel) of the Red Bull Athlete Performance Centres (APC) in Thalgau, Austria
• 03/2020 – 08/2020: Semester abroad as a research student at the Department of Nutrition, Exercise and Sports (Dr. Stefano de Domincis) of the Institute of Sport Science, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
• 10/2017 – 04/2020: Student assistant at the Department of Kinesiology (Prof. Dr. Petra Jansen) of the Institute of Sport Science, University of Regensburg
• 10/2018 – 12/2019: Working student for workplace health management within the company E-T-A Elektrotechnische Apparate GmbH in Altdorf

Academic education

• 2018-2021: M.A. Applied Kinesiology „Motion and Mindfulness“, University of Regensburg
• 2015-2018: B.A. Applied Kinesiology, University of Regensburg

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Chair in Social and Health Sciences in Sport

Research priorities

• Cognitive sports psychology
• Executive functions
• Life Kinetic
  
• Mental performance
• Mindfulness in elite sports
• Cognitive neuroscience in sport and exercise
  

Teaching priorities

• Applied sports psychology
• Motor function and cognition
• Social sciences in sport

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Chair in Social and Health Sciences in Sport

Publications

Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Chair in Social and Health Sciences in Sport

Melinda Herfet
Research assistant (PhD)

E-Mail: melinda.herfet@uni-bayreuth.de
Phone: +49 (0)921 / 55-5844
Fax: +49 (0)921 / 55-3468
Building Sport Room 1.28
Consultation hours: by appointment