YANNICK BECKER Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience
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Education

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2024      Qualification Maitre de Conférence (French Associate Professor qualification)

2022      PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience (supervisors: A. Meguerditchian, O. Coulon)
               CNRS/Aix-Marseille University, lab visit: E.Hecht, Harvard University (COVID-19)


2018       MRes of Neuroscience (with Honours)
               CNRS/Aix-Marseille University


2017       2nd Year BA Psychology (10% best of the year)
               Jean Jaures University Toulouse 

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2016      BSc « Sciences and Humanities » (with Honours)
              Aix-Marseille University and Imperial College London (UK)



Employment:

2026-ongoing  Postdoctoral researcher, Sub-group lead: “Evolution” MPI CBS Leipzig, Lise Meitner Cognitive    Neurogenetics group of Sofie Valk

2022-2025 Fyssen Postdoctoral researcher, MPI CBS, Leipzig, Department of Neuropsychology

2018-2022 PhD candidate, CNRS/Aix-Marseille University, supervisors: Adrien Meguerditchian, Olivier Coulon, ERC GestImage

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Research internships

2018      C. Lopez lab (3 months), Searching for cortical activation of the vestibular system (EEG)
 
2018      A. Meguerditchian, (3 months), Origin of human language, Linking communicative  baboon gesture with                    brain anatomy (MRI)
 
2017      C. Deruelle and G. Masson lab (2 months), Development of visual anticipatory behaviour in children                            (eye-tracking)
 
2016      King’s College London, C. Larsen Lab (3 months), (“Role of Odd Neurons on short term memory”) genetic                    and behavioural study on Drosophila flies.
 
2012       Volontary Internship J. Fagot lab  (8 months). About the origins language, baboon’s vocalisation                                       recordings, physical analyses, ethological anatomical observations.
 
Grants:
2026           Atip-Avenir Research Group Leader CNRS/Inserm
2026           KT Boost, Project BabyGest (~115k €)
2024           Max-Plank-Förderstiftung Writing Stipend
2022           Fyssen Foundation Personal Postdoctoral Fellowhip (two years funding) (~80k €)
2021            NeuroSchool 2021/2022 (six-month PhD extension)
2020           « Académie d’Excellence »  France, Travel grant (Harvard University)

2013            « Académie d’Excellence »  France, Personal grant for 1st year (Sciences et                                                                             Humanités Bachelor's)
2016             Erasmus+ (mobility grant for two trimesters at Imperial College and King’s College,                                                           London, UK)

Prizes:
2023          PhD prize of Aix-Marseille University (received 2024) 
2022          James R. Hurford Award (Evolang, Joint Conference on Language Evolution)
2021           PhD Prize of the French Society for Primatology 2021 (Prix Doctorant de la SFDP)


Communications (list is not continued):
2022        Joint Conference on Language Evolution, Kanazawa, Japan, Talk
                 Joint Conference on Language Evolution, Kanazawa, Japan, Workshop

2021         Organisation of Human Brain Mapping (OHBM), Poster  
                  Prololang7, Talk (
click here to watch the talk​)
                  Société Francophone de la Primatologie, Saint-Etienne, Talk        

2020        EvoLang XIII, Brussels, Talk (cancelled COVID-19)
                  Sfca, Marseille, Talk (cancelled COVID-19) 
                       
2019          NeuroDays, Marseille, France, Talk
                  Primate Brain Workshop, Erice, Sicily, Italy, Talk
                  Animal Linguistics Workshop (May 2019), ENS Paris, France, Poster
                  Organisation of Human Brain Mapping (May 2019), Rome, Italy, Poster
                  NeuroFrance, Marseille, France, Poster

2018          Société Francophone de Primatologie, Paris, France, Talk + Poster
                  International Conference Marmoset in Neuroscience, Marseille, France, Poster

2016          Final Year Conference 2016, Imperial College, London, UK, Poster
 
 
Teaching in Aix-Marseille 2018-2021 (3x 62h):
  • Bachelor “Sciences et Humanités” 1st year : Animal Communication, 3rd year Neuroscience
          (with Dr. Marie Montant)
  • Bachelor “Sciences et Humanités” 3rd year : Neuroscience tutorship
  • Master Neuroscience : Emotion and Motivation - from hormons to behaviour  (with Dr. Christine Deruelle)

Teaching for the German Ministry for Science and Culture 2018-2019
  • Teaching in “JuniorAkademie” for intellectually gifted children (13 to 16 yo)






Reviewing for:
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, Elife, European Journal of Neuroscience, The Leakey Foundation, Nature Communications, Neurobiology of Language, PlosOne, PNAS, Scientific Reports

 Current administrative responsibilities:
-  Postdoc representative of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences           

Organised Seminars:
  • Vittorio Gallese (click here for the recording of the talk)
  • Erin Hecht
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