Matthias Leitner
I study how minds work, in two master's programmes at the University of Geneva, and I build the software that keeps research projects running.
What I do now
I am a master's student in neuroscience and in applied psychology at the University of Geneva, and I work as a research assistant alongside both.
On the ADVANCE trial, a Horizon Europe study of a mental health intervention, I build and run the recruitment and communication system: an automated pipeline from Qualtrics to Excel to Outlook that handles the recruitment of participants, facilitators and facilities, the scheduling, and the questionnaire follow-up. I also lead the French to German localisation of the intervention material, including AI-generated German audio narration.
At the ALPS Foundation I coordinate the ALPS Summer School, co-coordinate the ALPS Conference and sit on the council. I set up the task-tracking system the teams run their meetings from, a finance-intake system and the AI-assisted operations behind them.
Since 2020, mostly in parallel
Each bar is one commitment. Where bars stack, they ran at the same time.
- Studies
- Research
- Psychiatric care
- Organisation
Bachelor in psychology University of Geneva, 2020 to 2023
Student research assistant Centre for gerontology and vulnerability studies (CIGEV), 2022 to 2023
Civil service in psychiatric care Fondation de Nant, Vevey, 2023 to 2024
Master in neuroscience University of Geneva, since 2024
Research assistant, NEAD lab Neuroscience of Affective and Emotional Dynamics, alongside the master
Research assistant, CIGEV Statistics and programming, spring 2025
Research assistant, NoCE lab Data collection on bilingualism and concepts, 2025 to 2026
ALPS Foundation Events, technology and operations, since 2025
Research assistant, ADVANCE Horizon Europe trial, University of Geneva, since 2025
Master in applied psychology University of Geneva, since 2025
Get in touch
The quickest way to reach me is on LinkedIn.