Curriculum Vitae - Melanie Ring, Dr. phil.

Professional Experience

since 08/2017	Clinical Psychologist and postdoc Autism Centre, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Dresden
2016-2017	Consultant and team manager in Psychology, therapy, and training Autismuszentrum Chemnitz
2015-2016	Councellor for adults with Autism Autismuszentrum Chemnitz
2011-2015	Teaching activity in Psychology City, University of London, UK
2010-20111	Research assistant Department for Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, Technische Universität Dresden
2009-2010	Research assistant Autism Research Group, City, University of London, UK
2008-2009	Research assistant Clinic for Psychosomatics and Psychotherapy, University Hospital in Dresden in cooperation with ‘Rhythmusambulanz’ of the heart centre and Technische Universität, Dresden
2008-2009	Research assistant Department for Eating Disorders, Technische Universität Dresden

Education & Training

since 2017	Training in Psychotherapy Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verhaltenstherapie (DGVT) in Dresden
since 2017	Master of Advanced Studies in Psychotherapy focussing on behavioural therapy University of Bern, Switzerland
2011-2017	PhD in Psychology City, University of London, UK
2005-2011	Diploma in Psychology Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
1997-2005	Highschool diploma (A-Level-Exam) Julius-Motteler-Gymnasium, Crimmitschau, Germany

Honors and Memberships

since 2017	Member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Verhaltenstherapie (DGVT)
since 2016	Member of the Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft Autismus-Spektrum (WGAS)
2014-2015	Student member of the ethics committee of Psychology City, University of London, UK
since 2013	Member of the International Society for Autism Research (INSAR)
2012-2015	Student representative of the Psychology PhD students City, University of London, UK

Additional Qualifications

12/2018	Certificate in Arzneimittelgesetz (AMG; German drug law) and good clinical practice (GCP) for conducting pharmaceutical studies, Dresden
12/2018	Training in the use of the Childhood Autism Rating Scale, Second Edition (CARS-2) München
since 06/2018	Training to become a therapist in the early autism intervention programme „A-FFIP – Autismusspezifische Therapie im Vorschulalter“, Frankfurter Autismus-Therapie- und Forschungszentrum, Universitätsklinikum der Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
11/2015	Training in Diagnostic and Training of social skills in individuals with autism Selb/OT Silberbach
08/2013-02/2015	Practical training in EEG with Dr. Corinna Haenschel City, University of London, UK
08/2013	ERP Bootcamp (BBC 2.0) with Prof Steve Luck from UC Davis, University of California, and tCS/tES workshop with Dr Roi Cohen Kadosh, University of Oxford, at University of Birmingham, UK
02/2016	Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule (ADOS-2) Training at Tavistock clinic in London, UK
06/2010	World Health Organisation (WHO) certificate for training in the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) at Technische Universität Dresden

Research interests

Autism Spectrum Disorder
Learning, memory, relational binding, spatial navigation
Anxiety

Publications

Riedelbauch S, Gaigg SB, Thiel T, Roessner V & Ring M: Examining a model of anxiety in autistic adults. Autism. Online publication ahead of print. 2023.
Zeisel A, Thiel T, Gaigg SB, Roessner V & Ring M: Validation of the German Glasgow Sensory Questionnaire and replication of its sensory profiles in students with higher and lower Autism-Spectrum Quotient. BMC Psychiatry, 23(1):426, 2023.
Bast N, Gaigg SB, Bowler DM, Roessner V, Freitag CM & Ring M: Arousal-modulated memory encoding and retrieval in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research,15(9), 1609-1620, 2022.
Yearsley JM, Gaigg SB, Bowler DM, Ring M & Haenschel C: What can performance in the IEDS task tell us about attention shifting in clinical groups? Autism Research, 14(6), 1237-1251, 2021.
Ring M & Solomon M: Introduction to the Special Collection on “Memory in Autism Spectrum Disorder” [Letter to the Editor, Special Collection]. Autism Research, 13(11), 1913-1914, 2020.
Ring M, Guillery-Girard B, Quinette P, Gaigg SB & Bowler DM: Short-term memory span and cross-modality integration in younger and older adults with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder [Special Collection]. Autism Research, 13(11), 1970-1984, 2020.
Desaunay P, Briant A, Bowler DM, Ring M, Gérardin P, Guénolé F, Eustache F, Parienti JJ, & Guillery-Girard B: Memory in autism spectrum disorder: A meta-analysis of experimental studies. Psychological Bulletin, 146(5), 377-410, 2019. doi: 10.1037/bul0000225
Ring M, Bowler DM, Gaigg SB: A physiological marker of recognition memory in adults with autism spectrum disorder? – The pupil old/new effect. Autism Research, 13(4), 627-40, 2019. doi: 10.1002/aur.2251
Ring M, Gaigg SB, Altgassen M, Barr P, Bowler DM: Allocentric versus egocentric spatial memory in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(6), 2101-11, 2018. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3465-5
Ring M, Gaigg S, Barr P, Bowler DM: Testing allocentric versus egocentric spatial navigation using the watermaze task in humans. 2019, September 27. Retrieved from osf.io/dvfwb
Ring M, Gaigg SB, de Condappa O, Wiener JM, & Bowler DM: Spatial navigation from same and different directions: The role of executive functions, memory and attention in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research, 11(5), 798-810, 2018. doi: 10.1002/aur.1924
Constable PA, Ring M, Gaigg SB, & Bowler DM: Problem-solving styles in autism spectrum disorder and the development of higher cognitive functions. Autism, 1-12, 2017. doi: 10.1177/1362361317691044
Ring M, Derwent CLT, Gaigg SB & Bowler DM: Structural learning difficulties implicate altered hippocampal functioning in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 126(6), 793-804, 2017. doi: 10.1037/abn0000277
Ring M, Bowler DM, & Gaigg SB: An eye-movement study of explicit and implicit relational memory in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47(10), 2981-91, 2017. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3212-3
Semino S, Ring M, Bowler DM, & Gaigg SB: The influence of task demands, verbal ability and executive functions on item and source memory in Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48(1), 184-97, 2017. doi: 10.1007/s10803-017-3299-6
Ring M, Gaigg SB, & Bowler DM: Relational memory processes in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research, 9(1), 97-106, 2016. doi: 10.1002/aur.1493 – highly cited paper year 2016 (ISI Web of Knowledge)
Ipser A, Ring M, Murphy J, Gaigg SB, & Cook R: Similar exemplar pooling processes underlie the learning of facial identity and handwriting style: Evidence from typical observers and individuals with autism. Neuropsychologia, 85, 169-76, 2016. doi: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2016.03.017
Ring M, Gaigg SB, & Bowler DM: Object-location memory in adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Autism Research, 8(5), 609-19, 2015. doi: 10.1002/aur.1478

Conference presentations

Since 2011, I participated in 19 scientific national and international conferences with 13 poster and 7 oral presentations and 2 workshops.

Scholarships & Funding

Weber-Bosch-Preis 2023: 500,00 EUR
Else-Kröner Fresenius Stiftung 2022: 207.197,00 EUR
Stiftung Irene 2020: 36.600,00 EUR

I received about 85.720,00 EUR (e.g. PhD funding at City, University of London, UK; travel grants from WGAS, Erasmus, Neuroelectrics, INSAR, Experimental Psychology Society Grindley Grant, Autismus Chemnitz e.V., Weiterbildungscheck individuell Sächsische Aufbaubank and Gesellschaft der Freunde und Förderer der TU Dresden, Medical Faculty University hospital Carl Gustav Carus Dresden, autismus Deutschland e.V.).

Current Responsibilities

A-FFIP - Multizentrische, randomisierte, kontrollierte Studie des Frankfurter Frühinterventionsprogramms für Kleinkinder und Vorschulkinder mit Autismus-Spektrum-Störung
ASS & Angst

Translated Questionnaires

If you are interested in these questionnaires, please feel free to contact Dr. Melanie Ring. Access for the download will then be sent to you.

Target group	Questionnaire
Children	Fragebogen_zu_sensorischen Erlebnissen_Deutsch
Adults	Glasgower_Fragebogen_zur_sensorischen_Wahrnehmung_Deutsch

Contact

Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus
Technische Universität Dresden
Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy
Fetscherstraße 74, 01307 Dresden

0351 458-7126
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