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Education & Academic Positions

  • Fudan University (China) Postdoctoral research associate 2021 – now
    • Institute of Science and Technology for Brain-inspired Intelligence (ISTBI)
    • PI: Deniz Vatansever
  • University of Cambridge (UK), PhD in Biological Sciences at MRC CBU 2017 – 2021
    • MRC Cognition and Brian Sciences Unit (MRC CBU)
    • PI: Rik Henson
    • College: Clare Hall
  • Ruhr-University Bochum (GER), M.Sc. Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience 2015 – 2017
  • University of Nebraska – Omaha (US), Term abroad in Psychology 2014
  • Ruhr-University Bochum (GER), B.Sc. Psychology 2012 – 2015

Grants, Fellowships, Scholarships & Honours

  • The National Foreign Experts Program 2023 – 2024
    • State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs
  • Research Fund For International Young Scientists (RFIS-I) 2023 – 2024
    • National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), China
    • Amount: 400,000 RMB ($56,000/57,000€) for two years
  • Fellowship of China Postdoctoral Science foundation 2022
    • China Postdoctoral Science foundation
    • Amount: 80,000 RMB ($11,080/10,200€)
  • Zhufeng young scholar 2021
    • Fudan University – Ministry of Education Frontiers Center for Brain Science
  • Postdoctoral international exchange program
    (博士后国际交流计划)
    2021
    • China Postdoctoral Management Committee (中国博士后管理委员会),
      China
  • Grindley Grant to travel to Beijing (China) 2019
    • Experimental Psychology Society (cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
  • Gates Cambridge Scholarship 2017 – 2021
    • Melinda and Bill Gates Foundation, USA
  • University of Nebraska – Omaha’s Chancellor’s list 2014
  • Scholarship for a term abroad 2014
    • Mid-American Universities International (MAUI), USA
  • Full student scholarship 2014 – 2017
    • Hans-Böckler Foundation, Germany

Publications

Software

Quent, J. A. (2025). Object Location Memory Task [Computer software]. https://github.com/JAQuent/Object-Location-Memory-Task

Quent, J. A. (2022). Questionnaire Presenter – A standalone program to collect questionnaire data made with Unity3D (Version 1.0.0) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7180407

Quent, J. A. (2021). Mental rotation task for MATLAB (Version 1.11) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5502450

Quent, J. A. (2021). N-back task for MATLAB (Version 1.8) [Computer software]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5502474

Talks

  • Precise mapping of the neural landscape underlying recognition memory 26th June 2025
    • OHBM
    • Brisbane, Australia
  • Graded encoding of spatial novelty scales in the human hippocampus 20th May 2025
    • Spring Hippocampal Research Conference
    • Verona, Italy
  • Spatial novelty-familiarity gradient in the hippocampus using VR and ultra-high-field fMRI 15th December 2023
    • BISA Meeting
    • Fudan University, Shanghai
  • Influence of conceptual knowledge on spatial memory in a virtual reality environment 29th May 2023
    • Spring Hippocampal Research Conference
    • Verona, Italy
  • Neural signatures of spatial navigation & memory using ultra-high-resolution 7T fMRI 14th December 2022
    • Fudan Cambridge Symposium
    • Fudan University, Shanghai
  • Where PIMMS fails: limitations with our framework for memory 26th January 2022
    • Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar
    • University of Cambridge
    • MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
  • Neuroimaging of mental navigation using virtual reality environments 15th December 2021
    • Post-doc introdcution talk
    • Fudan University
    • ISTBI
  • Power Between the People: Bayesian Sequential Designs 30th November 2020
  • Plan to produce strong evidence: Bayesian Sequential Designs 8th September 2020
  • Bayesian Sequential Designs 29th July 2020
    • Open Science Day
    • University of Cambridge
    • MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
  • Bayesian multilevel models 11th November 2019
    • Imaging Interest Group
    • University of Cambridge
    • MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
    • Link: https://osf.io/f56bw/
  • Using immersive virtual reality to examine the U-shaped relationship between schema and memory performance 15th May 2019
    • Wednesday Lunch Time Seminar
    • University of Cambridge
    • MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
  • Using immersive reality to examine the U-shaped relationship between schema and memory performance 4th April 2019
    • Cambridge Memory Meeting
    • University of Cambridge
  • U-shaped relationship between object-location expectancy and memory performance in an immersive reality environment 3rd Jan 2019
    • Annual meeting of the Experimental Psychology Society
    • London
  • Open notebooks in cognitive neuroscience 20th Nov 2018
  • Using RMarkdown to create scientific manuscripts 5th Dec 2017
    • Methods day
    • University of Cambridge
    • MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit
  • Interaction between reward anticipation and stress hormone during memory formation 1st Nov 2017
    • Gates Cambridge internal symposium
  • Reward anticipation modulates the effect of cortisol on memory 1st Jan 2017
    • Research colloquium “Cognitive Psychology and Psychoneuroendocrinology”
    • Ruhr-University Bochum
    • Faculty of Psychology

Posters

Quent, J. A., Zhuang, K., Liang X., Wang, Y., Vatansever, D. (June 2025). Precise mapping of the neural landscape underlying recognition memory. OHBM, Brisbane (Australia).

Quent, J. A., Liang X., Song, L., Su, Y., Zhuang, K., Vatansever, D. (June 2024). A gradient of spatial novelty and familiarity along the hippocampal long axis. OHBM, Seoul (South Korea).

Quent, J. A., Liang X., Song, L., Su, Y., Vatansever, D. (June 2023). Spatial Memory Within Virtual Reality Environments: An Ultra-High Field 7T fMRI Investigation. OHBM, Montreal (Canada).

Quent, J. A., Henson, R. N. (April 4, 2019). Using hydrocortisone to modulate the U-shape between expectancy and memory. BNA 2019 Festival of Neuroscience , Dublin (Ireland).

Quent, J. A., Meyer, M. Ros, T., Kuchinke, L. (May 31, 2018). Reading prevails: automatic word recognition in a single-letter Stroop task. Psychologie und Gehirn 2018, Gießen (Germany).

Meyer, M., Manrique Aristizabal, J. A., Quent, J. A., Crawford, B., & Vuilleumier, P. (May 11, 2018). Regulating With The Mind’s Eye: The Link Between Mental Imagery And Emotion Regulation. 36. Symposium der Fachgruppe Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie der DGPs, Landau (Germany).

Quent, J. A., McCullough, A. M., Sazma M., Wolf O. T., Yonelinas A. P. (March 12, 2018). Tag-and-capture theory in light of reward anticipation and post-encoding stress. Cambridge Neuroscience Seminar 2018, Cambridge (United Kingdom).

Theses

  • Reward anticipation modulates the effect of cortisol on memory, M.Sc. 2017
    • Supervisors: Oliver T. Wolf & Uta Wiemers
    • Grade: 1.0
  • Reading prevails: the electrophysiological signature of semantic access in a Stroop task, B.Sc. 2015
    • Supervisors: Lars Kuchinke & Marcel Meyer
    • Grade: 1.0

Research Experience & Employment

  • Research assistant Oct 2015 – Sep 2016
    • Ruhr-University Bochum
    • Supervisors: Lars Kuchinke & Marcel Meyer
  • Visiting scholar Feb 2016 – May 2016
    • UC Davis
    • Department of Psychology
    • Human Memory Lab
    • Supervisor: Andrew Yonelinas
  • Undergraduate research assistant Feb 2015 – Sep 2015
    • Ruhr-University Bochum
    • Supervisor: Oliver T. Wolf
  • Undergraduate research assistant Feb 2015 – Sep 2015
    • Ruhr-University Bochum
    • Supervisor: Lars Kuchinke
  • Internship 2014
    • St. Joseph Hospital Bochum
    • Neurological Clinic of the Ruhr-University Bochum
    • Supervisor: Christian Prehn

Teaching

  • Undergraduate supervisor Apr 2020 – Jun 2020
    • PBS4: Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
    • University of Cambridge
    • Corpus Christi College
  • Undergraduate supervisor Jan 2020 – Mar 2020
    • PBS4: Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
    • University of Cambridge
    • Corpus Christi College
  • Undergraduate supervisor Oct 2019 – Dec 2019
    • PBS4: Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
    • University of Cambridge
    • Corpus Christi College
  • Tutor Jul 2019
    • Neuroscience
    • Oxford Summer Courses
  • Undergraduate supervisor Jan 2019 – Mar 2019
    • PBS4: Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
    • University of Cambridge
    • Corpus Christi College
  • Undergraduate supervisor Oct 2018 – Dec 2019
    • PBS4: Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
    • University of Cambridge
    • Corpus Christi College
  • Tutor Jul 2018
    • Neuroscience
    • Oxford Summer Courses
  • Undergraduate supervisor Jan 2018 – Mar 2018
    • PBS4: Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience
    • University of Cambridge
    • Wolfson College
  • Teaching staff Oct 2015 – Feb 2016
    • Introductory course for R (seminar)
    • Ruhr-University Bochum
    • Faculty of Psychology
  • Teaching assistant Apr 2014 – Sep 2014
    • Tutorial for 2nd year statistics
    • Ruhr-University Bochum
    • Faculty of Psychology

Adhoc reviews for academic journals

  • Neurobiology of Learning and Memory
  • Brain and Cognition
  • Behavior Research Methods
  • Memory
  • PlosOne
  • Learning and Memory
  • Philosophical Transactions B
  • Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Organisation of events

  • BISA partnership
  • First virtual “Cambridge Fudan ECR Cognitive Neuroscience Symposium”
    (2020)
  • “Open Science Day 2018” at the MRC CBU, Cambridge

Current and former memberships in professional societies

  • British Neuroscience Association
  • OHBM