Psychometrics & assessment
Test development, validity and fairness of psychological methods.
RESEARCH PROFILE · BASEL
Martin Steppan
Psychologist and research methodologist specialising in psychometrics, human data analysis and artificial intelligence.
My work combines psychological assessment, AI and scientific data analysis. My research is documented in more than 50 scientific publications.
Editor at Springer Nature.
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
AI & human data analysis
Emotion and behaviour analysis, biosignals, neuroimaging and statistical genomics.
Research in practice
Commissioned analyses, expert reports, cryptography and data linkage, with experience using the sciCORE HPC cluster. Bioinformatics & Data Science
RESEARCH & TEACHING POSITIONS
Research and teaching.
Computational Psychology Lab · Scientific Services
Independent scientific services, development of meinBeruf.ch, commissioned analyses, expert reports and talks.
University of Basel · Faculty of Psychology
Senior Research and Teaching Assistant. Test development and teaching in research methods and developmental psychology.
University Psychiatric Clinics Basel
Research psychologist / postdoctoral researcher. AI-based emotion analysis, psychometrics and psychotherapy research.
University of St Andrews · School of Medicine
Survey methodologist / research scientist. International HBSC study and research on social and biological determinants of mental health.
IFT Institute for Therapy Research · Munich
Data manager / researcher in clinical epidemiology and health services research.
University of Innsbruck
External lecturer in quantitative methods, data analysis and questionnaire development.
ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS
PhD · Dr. phil.
Social Determinants of Health, Focus on Behavioural Genetics
University of St Andrews
DissertationNatural Sciences
Quantitative methods / behavioural epidemiology / psychological assessment
University of Innsbruck
Diploma in Psychology
Web-based cognitive training for the medical school aptitude test
University of Innsbruck
FURTHER TRAINING
Stanford University
Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis
University of Maryland
Genes and the Human Condition (From Behavior to Biotechnology)
University of Hong Kong
University Teaching
I continuously develop my AI skills through further training and practical research and development.
Scientific expertise for your project.
Contact me directly by email for collaborations, commissioned analyses, expert reports or talks.
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