Since 2022: Research Associate
Department of Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum

2020-2022: Scientific Editor for Neuroscience
Editage/Cactus Communications

2018-2019: Research Assistant
Clinic for Epileptology, University Hospital Bonn

2018: Research Assistant
Institute for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University Hospital Bonn

2016-2017: Research Internship
Neural Circuits and Behavior, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India

2016: Research Internship
R&D Laboratory, GeneSys Biologics Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad, India

Since 2022: Doctorate
Department of Neuropsychology, Ruhr University Bochum

2017-2020: M. Sc. in Neuroscience
University Bonn
Thesis: Effect of Nutrition Labels on Food Taste and Valuation in the Human Brain

2013-2016: B. Sc. in Microbiology and Biochemistry
St. Xavier's College, Mumbai, India

Preprints

• Pacheco-Estefan D, Bouyeure A, Jacob G, Fellner MC, Lehongre K, Lambrecq V, Frazzini V, Navarro V, Güntürkün O, Shen L, Yang J, Han B, Chen Q, Axmacher N (2025) Representational dynamics during extinction of fear memories in the human brain. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.04.26.650560

• Bouyeure A, Pacheco D, Fellner MC, Jacob G, Kobelt M, Rose J, Axmacher N (2024) Distinct representational properties of cues and contexts shape fear learning and extinction. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.12.16.628638

Peer-reviewed Articles

• Rramani Q, Barakat Y, Jacob G, Ohla K, Lim SXL, Schicker D, Freiherr J, Saruco E, Pleger B, Weber B, Schultz J (2022) Nutrition claims influence expectations about food attributes, attenuate activity in reward-associated brain regions during tasting, but do not impact pleasantness. Brain Behav 13(1): e2828. https://doi.org/10.1002/brb3.2828 

2018-2019: IMPRS Brain and Behaviour Scholarship
CAESAR, International Max Planck Researck School
awarded to fund living expenses throughout the Master’s programme

2017-2019: J.N Tata Scholarship
J.N Tata Endowmend Fund
awarded to fund living expenses and tuition throughout the Master’s programme

Poster

• Jacob G (2023) Comparing extinction learning and memory suppression using a multi paradigmatic approach. Society for Neuroscience (SfN), Washington D.C., US.

Vorträge

• Jacob G (2025) Single-unit representations of fear processing. Spring Hippocampal Conference, Verona, Italy.

• Research-oriented internship Neuropsychology
  Winter term 2023/2024 - summer term 2024; B. Sc. Psychology