Fabienne Sandkühler

Julia Fabienne Sandkühler is a postdoctoral researcher at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU Munich), where she works within the Department of Psychology and Educational Sciences. She holds a BA in Experimental Psychology from the University of Oxford, an MSc in Human Decision Science from Maastricht University, and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Bonn. Her research spans cognitive performance, mental health interventions, and the psychology of altruism and animal welfare, with an emphasis on randomized controlled trials and open science practices. She is best known for conducting one of the largest RCTs on the effect of creatine supplementation on cognitive performance, published in BMC Medicine in 2023, which found weak evidence for a small beneficial creatine effect but strong evidence against large effects. She has also conducted trials on bright light therapy for seasonal affective disorder and app-based psychotherapeutic exercises. She has received funding from the Long-Term Future Fund for coaching to support her research productivity, and has engaged with the effective altruism and LessWrong communities as a source of inspiration and support for her cognitive enhancement research.

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