Margot Bastin, Ph.D., Associate Scientist

Education & Training

Ph.D., 2018
KU Leuven, Belgium
Psychology

Master of Science, 2012
KU Leuven, Belgium
Clinical and Health Psychology
Magna cum laude

Bachelor of Science, 2010
KU Leuven, Belgium
Psychology
Magna cum laude

Margot Bastin is an Associate Scientist at Oregon Research Institute. After obtaining her Ph.D. at KU Leuven, Belgium, she moved to Oregon in 2021. Her main research interests include 1) adolescent depression; 2) friendship processes; 3) online and offline communication; and 4) intrapersonal response styles, which she studies using both short-and long-term longitudinal designs. More recently, her research domain expanded to include the study of maternal depression and interventions to promote mental wellbeing.

Current Projects

Publications

Experience

Research

2021-present

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Oregon Research Institute, Eugene, OR, USA

2018-2021

Postdoctoral Research Fellow, School Psychology and Development in Context Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium

2012-2018

Ph.D. Student, School Psychology and Development in Context Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium

2010-2012

Graduate Student, Centre for Psychology of Learning and Experimental Psychopathology Psychology and Educational Sciences, KU Leuven, Belgium

Teaching

2018-2020

Developmental Psychopathology (English course) – Master level, Lecturer (formal responsibility for the entire course)

2015-2018

Statistics for Psychologists, Part 3 (SPSS) – Bachelor level, Teaching Assistance for Practical Sessions and Oral Exams

2018

Psychopathology and Psychiatry - Bachelor level Developmental Psychopathology - Master level Special Education Juvenile Law, Guest lecturer

Clinical Work

2011-2012

Internship – Diagnostics and Therapy Psychiatric Department of Medical Hospital, Belgium – Group Therapy, Adults