Curriculum Vitae
CURRENT STATUS
2020 – present | Goethe University –Frankfurt am Main. Postdoctoral researcher at the LISCO Lab. |
EDUCATION
2016-2020 | University of Aberdeen. PhD Psychology (Full–Time). Three-year studentship awarded by the University of Aberdeen, School of Psychology, for the realisation of the project “Emotion-cognition interaction in aging: from lab to life”. Supervisors: Dr Katharina Schnitzspahn, Prof Louise Phillips. |
2006-2009 | University of Catania. MSc Psychology. Mark: 110/110 cum laude (equivalent to Distinction). Dissertation: “Mental imagery and emotion: A literature review from a cognitive neuroscience perspective”. |
2002-2006 | University of Catania. BSc Psychological Sciences and Techniques. Mark: 110/110 cum laude (equivalent to First class Honours). Research project: “Perception and mental representation in individuals with mental diseases”. |
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
July 2018 | Participation in a summer school on “Intensive Longitudinal Methods” at the University of Aberdeen. |
July 2017 |
Participation in a summer school on “Introduction to linear modeling with R” at the University of Aberdeen. |
AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIP
2016 –2019 | Three-year PhD Scholarship awarded by the University of Aberdeen, School of Psychology, for the project “Emotion-cognition interactions: from lab to life". |
May 2019 | Development Trust Student Support Fund, £536 travel grant to present at the International Society for Research on Emotion (ISRE) Conference in Amsterdam, 10-13 July 2019. |
April 2019 | Guarantors of Brain, £490 travel grant to present at the 5th International Conference Aging & Cognition in Zurich, 24-26 April 2019. |
August 2018 | British Psychology Society (BPS), Cognitive Psychology Section Postgraduate Bursary, £450 travel grant to present at BPS Annual Conference at the Liverpool Hope University, 28-30 August 2018. |
September 2018 | Guarantors of Brain, £800 travel grant to present at the International Conference of Prospective Memory in Melbourne, 3-6 January 2018. |
October 2018 | Grindley Grant of the Experimental Psychology Society, £500 travel grant to present at the International Conference of Prospective Memory in Melbourne, 3-6 January 2018. |