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ABOUT ME (CV)

A BIT ABOUT ME

A Postdoctoral Researcher

My current research focuses (1) on how prosodically realized focus affects our memory and interpretation of ambiguous sentences and (2) on which aspects of contextual diversity affect learning. My past research focused mainly on the various aspects of bilingualism and how the use of different languages affects cognition. My PhD research focused on the effects of foreign language on learning, particularly how changing the context through emotionality, contextual diversity, and language can affect the information we incorporate and remember.

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In parallel to my research, I am strongly committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion within science. I am the chair of the DEI Committee of the MPI for Psycholinguistics, a mentor in several programs supporting people from diverse backgrounds (ARTEMISRadboud Welcomes, and Letters to a Prescientist), and lead the Talent+ Training Program at the MPI

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I am currently a postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen. I have a PhD from the UPV/EHU (Universidad del País Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea, Donostia, Spain) and carried out my research at the BCBL (Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language, Donostia, Spain) with the help of an FPI grant (Formación de Personal investigador) from the Spanish government. My previous experience includes a master's in Brain and Cognition from UPF (Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain) and a BA in Psychology from New College of Florida (Sarasota, FL, USA), summer programs at CSU (Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA), FRN (Fundación de Rosarina de Neuro-Rehabilitación, Rosario, Argentina), and Roskamp Institute (Sarasota, FL, USA) and a research stay at Bangor University (Bangor, Wales, UK).

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EDUCATION

PHD IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE (Cum Laude)

January 2017 - July 2021

Title: Semantic richness, semantic context, and language learning

Supervisors: Prof. Jon Andoni Duñabeitia and Prof. Clara D. Martin

Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU) 
San Sebastian, Spain

MASTER IN BRAIN AND COGNITION

September 2015 - July 2016

Thesis Title: The Effects of Regional Accents on Memory and Credibility

Supervisor: Prof. Albert Costa

Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF) 
Barcelona, Spain

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN PSYCHOLOGY

August 2010 - May 2014

New College of Florida (NCF)
Sarasota, FL, USA

OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Apr. 2022 - Current

Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Jan. 2017 - June 2021

Predoctoral Researcher at the Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language, Donostia, Spain

Feb. - May 2019

Feb. - Dec. 2016

Research Stay at Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, UK

Research Assistant at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

May - Aug. 2013

Volunteer Researcher at Roskamp Institute, Sarasota, FL, USA

July - Aug. 2012

NSF/REU Summer Program for Cognitive Neuroscience Program on Mind and Brain, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

June - July 2011

Internship in Cognitive Rehabilitation at Fundación Rosarina de Neuro-Rehabilitación, Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina

WORK EXPERIENCE

Apr. 2022 – Current

Postdoctoral ResearcherMax Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. Nijmegen, the Netherlands

 

July 2021 – Apr. 2022

Freelance Scientific Editor

July 2021 – Apr. 2022

Freelance Statistics Consultant

Aug. 2014 – Aug. 2015

Psychology Laboratory Technician—New College of Florida

Jan. 2012 – May 2014

Teaching Assistant—New College of Florida

Aug. 2012 – May 2014

Statistics Tutor—Quantitative Resource Center at New College of Florida

May 2013 – Aug. 2013

Orientation Coordinator—New College of Florida

July 2013

Teaching Assistant—Duke University's Talent Identification Program

SELECTED ADDITIONAL TRAINING

2023

2022

Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis—OpenHPI

 

Nijmegen Lectures 2022—MPI for Psycholinguistics

2020

2020

2020

2019

2019

2019

BrainHack Donostia 2020—BCBL

Virtual ERP Boot Camp: Decoding—UCLA

Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing—UPV/EHU

Barcelona Summer School on Bilingualism and Multilingualism BSBM—UPF

OpenSesame Preconference Workshop—21st ESCoP Conference

European Research Council-Funding Opportunities Workshop—21st ESCoP Conference

2019

2019

2018

2018

2018

2018

2017

2017

2017

Writing Workshop—BCBL

BrainHack Donostia 2019—BCBL

Visceral Mind Summer School—Bangor University

BrainHack Donostia 2018—BCBL

Introductory Linguistics Course—BCBL

MR Qualified User Training—BCBL

OpenSesame Preconference Workshop—20th ESCoP Conference

Summer School on Statistical Methods for Linguistics and Psychology—Universität Potsdam

Software Carpentry Workshop—UPV/EHU

2015

Human Research: Group 4. IRB Members.—CITI Program

2014

2013

Human Research: Group 2. Research with vulnerable populations.—CITI Program

Human Research: Group 1. Research with non-vulnerable populations.—CITI Program

HONORS AND AWARDS

2023

Extraordinary Doctoral Thesis Award from UPV/EHU

2019

CNIC PhDay Travel Grant

2023

EPS Gridley Grant

2018

Science Slam Runner-Up—CoNSALL

2010 – 2014

Florida Bright Futures Academic Scholarship. Florida Department of Education. Recipient. U$S 15,032

2010 – 2014

Excellence Award. New College of Florida. Recipient. U$S 10,000

2010 – 2014

New College of Florida Scholarship. New College of Florida. Recipient. U$S 1,000

2010

Robert Byrd Honors Scholarship. Florida Dept. of Education. Recipient. U$S 1,500

2010

Excellence Stipend: First year Award. New College of Florida. Recipient. U$S 500

GRANTS

2023 - 2025

Telent+ Programme. MPG Diversity Excellence Fund. Recipient. 25,000€.

2022 - 2024

FJC2021-046578-I. ERC Consolidator Grant. ReadCalibration:  Phonemic representations in speech perception and production—Recalibration by reading acquisition. European Research Council. PI: Dr. Clara Martin. Associated researcher. 1,875,000€.

2019 – 2024

ERC-2018-COG-819093. Juan de la Cierva Formación. Research on bilingualism and emotionality.. Recipient. 94,800€. [Declined]

2020 – 2021

RED2018-102615-T. Red Albert Costa sobre Efectos de Lengua Extranjera Relacionados con la Aculturacion [Albert Costa Network on the Effects of Foreign Language related to Acculturation]. Spanish Government. PI: Dr. Jon Andoni Duñabeitia. Associated Researcher. 15,000€.

2017 – 2021

Formación de Personal Investigador [Research Personnel Training] PhD Grant. Spanish Government. Recipient. 96,730.82 €

2019

PGC2018-097145-B-I00. Plan Nacional. Incidental vocabulary learning across contexts and modalities in bilinguals (INVOLE). Spanish Government. PI: Jon Andoni Duñabeitia. Associated Researcher. 70,180.00€

2014

Student Research and Travel Grant. New College of Florida. Recipient. U$S 1000

2013

Student Research and Travel Grant. New College of Florida. Recipient. U$S 764

SUPERVISION

PhDs

2023 – Current |  Visiting PhD

Mengxing Wang

 

2023 – Current | PhD Dissertation

Morgane Peirolo

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2022 – 2023 |  PhD Dissertation

Jieying He

Master's Theses

2024 – Current |  MPI 

Huidi Jiang

 

2023 |  MPI for Psycholinguistics

Amaliya Sukmawulan

 

2022 |  MPI for Psycholinguistics

Maria Grazia Calarco

 

2020 – 2021 |  UPV/EHU

Olivia Molina-Nieto

 

2019 – 2020 |  UCR, San Jose, CR

Alejandro Cambronero Delgadillo 

Interns

E. Sude Özarslan

Sacha Bittighoffer

Rakia Ghozi

Felicia Stich

Mentorship

2022 – 2023 |  ARTEMIS

Esther Asare

WORKSHOPS AND COURSES TAUGHT

May 2023

Max Planck for Psycholinguistics—Critical Reading. Nijmegen, The Netherlands

February 2020

Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language—Writing Workshop: Writing in the Sciences. San Sebastián, Spain.

July 2019

Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language—Writing Workshop: Tips for Writing in English. San Sebastián, Spain.

July 2019

Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language—Frances, C. & Alcala, D Using VITAE and the RDF Planner. San Sebastián, Spain.

May 2018

Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language—Review of Frequentist Statistics. San Sebastián, Spain.

April 2018

Fundación IberCaja Iniciativa Educa—Edulabi: Emotions and languages (Original title: Edulabi: Las emociones y las lenguas).  Zaragoza, Spain.

March 2018

Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language—Introductory Opensesame Workshop. San Sebastián, Spain.

February 2018

Bangor University—Introductory Opensesame Workshop. Bangor, UK.

April 2015

New College of Florida—Information session on IRB and ethics in research

SKILLS

 

Experience in behavioral techniques including eye-tracking

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Experience with EEG recording, cleaning, and analysis

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MR Qualified User Certification (BCBL)

LANGUAGES

English: Native Language
Spanish: Native Language
German: B1 Level

PROGRAMMING EXPERIENCE

Matlab (basic knowledge)
Python (basic knowledge)
R (RStudio) (proficient)

SOUND AND VIDEO ANALYSIS SOFTWARE

Audacity (working knowledge)
Avisoft SASLab (working knowledge)
INTERACT (basic knowledge)

STATISTICAL SOFTWARE

Jamovi (working knowledge)
JASP (working knowledge)
R and RStudio (working knowledge)
SAS (working knowledge)
SPSS (working knowledge)

STIMULUS PRESENTATION SOFTWARE

E-Prime (working knowledge)
OpenSesame (working knowledge)
Psychopy (basic knowledge)
Psychtoolbox (basic knowledge)
SuperLab (working knowledge)

SURVEY PROGRAMS

Google Forms (working knowledge)
LimeSurvey (working knowledge)
SurveyMonkey (working knowledge)

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