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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

WORK EXPERIENCE

Feb. 2025 – Current

Sep. 2024 – Current

Apr. 2022 – Current

July 2021 – Apr. 2022

July 2021 – Apr. 2022

Jan. 2017 - Jun. 2021

External ProfessorUniversidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina

 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager—Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Postdoctoral ResearcherMax Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. Nijmegen, the Netherlands

Supervisor: Prof. Antje S. Meyer

 

Freelance Scientific Editor

Freelance Statistics Consultant

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

Supervisors: Prof. Jon Andoni Duñabeitia & Prof. Clara Martin

Aug. 2014 – Aug. 2015

Psychology Laboratory Technician—New College of Florida, Sarasota, Fl, USA

Supervisors: Prof. Heidi E. Harley & Prof. Gordon B. Bauer

Jan. 2012 – May 2014

Aug. 2012 – May 2014

May 2013 – Aug. 2013

July 2013

Teaching Assistant—New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL, USA

Statistics Tutor—Quantitative Resource Center at New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL, USA

Orientation Coordinator—New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL, USA

Teaching Assistant—Duke University's Talent Identification Program, Sarasota, FL, USA

OTHER RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Jan. 2025 - Current

Academic Team Member at the Research Program on the Internationalization of Audiovisual Content at the Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina

Apr. 2024 - Current

Language Processing and Learning Cluster Leader at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands

Feb. - May 2019

Visiting Researcher at Bangor University, Bangor, Wales, UK

Supervisor: Prof. Guillaume Thierry

Feb. - Dec. 2016

Research Assistant at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona, Spain

Supervisors: Prof. Albert Costa & Prof. Luca Bonatti

Aug. 2013 - May 2014

Experimental Undergraduate Thesis at New College of Florida, Sarasota, FL, USA

Supervisor: Prof. Heidi E. Harley

May - Aug. 2013

Neurobiology Intern at Roskamp Institute, Sarasota, FL, USA

Supervisor: Dr. Radouil Tzekov

July - Aug. 2012

NSF/REU Summer Program for Cognitive Neuroscience at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA

Supervisor: Dr. Lucy J. Troup

June - July 2011

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

Supervisor: Mrs. Mirna Castagna

GRANTS

2025

Grindley Grant., EPS, 500€

2023 - 2025

Talent+ Programme. MPG Diversity Excellence Fund. 25,000€.

2019 – 2024

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

2023

Grindley Grant., EPS, 500€

2017 – 2021

Research Personnel Training. PhD Grant. Spanish Government. Recipient. 96,730.82 €

2019

PhDay Travel Grant. CNIC. 500€

2014

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

2013

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

HONORS AND AWARDS

2023

Extraordinary Doctoral Thesis Award from UPV/EHU

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

SUPERVISION

PhDs

2023 – Current | PhD Dissertation

Morgane Peirolo

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2023 – 2024|  Visiting PhD

Mengxing Wang

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2022 – 2023 |  PhD Dissertation

Jieying He

Master's Theses

2024 |  MPI for Psycholinguistics

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

Divyanshu Pathek

Clara Ferreira

Alexander Clemens

Ebrar Sude Özarslan

Sacha Bittighoffer

Emine Bala (co-supervised)

Rakia Ghozzi

Felicia Stich

Mentorship

2024-2025 |  TALENT+

Anjoom Tahir Alikkam Veetil

Kaan Bayar

Carolina Rodriguez Chavarrria

Montserrat Soberanes Morales

Deema Takaleh

Divyanshu Pathek

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2022 – 2023 |  ARTEMIS

Esther Asare

WORKSHOPS & 
COURSES TAUGHT

Talent+, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Sep ’24–Apr ’25 Navigating Research: Practices, Tools, and Knowledge for the Aspiring Scientist
Dec 2024 Statistics Workshop
Oct 2024 Interviewing, CV, & Cover Letter Workshop

IMPRS, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Dec 2024 *KPLS: Power Analysis
Nov 2024 *KPLS: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Language Research
Nov 2023 *KPLS: Power Analysis
Nov 2023 *KPLS: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Language Research
May 2023 Critical Reading​ 

     *KPLS: Key Practices for the Language Scientists

BCBL, San Sebastian, Spain

Feb 2020 Writing Workshop: Writing in the Sciences
July 2019 Writing Workshop: Tips for Writing in English
July 2019 Using VITAE and the RDF Planner
May 2018 Review of Frequentist Statistics
Mar 2018 Introductory Opensesame Workshop

IberCaja Educa, Zaragoza, Spain

Apr 2018 Edulabi: Las emociones y las lenguas [Emotions and languages], Frances, C. & Mendez  Santos, M. del C.

Bangor University, Bangor, UK

Feb 2018 Introductory Opensesame Workshop

NCF, Sarasota, FL, USA

Apr 2015 Information session on IRB and ethics in research

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SELECTED ADDITIONAL TRAINING

2024

2023

2022

2020

2020

2020

2019

2019

2019

2019

2019

2018

2018

2018

2018

2017

2017

2017

2015

2014

2013

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Training

 

Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis—OpenHPI

 

Nijmegen Lectures 2022—MPI for Psycholinguistics

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

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

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

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

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

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

STIMULUS PRESENTATION SOFTWARE

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

ONLINE TESTING

Google Forms (working knowledge)

JATOS (proficient)
LimeSurvey (proficient)
SurveyMonkey (working knowledge)

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