
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 (ARTEMIS, Radboud 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).

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
Thesis: Language change and language mixing in a proactive interference task.
Supervisor: Prof. Heidi E. Harley
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 Professor—Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Rosario, Argentina
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager—Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
Postdoctoral Researcher—Max 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

SELECTED ADDITIONAL TRAINING
2024
2023
2022
2020
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2019
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2018
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2017
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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)