Curriculum Vitae
Address: Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici (DISTUM)
Sede Volponi - via Saffi 15
Urbino (PU) Italy
Email: mirta(dot)vernice(at)uniurb(dot)it
Webpage: https://sites.google.com/site/mirtavernice
Birthdate: May 9, 1982
Citizenship: Italian
Current position:
2022 - today Associate Professor in General Psychology (Department of Humanities, University of Urbino)
Past positions:
2019 - 2022 Assistant Professor in General Psychology (Department of Humanities, University of Urbino)
2018-2019 Principal Investigator IBIS Project - Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy. Supported by Fondazione CARIPLO.
2017-2018 Postdoctoral research fellow on EDUGATE Project. Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.
2009 – 2016 Postdoctoral research fellow (with Maria Teresa Guasti). Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy.
Career breaks:
09/03/2018 – 08/09/2018 Maternity leave – Duration: 6 months.
Academic qualifications:
2021 Accreditation as Full Professor, Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (General Psychology).
2018 Accreditation as Associate Professor, Italian Ministry of Education, University and Research (General Psychology; Linguistics and Glottology; Developmental Psychology)
Education:
2009 Ph.D. Psychology, University of Pavia, Pavia. Dissertation: "Determinants of syntactic choice: a cross-linguistic investigation". Advisors: Robert J. Hartsuiker (Ghent University, Belgium), Martin J. Pickering (University of Edinburgh, UK), E. Pessa (University of Pavia, Italy).
2005 Laurea Magistrale Psychology, summa cum laude. University of Pavia. Dissertation: "Integrazione dell’informazione visuale e concettuale nel processo di produzione sintattica".
2003 Laurea Triennale Psicologia, University of Pavia.
2000 Maturità classica (100/100), Liceo Classico “A. Manzoni”, Lecco, Italy.
Research experience:
2007-2008 Visiting research student (with Rob Hartsuiker), Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium.
2007 Visiting research student (with Martin Pickering & Holly Branigan), Department of Philosophy, Psychology, and Language Sciences, University of Edinburgh, UK.
2007 Research assistant (with Antonella Sorace, Fernanda Ferreira & Ellen Bard), Department of Linguistics, University of Edinburgh, UK.
2003-2004 Erasmus visiting student (under the supervision of Rob Hartsuiker), Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium.
Awards and scholarships:
2022 PRIN 2022 (co-PI) Clinical markers of linguistic and literacy vulnerabilities in adulthood: it’s never too late! Period of Funding: 2023‑2025. Value: 249,000 Eur.
2017 Finanziamento Extrabando granted by Fondazione CARIPLO (Principal Investigator). Period of Funding: 2018‑2019. Value: 170,000 Eur.
2008 Premio giovani ricercatori AIP (Associazione Italiana Psicologia sezione Sperimentale). Value: 800 Eur.
2007-2008 Research fellowship, Department of Research and Education, Flemish Community, Belgium. Value: 9000 Eur.
Teaching experience:
General Psychology, University of Urbino, Italy (2019-today).
Developmental Cognitive Psychology, University of Urbino, Italy (2019-today).
Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Urbino, Italy (2019-today).
Adjunct professor:
Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Urbino, Italy (2016-2018).
Foundations of Linguistics and Psycholinguistics, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy (2017).
Methodology and data analysis, University of Urbino, Italy (2017).
Psycholinguistics, University of Bologna, Italy (2015).
Skills:
Languages: Native Italian speaker, fluent written and spoken English (TOEFL internet based, 109/120); good French; German (Grundstufe); Dutch (basic knowledge); Chinese (HSK1).
Statistical softwares: R, JASP.
Other softwares: SR Research Eye link II (Experiment Builder, Data Viewer); Psychopy 3.0.