2025-now: Full Professor of General Psychology, Department of Philosophy, Social Sciences & Education, University of Perugia.
2024: Visiting Scholar, Erasmus+ mobility training, Center on Autobiographical Memory Research - CON AMORE, Department of Psychology and Behavioural Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark.
2022: Fulbright Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Harvard university, MA, USA.
2015-2025: Associate Professor of General Psychology, Dept. of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education, University of Perugia.
2009-2015: Assistant Professor with tenure at the Dept. of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education, University of Perugia.
2009-now: Scientific collaborator, Functional Neuroimaging Lab, IRCCS Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
2008: Research Fellow, Cognitive Neuroscience Group, Functional Neuroimaging Lab, IRCCS Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
2006-2007: Research Fellow, Cognitive Science and Psychology Lab, Dept. of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, & Visiting Research Fellow, Crossmodal Lab, Dept. of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, UK.
2005: Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology, Dept. of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2004: Visiting Ph.D. student, Neurocognition space group, Dept. of Psychonomics, Utrecht University, The Nederlands.
2000-2001: Master course in Cognitive Psychology and Neural Networks, Dept. of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2000: MSc in Experimental Psychology (110/110 cum laude), Dept. of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
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2022-now: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Dept. of Physiology and Pharmacology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2020-2022: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Functional Neuroimaging Lab, IRCCS Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
2018-2020: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Umeå Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Dept. of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå University, Sweden.
2016-2018: Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Cognition and Decision Making, National Research University Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russian Federation.
2016: Ph.D. in Psychology and Cognitive Science, Dept. of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2015: Visiting Ph.D. student, Cognitive Neuroscience of Stress Lab, Dept. of Psychology, Saint Louis. University, MO, USA
2011: MSc in Clinical Psychology (110/110 cum laude), Dept. of Psychology, University of Padova, Italy.
2023: Research Fellow, Dept. of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education, University of Perugia, Italy.
2022: Research Scholarship, Dept. of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education, University of Perugia, Italy.
2022: Ph.D. in Human Sciences, Dept. of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education, University of Perugia, Italy.
2020-2021: University teaching, Dept. of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education, University of Perugia, Italy.
2016: Master’s degree in Neuroscience and Neuro-psychological Rehabilitation (110/110), Dept. of Psychology, University of Bologna, Italy.
2022 – now: Postdoc, Functional Neuroimaging Lab, IRCCS Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
2020: Master in Phytotherapy, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2017 – 2019: Research fellowship, Department of Anatomy, Histology, Forensic Medicine and Orthopedic Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2016: Ph.D. in Biophysics and Morphofunctional Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2015: Visiting scholar, Utrecht Medical Center (UMC) Utrecht Brain Center Rudolf Magnus, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
2014: BICI International Summer school on Complex Networks, Bertinoro, Italy.
2012: MSc in Medicine and Surgery (110/110 cum laude), Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2010 – 2012: Internship at the psychiatric clinic (SPDC) – Department of Psychiatric Sciences and Psychological Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
January 2024 - now: Junior Scholarship holder, Functional Neuroimaging Lab, IRCCS Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
October 2019 – October 2023: Master Degree in Neurobiology, Sapienza University of Roma. Thesis: “Mapping stress-related changes in resting-state functional brain connectivity”.
October 2014 – January 2018: Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences, Sapienza University of Roma. Thesis: “NMDA receptors and Schizophrenia”.
COLLABORATORS
2023-present: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Human Neuroscience, Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, USA
2022-2023: Postdoctoral Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, University of California, Riverside, USA
2021: Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Functional Neuroimaging Lab, Santa Lucia Foundation (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
2021: Ph.D. in Behavioural Neuroscience, curriculum Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
2019: Visiting Ph.D. student, School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine, USA
2017-2021: Student Internship (Ph.D.), Functional Neuroimaging Lab, Santa Lucia Foundation (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
2016-2017: Master’s trainee, Functional Neuroimaging Lab, Santa Lucia Foundation (IRCCS), Rome, Italy
2017: MS in Neurobiology (110/110 cum laude), Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
2012: 3-year program in Biotechnology (110/110 cum laude), Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
2023-present: Research Fellow, Dept. of Philosophy, Social Sciences and Education, University of Perugia.
2019-2021: Research Fellow, Dept. of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2010-2015: Research Fellow, Cognitive Neuroscience Group, Functional Neuroimaging Lab, IRCCS Santa Lucia, Rome, Italy.
2007-2008: Research Fellow, Eyewitness Research Lab, School of Psychology, University of Aberdeen, UK
2007: Ph.D. in Cognitive Psychology, Dept. of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2004: Visiting Ph.D. student, Department of Psychology Kent State University, Ohio, USA
2002: MSc in Experimental Psychology, Dept. of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy.
2001: Visiting Research Student Department of Psychology, University of Essex, UK
PAST MEMBERS
Gülara Yaya (Post-doc)
Erika Almadori (Graduate student)
Clarissa Cavallina (Ph.D. student)
Simona Arianna Di Francesco (Ph.D. student)