Grants & contracts
2026-2028 Two-year postdoctoral fellowship (NAWA Bekker Programme 2025; 29.85% success rate), Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA): 89.302,06 € Host: DiVE Lab, Uppsala University (Sweden).
2023– 2025 Two-year postdoctoral fellowship (SONATINA 7 project), National Science Centre of Poland, Polish Academy of Sciences (postdoctoral researcher position included): 127,591 € (extended until end of 2026)
2023 Juan de la Cierva two-year postdoctoral fellowship 2022, Basque Center on Cognition, Brain, and Language (BCBL), Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (granted but kindly declined, incompatible with SONATINA): 64,600 €
2021–2023 Two-year postdoctoral fellowship, PolkaNorski Project (Norway Grants), University of Warsaw.
2015–2019 Four-year full-time FPU Predoctoral Fellowship (FPU13/03508), Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports: 61,544 € + tuition
2018 Mobility grant for short predoctoral stay abroad (3 months), Autonomous University of Madrid. Neurocognitive Development Lab, University of Warsaw (Poland): 3,600 €
2016 Mobility grant for short predoctoral stay abroad (2 months), FPU subprogram, Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports. Infant Development Lab, Florida International University (USA): 3,603 €
2012–2013 La Caixa Fellowship for Master Studies in Spain (CCiL, University of Barcelona), La Caixa Foundation: 18,485 € + tuition
2011–2012 SENECA–SICUE mobility scholarship for one-year stay at the University of Barcelona and APAL Lab, Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports: 4,620 €
2007–2012 Five-year mobility Scholarship for B.A. Studies, Spanish Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports: 16,680 € + yearly tuition
NAWA/BEKKER/2025/, Bekker Programme. Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange. Bekker Programme. PI Itziar Lozano. 2026–2028. 373,500 PLN (89.302,06 €)
2023/48/C/HS6/00264, SONATINA 7, Early sex differences in attention to the articulating mouth as a female protective candidate mechanism in Autism Spectrum Disorder. National Science Centre of Poland. SONATINA Programme. PI Itziar Lozano. 2023–2026. 544,740 PLN (127,591 €)
2019/34/H/HS6/00615, PolkaNorski, Polish and Norwegian language and world knowledge development in mono- and multilingual children. Norway Grants (GRIEG call). PIs Ewa Haman (University of Warsaw) & Nina Gram Garmann (OsloMet & University of Oslo). 2021–2024. Role: Leader Team Member. 1,500,000 €
Does Attention to the Mouth Support Word Learning During the Second Year of Life in Bilingual Toddlers? An Eye-Tracking Study. Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. Excellence Initiative. PIs Itziar Lozano & Ewa Haman. 2024. 32,000 PLN (7,496 €)
Does attention to the mouth support word learning in 18-month-old toddlers? An EEG and eye-tracking study. Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. PI Itziar Lozano. 2022–2023. 1,747 €
2022/45/N/HS6/02085, PRELUDIUM, Sit and face the world: Infants’ vocal production and visual attention to toys, faces and the articulating mouth across the transition to independent sitting. National Science Centre of Poland. PRELUDIUM Programme. PI Zuzanna Laudańska (Polish Academy of Sciences & Heidelberg University). 2023–2026. Role: Collaborating researcher. 208,846 PLN (48,800 €)
Associations between attention to the mouth and word learning in 2-year-old toddlers. Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. PI Itziar Lozano. 2021–2022. 7,700 PLN (1,639 €)
Infants’ visual attention to faces during speech and gurning. Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education. PI Magdalena Szmytke. 2021–2022. Role: Collaborating researcher. 7,239 PLN (1,542 €)
2016/23/B/HS6/03860, OPUS, Development of cortical mechanisms for visual and audiovisual processing in infancy: The role of configurable face processing. National Science Centre of Poland. OPUS Programme. PI Przemysław Tomalski (University of Warsaw). 2017–2021. Role: Collaborating researcher. 630,900 PLN (134,241 €)
PSI2015-66509-P, TRABERITEA, Trayectorias del desarrollo en bebés con riesgo de presentar autismo. Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness and ERDF. PI Ruth Campos (Autonomous University of Madrid). 2016–2019. Role: Working team member. 10,043 €
Research Stays
2025 Development and Neurodiversity Lab, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. PI: Prof. Terje Falck-Ytter. Visiting Researcher (6.5 months).
2020 Babylab PAN, Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland. PI: Prof. Przemysław Tomalski. Research Associate (3 months).
2018 Neurocognitive Development Lab, University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland. PI: Prof. Przemysław Tomalski. Visiting Researcher (3 months).
2016 Infant Development Lab, Florida International University, Miami, USA. PI: Prof. Lorraine E. Bahrick. Visiting Researcher (2 months).
2012–2013 Attention, Perception and Language Acquisition Lab, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. PI: Prof. Laura Bosch. MA thesis and research lab internship (1 year).
2011–2012 Attention, Perception and Language Acquisition Lab, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. SENECA Mobility Programme. PI: Prof. Laura Bosch. BA thesis (10 months).
Adaptative Behavior
Brain, Mind, and Education
Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
Developmental Psychology
Frontiers in Psychology
Infant Behavior and Development
Infant and Child Development
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
The Spanish Journal of Psychology
Scientific training organisation
Workshop on Using Growth Curve Models to Analyse the Temporal Dynamics of Eye-Tracking Data, Institute of Psychology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland, April 5, 2024. Invited speaker: Joan Birulés (Laboratoire de Psychologie et NeuroCognition, Université Grenoble Alpes, France). Funding obtained: €667
Teaching
2026 MA in Cognitive Science: “Introduction to Language in the Mind and Brain” - “How does language develop in the child and world?”. University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Spain. Advanced Class. Guest Lecturer. Invited by: Dr hab Kalinka Timmer. 03.03.2026
2026 MA in Cognitive Science: “Introduction to Language in the Mind and Brain” - “How does language develop in the child and world?”. University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Spain. Introductory Class. Guest Lecturer. Invited by: Dr hab Kalinka Timmer. 03.03.2026
2021 MA in Psychology: Psychology of Human Development. European University of Madrid (UEM), Madrid, Spain. Development of teaching materials (English).
2016 & 2018 Co-reponsible Lecturer, BA in Psychology: Psychology of Memory (150 hours, Spanish). Autonomous University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain. Student evaluations: 4.50/5; 4.33/5; 4.56/5.
Outreach activities
“Early sex differences in attention to the articulating mouth as a female protective candidate mechanism in Autism Spectrum Disorder”. Talk for the Polish Children’s Fund Association, 21 Mar, Poland [2024]
Polish National Science Centre (NCN) promotional video on a multi-lab EEG study (PolkaNorski project), Poland [2023]
Press article on the Polish Press Agency science portal, 22 Nov, Poland [2022]
“My experience as an early career academic in Developmental Psychology”. Talk for international BA Psychology students, European University of Madrid (UEM), Madrid, Spain, 26 Mar [2020]
Invited lecture on “How to do research with babies”, European University of Madrid (UEM), Madrid, Spain [2020]
“Guess what I know: doing research with babies”. Talk for BA Psychology students, European University of Madrid (UEM), Madrid, Spain, 22 Mar [2019]
Workshop for the general public, European Researchers’ Night, La Corrala, Madrid, Spain [2010]
“Infanciencia” workshop for the general public, Madrid Science Week (CAM), Autonomous University of Madrid (UAM), Madrid, Spain [2017]
Institutional Service
2023 Committee member, MA thesis defense. Rita Akl (Cognitive Science Program, University of Warsaw). “I speak po polsku – Research about the effects of videoconferencing on conversational switching among English/Polish bilinguals”. Supervisor: Dr. Kalinka Timmer (Faculty of Psychology, University of Warsaw).
2016–2018 Representative of PhD students at the University Council, Autonomous University of Madrid.
2016–2018 Representative of PhD students at the Department of Basic Psychology (Committee on Research and Facilities), Autonomous University of Madrid.
2016–2018 Representative of PhD students at the University Committee of Research, Autonomous University of Madrid.
2011–Present La Caixa Mentorship Program
2021–Present Early Career Member of the International Congress of Infant Studies
2021-Present La Caixa Foundation Fellows Association
Accreditations
2015 Certificate of Health Psychologist, Official College of Psychologist of Spain.
Awards
2026 Top Rated Poster at INSAR 2026 (International Society for Autism Research). Early Mouth-Looking in a Talking Face in the First Year as a Potential Female-specific Marker of Language Development and Autistic Traits in Infant Siblings: A Cross-contexts and Cross-sites Approach".
2026 Seal of Excellence, Horizon Europe MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships 2025, European Commission. Proposal: "Infants’ Mouth-Looking Across Contexts: Pathways and Predictive Value for Language". Score: 90.60%.