June 2023 - present:
Postdoc at the Donders Center for Cognition, Radboud University, Nijmegen,
The Netherlands
Speech Perception in Audiovisual Communication (SPEAC) research group
Principal investigator: Hans Rutger Bosker
(junior researcher until PhD defense)
October 2017 - March 2023:
PhD candidate at the MPI-CBS, Department of Neuropsychology, Leipzig, Germany
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Angela D. Friederici, Dr. Emiliano Zaccarella
October 2013 - November 2015:
Master’s Degree in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology, University of Padova, Italy
Thesis supervisors: Prof. Antonino Vallesi and Dr. Giorgio Fuggetta
October 2010 - October 2013:
Bachelor’s Degree in Cognitive Psychology and Psychobiology, University of Padova, Italy
Thesis supervisor: Prof. Konstantinos Priftis
October 2016 - September 2017:
Internship at IRCCS Rehabilitation Hospital and Research Institute San Camillo, Venice, Italy
Supervisor: Dr. Giorgio Arcara
January 2016 - July 2016:
Internship at University of Glasgow, United Kingdom
Supervisor: Dr. Peter Uhlhaas
February 2015 - July 2015:
Internship at University of Leicester, United Kingdom
Supervisor: Dr. Giorgio Fuggetta
October 2012 - July 2013:
Internship at Associazione Autismo Padova, Padova, Italy
Supervisor: Ilaria Locati
July 2025:
Juan De La Cierva Postdoctoral Fellowship
2-year postdoctoral fellowship, funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science
(approx. € 70.000)
December 2015:
Erasmus + for Traineeship grant
Mini-grant that funded my internship at the University of Glasgow (€ 2.880)
December 2014:
Erasmus + for Traineeship grant
Mini-grant that funded my internship at the University of Leicester (€ 2.880)
Neuroimaging:
EEG, TMS-EEG (Brainstorm and Fieldtrip MATLAB toolboxes)
Neuro-stimulation/modulation:
TMS, TMS-EEG, tDCS, tDCS-EEG
Programming languages:
MATLAB, Python, R
Additional software:
Gorilla experiment builder, Presentation, JASP, Praat, LimeSurvey, Localite TMS navigator, LaTeX, Microsoft Office.
Ad-hoc reviewer:
Acta Psychologica, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, Biolinguistics, Journal of Neurolinguistics, NeuroImage, International Society for Gesture Studies (ISGS) 10.
(updated on: 08/09/2025)