Sandra Merino Verona

Education

• Ph.D. in Business and Finance, September 2022 - July 2026 (Expected)
  Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)

Dissertation Topic: Basis of Team Adaptation

Advisors: Ramón Rico and Sjir Uitdewilligen

• Fulbright predoctoral resrarcher, May 2025 - December 2025
  University of South Florida (United States)

Supervisor: Daniel Griffin

• Visiting scholar, October 2023 - December 2023
  University of South Florida (United States)

Supervisor: Marylène Gagné

• Master of Research in Business and Finance, September 2021 - July 2023

Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain)

Best academic record and extraordinary award in the Master's Degree, class of 2022/2023.

Outstanding Master’s Thesis: "Teamwork dynamic processes: A Longitudinal Examination of Team Motivation Emergence"

Supervisor: Ramón Rico

Thesis Committee: Eduardo Melero (Chair), Raffaele Morandi and Nicolas Deuschel.

• Master of Science in Methodology of Behavioral and Health Sciences, October 2020 - September 2022

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia and Universidad Complutense de Madrid (Spain)

GPA: 9.2 / 10.0

Outstanding Master’s Thesis: “Evaluating prosocial motivation in adults according to

self-determination theory: Spanish adaptation and psychometric study of the prosocial self-regulation questionnaire (SRQ-P) for adults.”

Supervisor: Pedro Rodríguez-Miñón Cifuentes.

• Master's Degree in Work Organization and Human Resource Management, October 2018 - October 2020

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and Business School of the Official Chamber of Commerce, Industry, and Services of Madrid (Spain)

GPA: 8.5 / 10.0

Outstanding Master’s Thesis: “Job posting: What elements of the job posting influence the decision to apply for the job?”

Supervisor: Hilda Gambara D'Errico.

• Bachelor Degree in Psychology, September 2014 - July 2018

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (Spain)

GPA: 8.9 / 10.0

Honors Thesis: “Measuring satisfaction in HR consulting: development and

psychometric study of five scales”.

Supervisor:  Antonio Pardo

Semester abroad: August - December 2017 at Universidad de Buenos Aires (Argentina).

Research & Difusion