Education
08.2014 – 12.2018 Ph.D. in Neuropsychology. Section of Systems Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden, Germany. Supervisor: Dr. Michael N. Smolka, M.D. Defense date: 13.05.2019
11.2008 – 04.2011 Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain: Master in Cognitive Neuropsychology
09.2007– 09.2008 Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain: Cultural studies. 60 ECTS.High score scholarship (5000 €).
02.2008 – 05.2008 Exchange semester at Université Jean Jaurès, France: Master 1 Cultures et Sociétés 60 ECTS. French Embassy scholarship (2 000 €).
09.2001 – 08.2007 Universidad César Vallejo, Peru: Diploma in Psychology. Third place on the General Honors Board.
Professional Experience
08.2021 – Present Researcher at the Munich Center for the Economics of Ageing, Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy.
06.2019 – 06.2021 Postdoctoral researcher. Swiss Center for Affective Sciences and Neurology and Imaging of Cognition Laboratory, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
10.2013 – 12.2018 DAAD research assistant at the Section of Systems Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy, Faculty of Medicine, TU Dresden.
10.2012 – 03.2013 Psychologist at Click & Trade (Education for young girls), Lima, Peru.
02.2011 – 11.2011 Welfare and Development Officer at Mayor High School, Ministry of Education, Lima, Peru
06.2010 – 02.2013 Neuropsychologist at “Bienestar”, Trujillo, Peru.
Awards and Grants
- DAAD - German Academic Exchange Service: Country specific scholarship for PhD studies with 6 months of intensive German course
- Graduate Academy: PhD studies Completion Grant
- Travel award for participation in the NIBS, Freiburg 2016: Gesellschaft von Freunden und Förderern der Technische Universität Dresden
Additional Activities
- Member of the Organization for Human Brain Mapping
- Founder and participant of the Network for Scientific Assessment and Education - REACE (www.reace.me)
