Profile
Maria Montefinese
So happy to take part in this new experience! :)
My CV
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Education:
I studied at University “Gabriele D’Annunzio” Chieti-Pescara (Italy) from 2002 and 2014, where I took all my qualifications.
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Qualifications:
I have a Bachelor degree in Psychological Sciences and Techniques (2007), a Master degree in Clinical Psychology (2010) and a PhD in Functional Neuroimaging (2014).
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Work History:
From December 2013 to February 2014, I worked as a visiting PhD student at the Department of Psychology of University of York (UK) to understand how the knowledge of the world around us is organized in patients who had difficulty to comprehend and produce words. From February 2015 to January 2016 I worked at the Department of Neuroscience of University of Padua (Italy) to study which brain areas are involved when we perform two-digit additions and subtractions.
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Current Job:
Honorary Research Associate at University College London and Independent Post-doc Research Fellow at University of Padova (Italy)
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About Me:
I’m a passionate hunter of knowledge! (I enjoy learning new things! :))
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I live in London since September 2016. My husband (a neuroscientist as well) lives in Italy. I love to practice yoga in the parks and do long walks at the weekends. I’m keen on Harry Potter: I watched all the films and now I’m reading the complete collection! I binge TV series. I watched The Bing Bang Theory so many times! I’m totally hooked!ย I love to take photos (especially of nature), and I hope I can attend a photography course to improve this skill in the next future!ย I love cheese (every type of cheese!!!). I really enjoy cooking and put cheese in all my recipes! ๐ I am a volunteer at theย Forest Churches Emergency Night Shelter in London.ย
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My Typical Day:
Is there a typical day for a researcher?
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My morning routine includes: waking up very early (5am) because I really love to feel the quiet in the morning. It energizes myself for the rest of the day! As soon as I wake up I practice meditation for about 10 minutes. It helps me to be more focused on my work for the rest of the day! I practice yoga for about 30 minutes and, then, I study English.
After that, I eat something and have a shower, so to beย ready to start my day at work for the best! I don’t have a typical day at work! It depends a lot on the deadlines! My tasks are collecting data, analysing data, meeting students that I’m supervising for their thesis or project, reading a lot of papers to think about an original idea for a new project (I really love this part of my work!), preparing and giving presentations.
When I come back at home, I use to have dinner and watch TV series! Sometimes when the weather is nice I have dinner with my flatemate in the garden!
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What I'd do with the prize money:
Development of a brochure on the pupil response to false memory and setting up online word games for kids and teenagers.
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Untiring - Enthusiastic - Dreamer
What did you want to be after you left school?
A clinical psychologist.
Who is your favourite singer or band?
Dream Theater.
What's your favourite food?
Parmigiana.
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
1) My greatest wish is to be rembered for my contribution to our world! The second one is to live my life by travelling all the time! My third wish is to find a permanent job!
Tell us a joke.
As long as cocoa beans grow on trees, chocolate is fruit to me.
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