Academic Positions
2023 - 2024
Ruhr-University Bochum
Feodor-Lynen research fellowship (Ruckkehrstipendium) from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Host: Prof. Albert Newen
2020 - 2023
University of Antwerp
Feodor-Lynen research fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Host: Prof. Bence Nanay
2017 - 2020
Ruhr-University Bochum
Post-doctoral researcher in the project "Automaticity in thought and action and its significance for our Self-understanding" funded by MERCUR (Mercator Research Center Ruhr project Pr-2016-0016)
Education
2013 - 2017
Ruhr-University Bochum
PhD in Philosophy
Dissertation title: "The interactions between perception and cognition – an investigation of attention and cognitive penetrability in philosophy and cognitive science" (Summa cum Laude)
Supervisors: Prof. Albert Newen, Prof. Jakob Hohwy
2009 - 2012
University of Siena
Master Degree in Linguistics and Cognitive Science
2006-2009
University of Siena
Bachelor Degree in Philosophy
Research Visits
February-April 2016
Monash University
Funded by an International Realisation Budget from the RUB Research School Plus
Host: Prof. Jakob Hohwy
Grants and Fellowships
2023 - 2024
Feodor-Lynen Research Fellowship Ruckkehrstipendium from Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung at the Ruhr University Bochum (ca. 36.000 Euros)
2020 - 2023
Feodor-Lynen Research Fellowship from Alexander von Humboldt Stiftung at the University of Antwerp with Prof. Bence Nanay (2+1 Years, ca. 108.000 Euros)
2017 - 2020
Participation, under the lead of Prof. Albert Newen, to the successful fund raising for the collaborative project “Automaticity in Thought and Action and its Significance for our Self-Understanding,” between the Universities of Duisburg-Essen (Prof. Roughley), Dortmund (Prof. Crone) and Bochum (Prof. Newen). Funded by Mercator Research Center Ruhr (Pr-2016-0016 ca. 140.000 Euros)
2017 - 2019
Global Young Faculty V
initiative of the Mercator Foundation and the Universitätsallianz Ruhr (personal travel budget 5.000 Euros)
2017
VIP (Visiting International Professor) fellowship for Jakob Hohwy
from RUB Research School Plus (12.000 Euros)
2014 - 2016
PhD Scholarship (2 years)
from the Barbara Wengeler Stiftung (ca. 30.000 Euros)
2014
IRB (International Realization Budget)
from Rub Research School Plus (10.000 Euros)