Academic Positions

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December 2020 - present: Post-doctoral researcher, NCCR "Evolving Language", Dept. of Philosophy, University of Zurich.

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October 2019 - present: Post-doctoral fellow, Dept. of Comparative Language Science and Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Language (ISLE). Forschungskredit Fellowship, University of Zurich.

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February 2017 - September 2019: Post-doctoral researcher, Brain and Language Research Institute, Laboratoire Parole et Langage and Laboratoire de Psychologie Cognitive, University of Aix-Marseille. 

October 2014 - January 2017: Post-doctoral researcher, Artificial Intelligence Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Fellowship from the ERC start grant “ABACUS” (awarded to B. de Boer).
 

December 2012 - August 2014: Post-doctoral researcher, Dept. of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna. 

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January 2012 - November 2012: Associate Post-doctoral Researcher (Freier Dienstvertrag), Dept. of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna. Fellowship from the ERC advanced grant “SOMACCA” (awarded to W. T. Fitch).

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Visiting Scholar Fellowships

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January-February, May-June 2017: Post-doctoral researcher, Dept. of Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen. Field of Research: Language Evolution and Interaction.

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August 2014 - September 2014:  Post-doctoral researcher, Center for Mind, Brain and Cognitive Evolution, Ruhr-University of Bochum. Field of Research: Cognition and Communication in Animals. Fellowship from the German government (Ruhr University Bochum).

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September 2010 - December 2011: Visiting doctoral researcher, Dept. of Cognitive Biology, University of Vienna. Field of Research: Syntax, Prosody and Music: An empirical approach to the Origins of Verbal Language.

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Positions

2009-2011 (exam in April 2012): Doctor of Philosophy

Address: Philosophy of Language and Mind, University of Palermo, Italy. Supervisor: Prof. Marco Carapezza.

2005-2008: Master of Arts

Address: Philosophy and History of Ideas (Linguistic-epistemological curriculum). Graduating summa cum laude, University of Palermo.

2002-2005: Bachelor of Arts

Address: Philosophy of Knowledge and Communication. Graduating summa cum laude, University of Palermo.