Professional Experience
September 2021
present
University of Florence - Department of Neuroscience, Psychology, Drug Research and Child Health, Florence. Italy.
Research fellow (RTD-a)
April 2020
August 2021
University of Pisa - Department of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, Pisa, Italy.
Marie-Skłodowska Curie individual fellow
January 2020
March 2020
University of Florence - Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Florence, Italy.
Researcher scientist - "The neural substrate of numerical cognition in developmental dyscalculia revealed by eye tracking, pupillometry and ultra-high field 7T functional magnetic imaging". - Supervisor: Prof. David Burr
April 2019
December 2019
IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, Calambrone (PI), Italy.
Researcher scientist - "Psychophysical testing, design and implementation 7T fMRI experiments to study the visual cortex". NEURODREAM- Supervisor: Prof. Maria Concetta Morrone
December 2018
May 2019
University of Florence, NEUROFARBA, Florence, Italy
Researcher scientist - “Visuo-spatial working memory and crowding mechanisms in developmental dyscalulia”. Supervisor: Prof. David Burr
February 2016
November 2018
INSERM, Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, Neurospin, Paris, France
Post doctoral researcher - “Distinguishing numerical codes in the human brain with high-field imaging (7T fMRI)”. Supervisor: MD Evelyn Eger
July 2014
January 2016
University of Pisa, Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, Pisa, Italy.
Post doctoral researcher - "Functional exploration of the visual system". Supervisor: Prof. Maria Concetta Morrone
March 2014
March 2018
University of Pisa, Department of Translational Research on New Technologies in Medicine and Surgery, Pisa, Italy.
Honorary research collaborator for the project “Cortical Plasticity in Retinitis Pigmentosa: an integrated study from animal models to humans”. Supervisor: Prof. Maria Concetta Morrone
March 2014
May 2014
IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, Calambrone (PI), Italy.
"Design and implementation of the fMRI experiments". Supervisor: Prof. Maria Concetta Morrone
March 2010
May 2010
IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation, Calambrone (PI), Italy.
"Design and realization of fMRI experiments". Supervisor: Prof. Maria Concetta Morrone
Awards
2020
Marie-Skłodowska Curie individual fellowship, 171.473 euros
2019
Post doctoral Fellowship –"Dott. Giuseppe Guelfi" 2019, per ricerche nel campo della Biomedicina e Biologia, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, 22.000 euros
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2015
Travel Grant - Italian Society for Neuroscience Congress, Cagliari, Italy, 500 euros
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2011
PhD scholarship - University of Florence, total budget: 40.914 euros
Education and training
January 2011
April 2014
PhD in Psychology and Neuroscience (scholarship winner, total budget: 40.914 euros)
University of Florence, Department of Psychology Florence, Italy
Thesis: “Object segmentation and enumeration”
Supervisor: Prof. David Burr
January 2013
December 2013
Visiting PhD Student
Cognitive Neuroimaging Unit, Neurospin. Paris, France
Supervisor: MD Evelyn Eger
November 2010
Italian professional qualification in Psychology
(“Esame di Stato per l’abilitazione all’esercizio della professione di Psicologo” - ALBO A)
September 2007
March 2010
Master of Cognitive Neuroscience (Final mark: 110/110 cum laude)
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University. Milan, Italy
Thesis: “Selectivity to spatial phase of chromatic cortical mechanisms: an fMRI study”
Supervisor: Prof. Maria Concetta Morrone
September 2004
September 2007
Bachelor of Psychological Science (Final mark: 110/110 cum laude)
Vita-Salute San Raffaele University. Milan, Italy
Thesis: “Neural substrate of dyslexia”
Supervisor: Prof. Daniela Perani
Clinical courses and Internships
January 2015
January 2016
Developmental neuropsychology academy
A.N.Svi, Parma, Italy
February 2012
February 2013
Annual Master "Diagnosis and Treatment for Specific learning disabilities"
Centro Risorse, Prato, Italy
February 2012
February 2013
Internship "Diagnosis and Treatment for Specific learning disabilities"
IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation. Calambrone (PI), Italy
April 2010
Septembre 2010
Post-lauream Internship "Diagnosis and Treatment of Oppositional Defiant Disorder and ADHD"
IRCCS Stella Maris Foundation.Calambrone (PI), Italy
Teaching and Mentoring experiences
September 2017
November 2018
Supervision of 1 master (Hélène Kopekin, UPMC – Faculty of Medicine, Pierre et Marie Curie) student and 1 neuropsychologist (Sahawanatou Gassama, ARTA Paris Santé Réussite Neuropediatric hospital).
January 2015
February 2018
Teaching within the private “Annual Master in Learning Disabilities”
Società Italiana di Psicologia e Pedagogia, Perignano (PI), Italy
www.sipponline.org/elisa-castaldi.html
October 2014
November 2017
Cultore della materia
University of Florence, Department of Psychology. Florence, Italy
Seminars within the course "Psychophysical evaluation" hold by Prof. Burr
Peer review activity
Present
Reviewer Editor on the Editorial Board of Perception Science
part of the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience and Frontiers in Psychology
Present
Ad hoc reviewer for Neuroimage, Human Brain Mapping, Cortex, Perception, Royal Society Open Science