CURRICULUM VITAE
 
EDUCATION:  
Current occupation
P.h.D. candidate (2003-2007), Faculty of linguistics, Department of Dutch, Neurolinguistics research group, University of Groningen. Supervisor: Prof. Roelien Bastiaanse. The topic of my research is clitic production in Italian agrammatic  aphasia.
2002
University of Groningen (The Netherlands). M.A. degree in Clinical Linguistics with the distinction cum laude. 
2001
I got my B.A. in speech therapy with full grades at the university of Padua (Italy)

 
COLLABORATIONS:
2003-2007
Collaboration with the University of Rotterdam. Translation of BOX (Lexical semantic therapy for aphasic speakers) from Dutch to Italian. BOX will published in Italian by OS Ed. in the course of 2007.


FURTHER EDUCATION:
2005
'Brain vision user workshop'. Hold by Brain products GmbH. Groningen, 28 February - 2 March
'EEG course'. Hold within BCN by Dr. N.M. Maurits. Groningen, 24-25 February
'Methodology and Statistics in Linguistics'. Ten seminars hold by Prof. J. Nerbonne
2004
'Methodology and Statistics in Linguistics'. Ten seminars hold by Prof. J. Nerbonne
2003
'Language contact'. Course hold within LOT summerschool by Prof. S. Thomason. Tilburg, 16-20 June
'Evolution of language'. Course hold within LOT summerschool by Prof. D. Bickerton. Tilburg, 16-20 June
'The tool-kit of cognitive neuroscience'. Organized by F.C. Donders centre for cognitive neuroimaging. Nijmegen, 7-11 July


CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS
2007
          'Workshop on production and comprehension disorders' (Potsdam, Germany)
          Invited speaker: 'Clitic production in Italian agrammatic aphasia'.
2006
          The
Academy of Aphasia (Victoria, BC, Canada)
          Platform presentation: ‘Don't give an affirmative order. A negative one is easier!’

Afasie Jongerendag (Organized by the Stichting Afasie Nederland). Groningen, The Netherlands
Talk: 'Clitic production in Italian agrammatism'

'Symposium on Multilingualism'. (University medical Center Utrecht)
Invited speaker: 'Bilingual aphasia. A field under construction'

'First day of applied linguistics: linguistics and neurolinguistics' (University of Venice)
          Invited speaker: 'Clitic production in aphasia: data from Italian'
2005  
          Conference: The
Academy of Aphasia (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
          Platform presentation:  '
Clitic production in Italian agrammatism

          Conference: Rovereto Workshop on bilingualism (Rovereto, Italy)
          Poster presentation: ‘A case of selective recovery of L2 in a bilingual speaker’

2004
          Conference: The
Academy of Aphasia (Chicago-U.S.A.)
Poster presentation: ‘An insight in Small clauses and Negative clauses in agrammatism: data from Italian.’    
   
Conference: The Science of Aphasia (Potsdam-Germany)

Poster presentation: ‘Movement in agrammatism: is the operation impaired ‘per se`?’

 
Symposium on applied linguistics (university of  Venice)
 Invited speaker: 'Agrammatic verb production in Italian, German and a singhle case study in a bilingual aphasic'

2003
           Conference: The Science of Aphasia (Trieste-Italy)
 Poster presentation: ‘Agrammatic verb production in Italian, German and a single case study in a bilingual aphasic’.   
      

 Conference: The
Academy of Aphasia (Vienna-Austria)
 Poster presentation: ‘A single case study of pathological mixing in a polyglot aphasic’.
2002
           Conference: The Science of Aphasia (Naples-Italy)
           Poster presentation: ‘Bilingual aphasia: a case of selective recovery of L2.


FURTHER EXPERIENCES:  
2003
Attendance at the: XXI European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology (Bressanone, Italy)
2002
Attendance at the: XX European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology (Bressanone, Italy)
2001
Attendance at the: IXX European Workshop on Cognitive Neuropsychology (Bressanone, Italy)
1999
Göteborg (Sweden): The Socrates Intensive Programme “Speech and Language Impairments”. A European management Programme”.
Conegliano (Italy). Attendance to the conference: Severe head injury: from Injury to a functional recovery.
Padua (Italy). Attendance to the conference: Assessment of the efficacy of the logopedic treatment. The case of late- talker children. Udine (Italy). Attendance to the conference: Multilingual education In European Primary Schools. Linguistics, neurophsychology, learning and rehabilitation. 
1994
Angers (France) Intensive course of French.
1993
Folkestone (UK) Intensive course of English

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Italian: native language
English: very good oral and written knowledge
German: good oral and written knowledge
French: good oral and written knowledge
Dutch: good oral and written knowledge


WORKING AND ORGANIZING EXPERIENCES:
2005
Organization of TABU-day: an international one day conference on general lingusitics at the university of Groningen
2002
I worked for three months as a speech therapist at the social service of my city.

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