CURRICULUM VITAE
Livia Tomova
Henslow Research Fellow, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge
EDUCATION
• PhD in Psychology, with distinction, July 2016, University of Vienna
PhD Supervisor: Prof. Claus Lamm
Thesis: Effects of stress on empathy – a social neuroscience approach
PhD thesis received Award of Excellence for Best Austrian Dissertations in 2016
• M.Sc. in Psychology, with distinction, November 2011, University of Vienna
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
• Director of Studies, Psychological and Behavioural Sciences, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, October 2021 – present
• Henslow Research Fellow, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, October 2020 – present (Advisor: Sarah-Jayne Blakemore)
• Post-Doctoral Fellow, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT, September 2017 – July 2020 (Advisor: Rebecca Saxe)
• Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Maryland Neuroimaging Center, University of Maryland, October 2016 – August 2017 (Advisor: Luiz Pessoa)
FELLOWSHIPS, GRANTS & AWARDS
• Project grant (Co-PI): Isolationtracker: Social distancing, lockdowns and adolescent mental health during Covid-19, Jacobs Foundation, 2020
• Cambridge Philosophical Society Henslow Research Fellowship, Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, 2020
• Erwin Schroedinger Fellowship (Host department: Department for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT), FWF Austrian Science Fund, 2019
• Max-Kade Postdoctoral Research Exchange Grant (Host department: Department for Brain and Cognitive Sciences, MIT; starting date: September 2017), Max Kade Foundation, 2017 (extension of the fellowship granted in 2018)
• Merit Scholarship from the University of Vienna, 2017
• Award of Excellence Price for Best Austrian Dissertations 2016, Austrian Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, 2016
• L’Oréal Austria Fellowship for Young Female Scientists in Basic Research, L’Oréal/UNESCO, 2016
• Marietta-Blau Exchange Fellowship, Austrian Ministry of Science, Research and Economy, 2014 (Host departments: University of Freiburg, Germany (February- July 2015) and MIT, USA (September 2015-February 2016))
• Travel Fellowship, Austrian Research Association, 2015
• Dissertation Completion Scholarship, University of Vienna, 2014
• Research Scholarship, University of Vienna, 2013-2015
• Travel Fellowship, Austrian Research Association, 2013
• Short-term Grant Abroad (for visiting the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior, Nijmegen, Netherlands), University of Vienna, 2013
• Short-term Grant Abroad (for visiting the University Medical Center UKE Hamburg, Germany), University of Vienna, 2012)