Phd in PHD PROGRAM IN BEHAVIORAL NEUROSCIENCE

email: pierluigi.zoccolotti@uniroma1.it
phone: +39 06 49917650
building: RM024
room: 219

Curriculum vitae
Name: Zoccolotti Pierluigi
Work address: Department of Psychology, Via dei Marsi 78, 00185 Roma, Italy
(tel.: 06.49917650; FAX: 06.49917711; e-mail: pierluigi.zoccolotti@uniroma1.it; http://dippsi.psi.uniroma1.it/users/zoccolotti-pierluigi)
Home address: Via Appia Vecchia 121, 00045, Genzano di Roma, Italy
Date of birth: 5.13.1952; Nationality: Italian; Marital status: married with two children

Education
1975, Degree in Experimental Psychology (Laurea), cum laude, Sapienza University of Rome; thesis advisor: Prof. Luigi Pizzamiglio.

Academic positions
1994-present: Full Professor of General Psychology, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome (tenure since 1997);
2018-present: Head of the Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome;
2013-present: Director of the master in “Disturbances of learning and cognitive development”, at the Sapienza University of Rome;
2003-2009: Head of the Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome.
2002-2005 and 2008-2011: Director, School of Specialization in Neuropsychology, Sapienza University of Rome.
1999-2007: member of the Founding Committee of the Istituto Universitario di Scienze Motorie “IUSM”, Rome (from 2001-to 2007, member of the Board of Trustees).
1979-1994: Associate Professor of Psychology of Perception, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome (tenure since 1986).
1976-1978: lecturer in Psycholinguistics, Department of Psychology, Sapienza University of Rome.

Research/work abroad
May-June 2008: Visiting, Department of Psychology, University of York, York, U.K. (Marie Curie Research and Training Network: Language and Brain (RTNLAB), funded by the European Commission as part of the Sixth Framework Program): research collaboration with Prof. Andrew W. Ellis.
September 1987-February 1988: Visiting professor, Department of Psychology, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH (supported by a NATO Fellowship): teaches the course in Issues in Human Neuropsychology and collaborates with Prof. John T. Lanzetta and Dr. Gregory Mc Hugo.
August-November 1981: Visiting professor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA (with a Fulbright Fellowship from the Italy-USA Committee for Cultural Exchange): research collaboration with Prof. F. Boller.
December 1975-August 1977: research collaboration with Dr. H.A. Witkin, D.R. Goodenough and P.K. Oltman at the Research Division of the Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ (bilateral research project C.N.R., Italy-NSF, USA; also supported by a fellowship from ETS).

Courses taught at the Sapienza University
- Learning disabilities*^; Applied perception and cognition*, Cognitive and affective behaviour*^; Psychology of Perception, General Psychology, Assessment of cognitive disorders, Psychology of learning disabilities, Psychology*^ (corsi sanitari); General Psychology;
* In English. ^ Currently active

Research InterestsCognitive psychology, Developmental reading and writing deficits, Experimental and clinical neuropsychology, Neuropsychological rehabilitation.
Scientific affiliations
- International Neuropsychological Symposium.
- Associazione Italiana di Psicologia.
- Società Italiana di Neuropsicologia.

Research collaborations
- Consultant at the IRCCS Santa Lucia Foundation, Roma: research collaboration with Dr. Maria De Luca;
- Associate member of the Institute of Sciences and Technologies of Cognition of the National Council of Research, CNR, Rome: research collaboration with Dr. Cristina Burani;
- Research collaborations with Prof. Paola Angelelli and Dr. Chiara Valeria Marinelli (University of Salento), Dr. Joanna K. Horne, (University of Hull, U.K.), Prof. Donatella Spinelli (University of Foro Italico, Rome), and Prof. Daniela Traficante (Catholic University of Milan).

Attività editoriale
- membro dell’Editorial board di Annals of Dyslexia;
- membro dell’Editorial board di Scientific Reports;
- membro dell’Editorial board di Brain Sciences (Section Editor-in-Chief of “Clinical Neuroscience”);
- membro del comitato scientifico della Revista de Investigación en Logopedia;
- membro dell’Advisory board di Sci (post-publication peer review multidisciplinary journal)
- Review Editor in Neurorehabilitation, Frontiers in Neurology.
- curatore di numeri monografici, Special Issues o Research Topics per: Ricerche di Psicologia, Dislessia, Cortex, Experimental Brain Research, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Frontiers in Psychology e Brain Sciences.

Editorial activity
- member of the Editorial board of Annals of Dyslexia and Scientific Reports, Brain Sciences (Section Editor-in-Chief of “Clinical Neuroscience”),
Editor of special Issues o Research Topics for Ricerche di Psicologia, Dislessia, Cortex, Experimental Brain Research and Frontiers in Human Neuroscience/Frontiers in Psychology.


International Journals object of publication
Acta Psychologica, Applied Psycholinguistics, Behavioral Neurology, Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Behaviour Genetics, Behavioural Brain Research, Biological Psychology, Brain and Cognition, Brain and Language, Brain Injury, Brain Research Bulletin, Child Neuropsychology, Cognition, Cognition and Emotion, Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology, Cognitive Neuropsychology, Cortex, Developmental Neuropsychology, Developmental Science, Emotion, Evaluacion Psicologica/Psychological Assessment, European Journal of Cognitive Psychology, European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Experimental Brain Research, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Frontiers in Psychology (sections: Language Sciences, and Educational Psychology), Functional Neurology, International Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Behavioral Optometry, Journal of Biomedical Optics, Journal of Clinical Neuropsychology/Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology, Journal of Neurotrauma, Journal of Research in Reading, Journal of Vision, Language and Cognitive Processes, L'Encephale, Medical Science Monitor, Neurology, Neurological Sciences, Neuropsychologia, Neuropsychological Rehabilitation, Neuropsychology Review, Neuropsychology, Neuroscience and BioBehavioral Reviews, Neuroreport, Optometry and Vision Science, Perception and Psychophysics, Perception, Perceptual and Motor Skills, PLoS ONE, Psychonomic Bulletin and Review, Psychophysiology, Quarterly Journal of Experimenal Psychology, Reading and Writing, Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience, Scientific Reports, Scientific Studies of Reading, Sleep Research.