Diamantis Petropoulos Petalas Current Home Address Date of Birth: April 12, 1984 Sierkershof 11 Mob: (+31) 6 34 81 76 19 1112GL, Diemen E-Mail: [email protected] The Netherlands Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpetropoulospetalas/ General Profile Highly enthusiastic and involved in social science research, with a strong background in media psychology and cognitive neuroscience methods. Genuinely passionate for new challenges and eager towards continuous self- development, the quality to engage in lifelong learning practices comes naturally. Music making, cookery and enjoying the game of capoeira with friends fill in during spare time. By character, I am collaborative and communicative, determined and open. Research Experience & Background Education 2019 – today Postdoc in Media Psychology Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam - Department of Communication Science / Utrecht University - Department of Methods & Statistics • Project topic: Patterns of social media usage during adolescence and young adulthood • Experience with cross-sectional panel data, Bayesian statistics, expert elicitation. 2013 – 2020 PhD in Communication Science Radboud University Nijmegen, Behavioral Science Institute, Department of Communication Science, Nijmegen–NL • Thesis title: “The self-fulfilling prophecy of economic forecasting: a cognitive neuroscientific perspective”; publicly defended on July 9, 2020 in the Aula of Radboud University in Nijmegen. • Efficient organization of academic workshops and lab group meetings, design of complex experiments using electrophysiological methods, and supervision of master projects. • Sound presence in international and multidisciplinary conferences, sponsored/hosted by the ICA (participation funded by the Internationalization Office/Social Sciences Faculty); ESCOM; ETMAAL, ICPS; ASPO; NVP; SABE-IAREP. • Internationalization accomplishments: Erasmus affiliations with foreign universities. 2010 – 2013 MSc in Brain and Cognitive Science University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Sciences, Amsterdam–NL • Research experience with eye tracking and EEG methods in clinical experimental research. • Proud to have actively worked on the misophonia project (DSM-V), led by prof. dr. Damian Denys (AMC Amsterdam), recently awarded with the lg-Nobel prize. 2007 – 2010 MA in Sociobiology, Neuroscience, and Education (with honors, GPA 9.0/10) University of Athens, Faculty of Pedagogy, Athens–GR • Experience with panel survey design, and quantification of social stigma in special education. • Organization of international conferences on Philosophy of Education, in Delphi, Greece. 2002 – 2005 BA in Sociology (with distinction, GPA 8.49/10) Panteion University, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Athens–GR • Student assistant at Panteion University and at National School of Public Health. • Fieldwork: 1. school prevention programs for substance abuse. 2. telephone support/consultancy for cases of physical abuse towards women.