CV
Elsa Fouragnan
School of Psychology
Portland Square • Plymouth PL4 8AA • United Kingdom
Phone +44(0)77 0333 5897 • E-mail elsa.fouragnan@plymouth.ac.uk •
Professional appointments
University of Plymouth, UK
UKRI Future Leader Fellow, Decision and Learning Lab
Head of the NIBS Laboratory, Brain Research Imaging Centre
May 2020 – Present (Lecturer from 2018 – 2020)
University of Oxford, UK
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Advisor: Prof. Matthew Rushworth
April 2016 - Present
University of Glasgow, UK
Postdoctoral Research Fellow,
Advisor: Dr. Marios Philiastides
November 2012 – April 2016
University of Southern California, USA
PhD Visitor Scholar
October 2010 – April 2011
DARPA, San Diego, USA
Research Engineer (Research & development)
Quantum Applied Sciences & Research, DARPA research Project: “Non-invasive sensing systems, EEG machine-learning”
March 2008 – October 2009
Education
PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience (European Scholarship)
Defended in April 2013,
University of Trento, Italy
Centre for Mind/Brain Sciences
Thesis title: The neural computation of trust and reputation
Advisors: Prof. Giorgio Coricelli, Prof. Paolo Avesani
Thesis examers: Prof. Kerstin Preuschoff, Prof. Natalie Sebanz
MEng (distinction) in Cognitive Engineering
Received in 2008, Polytechnic institute (INP-ENSC)
University of Bordeaux, France
Engineering skills: Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering
Specific skills: Psychology, Human & Machine Cognition
BA (1 st class with distinction) in Cognitive Sciences
Received in 2005, Victor Segalen, Bordeaux II
University of Bordeaux, France
Trained in Psychology, Cognitive Science, Developmental Psychology, Mathematics in the Life Science, Data Analysis
Grants
Strategic Investment Fund - 2021-2022 "Developping the new generation of brain ultrasound stimulation for double-blinded investigations"
Role: PI
UKRI Future Leader Fellowship - 2020-2027 "Mapping the neural circuit of credit assignment for a new targeted intervention in addiction"
Role: PI
Wellcome Trust Career Development Award (SIF) 2023-2031 (£2,140,669) with Toby Wise (PI)
Role: Collaborator
Leverhulme - 2019-2022 "Social perception as Bayesian hypothesis testing and revision" with Patric Bach (PI)
Role: Co-I
Praxis Clinical Grant, 2012 “The role of emotions and impulsivity in eating disorders” with Dr. Remi Neveu
Role: Co-I
PIUNA Grant, Spain, 2011 “Social learning and reputation effect with the use of behavioral and physiological data” with Prof. Christine Choirat, University of Barcelona
Role: Co-I
Travel grant for J-1 exchange visitor (6 months), Los Angeles, USA, 2010 PhD visitor Scholar, KAP Economics Department, University of Southern California PhD European fellowship, 2009-2013
European Scholarship for three years PhD