Curriculum Vitae

Ricardo Morales-Torres, Ph.D. (c)

Education

2021 - 2026? (in progress)

Ph.D. in Psychology & Neuroscience

Duke University

Advisors: Dr. Roberto Cabeza, Dr. Felipe De Brigard, Dr. Simon Davis, Dr. Tobias Egner

2019

Master of Science in Neuroscience

School of Medicine, Universidad de Chile

Degree awarded with highest distinction

2017

Bachelor's in Psychology

Department of Psychology, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Degree awarded with distinction

Awards

2024

Impact Neuroscience Fellow

Duke University

2024

Charles Lafitte Graduate Research Travel Award

Duke University

2024

Summer Research Fellowship

Duke University

2023

Summer Research Fellowship

Duke University

2023

Charles Lafitte Graduate Research Travel Award

Duke University

2023

Graduate Student Award

Cognitive Neuroscience Society

2021

BioCoRE Graduate Scholar

Initiative to support diversity in the biomedical sciences, Duke University

2020

Trinity Henry Barlow Scholarship (Declined)

University of Cambridge

2020

Cambridge International Scholarship (Declined)

Fully funded scholarship to study at the University of Cambridge

2014

Academic Excellence Award

Distinction given to the student with the highest GPA of a cohort, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Teaching Experience

2023 - 2024

Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology

Duke University

PSY205L: Quantitative Research Methods and Statistics for Psychological Science II

2021 - 2019

Lecturer, Department of Psychology

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Courses: Cognition Theories, Quantitative Research Methods

2020 - 2019

Lecturer, Department of Psychology

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Courses: Cognitive Neuroscience, Affectivity and Motivation

2018 - 2014

Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychology

Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile

Courses: Affectivity and Motivation; Biological Foundations of Behavior; History of Psychology; Social Psychology; Quantitative Research Methods; Neurosciences; Basic Psychological Processes; Cognition Theories; Individual and Society; Philosophy of Science; Philosophical Basis of Psychology