CV

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Education

Ph.D in Neuroscience, National University of Cordoba, 2025 (expected)
M.Sc. in Cognitive Science, The University of Edinburgh, 2019
B.A. in Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, 2016

Research experience

January 2023 - Present: Head of Computational Cognitive Neuroscience Lab
- Department of Psychology, Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
- Supervisor: Dr. Sheyla Blumen
December 2024 - April 2025: Research Assistant
- Max Planck Research Unit for Neurogenetics
- Duties included: Serial two-photon tomography image processing and analysis
- Supervisor: Dr. Mona Kahn
September 2019 - August 2021: Remote Research Assistant
- Computational Psychiatry Lab, The University of Edinburgh
- Supervisor: Dr. Peggy Series
May - September 2018: Data Analysis Consultant
- Computational Psychiatry Lab, The University of Edinburgh
- Supervisor: Dr. Gabriele Trovato

Teaching experience

January 2025 - Present: Assistant Professor
- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
August 2022 - December 2024: Full-time Lecturer
- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
January 2021 - July 2022: Adjunct Lecturer
- Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
June 2020 - July 2022: Teaching Assistant
- Neuromatch Academy, Inc.

Skills

Computational and statistical modelling of cognition and behaviour
Experimental research design for neuroscience and human-robot interaction
Scientific software development: Python, R, SQL, Linux

Publications

The sound or silence: investigating the influence of robot noise on proxemics

Trovato, G., Paredes, R., Balvin, J., Cuellar, F., Thomsen, N. B., Bech, S., & Tan, Z. H. (2018, August). The sound or silence: investigating the influence of robot noise on proxemics. In 2018 27th IEEE international symposium on robot and human interactive communication (RO-MAN) (pp. 713-718). IEEE.

Experimental research methodology and statistics insights

Paredes Venero, R., Davila, A. (2020). Experimental Research Methodology and Statistics Insights. In: Jost, C., et al. Human-Robot Interaction. Springer Series on Bio- and Neurosystems, vol 12. Springer, Cham.

Religion and robots: towards the synthesis of two extremes

Trovato, G., De Saint Chamas, L., Nishimura, M., Paredes, R., Lucho, C., Huerta-Mercado, A., & Cuellar, F. (2021). Religion and robots: towards the synthesis of two extremes. International Journal of Social Robotics, 13, 539-556.

Inflexible updating of the self-other divide during a social context in autism: psychophysical, electrophysiological, and neural network modeling evidence

Noel, J. P., Paredes, R., Terrebonne, E., Feldman, J. I., Woynaroski, T., Cascio, C. J., ... & Wallace, M. T. (2022). Inflexible updating of the self-other divide during a social context in autism: psychophysical, electrophysiological, and neural network modeling evidence. Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging, 7(8), 756-764.

Influence of E/I balance and pruning in peri-personal space differences in schizophrenia: a computational approach

Paredes, R., Ferri, F., & Seriès, P. (2022). Influence of E/I balance and pruning in peri-personal space differences in schizophrenia: a computational approach. Schizophrenia Research, 248, 368-377.

Design and preliminary validation of social assistive humanoid robot with gesture expression features for mental health treatment of isolated patients in hospitals

Arce, D., Gibaja, S., Urbina, F., Maura, C., Huanca, D., Paredes, R., ... & Pérez-Zuniga, G. (2022, December). Design and preliminary validation of social assistive humanoid robot with gesture expression features for mental health treatment of isolated patients in hospitals. In International Conference on Social Robotics (pp. 518-528). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

Renato Paredes Venero

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