South-East European Research Centre (SEERC)

In 2013 Dr. Ladas completed at SEERC her PhD, which was awarded by the University of Sheffield. Her topic was the phenomenon of bilingualism and its effects on attention processes throughout the lifespan. She had been a research assistant and a scientific coordinator in the Long Lasting Memories project (European Commission) for three years, as well as a researcher in other projects funded by the European Commission (e.g. DISCOVER, USEFIL). She has also collaborated as a researcher with the Spanish University of Almeria. Currently, she is a research associate of SEERC, where she has previously worked on the ELIEMENTAL project, also funded by the EC. Moreover, she has been working with children with autism and learning difficulties on a daily basis for three years. She also delivers lectures at CITY College, in the Psychology Department. She is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) of the British Psychological Society (BPS), as well as a Member of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Student Chapter.

Supervisors: Prof Michael Siegal, Dr Dan Caroll and Prof Ana Vivas