Giorgio Fuggetta obtained his BSc and MSc in Psychology from the University of Padua, Italy (2000), and received his Ph.D. in Neuroscience from the University of Verona, Italy (2006). He was a post-doctoral research fellow at the Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience (ICN), University College London (UCL), UK (2006-2007), and then a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Leicester, UK (2007-2016), before being appointed to the University of Roehampton, London, UK, in 2016 as a Senior Lecturer in Psychology. His current research explores the neural mechanisms underlying visual working memory and attention control processes using electroencephalography (EEG) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) techniques. He is also conducting translational research in cognitive and educational psychology, studying the association between individual differences in executive function (EF) skills and academic achievement in adolescence. He is the BSc Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience Programme Leader and teaches research methods, statistics, and neuropsychology to undergraduate students. He also teaches techniques in cognitive neuroscience, such as EEG and TMS and their applications, to postgraduate students, such as MSc Applied Cognitive Neuroscience students.
