CURRICULUM VITAE : ANA GARRIGA-TRILLO

May 2005 - Bachelor of Science (1962, Magna Cum Laude, Universidad de Puerto Rico, USA), Master in Mathematics (1963, Academic Award to Best Student, Academic Award to Best Graduate Student, Universidad de Puerto Rico, USA), “Licenciada en Matemáticas” (1971, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain), “Licenciada en Psicología” (1981, Sobresaliente con OPE, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain) & “Doctora en Psicología” (PhD in Psychology, 1985, Sobresaliente Cum Laude, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain).
- Visiting Assistant Professor at Purdue University (USA) in the Quantitative Psychology section, obtaining the Benjamin Winer Award, 1987-1988.
- University Professor since 1963 obtaining a tenured position at the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) in 1986 within the Mathematical Psychology Department (the present Methodology for the Behavioral Sciences).
- PhD Dissertation: Psychophysical Function and Olfactory Sensitivity Measurement (“Función Psicofísica y Medida de la Sensibilidad Olfativa”).
- Ninety one publications within the methodological area, mainly concerning sensory and cognitive psychophysics (45 in Spanish and 46 in English in relevant journals or publishing houses as Silver Burdett, The College Mathematical Journal, North Holland, Quality and Quantity, International Journal of Psychology, Current Psychology of Cognition, Luxembourg Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, Appetite, Chemical Senses and Psicothema). Main research subjects: Sensitivity Measures, Psychophysical Models, Sensory Evaluation of Food, Sensory Evaluation of Indoor Air, Personality and Psychophysics and Ageing and Neurodegenerative Diseases in most senses (olfaction, taste, vision, touch and audition), in time perception and in cognitive mapping.
- Participant in 26 European and Spanish Financed Research Projects (being Main Researcher, Collaborator in charge of Data Analyses or Psychophysical Expert).
- Participant and/or organizer of 99 National or International Research Meetings, Congresses, Symposia, Thematic Sessions, Oral Presentations, “Mesas Redondas”, Discussion Groups and Conferences for Visiting Professors. Eighty four of them concerned sensory or cognitive psychophysics.
- Twenty five conferences, thirteen of them given at Universities or Research Centres outside Spain.
- Advisor for eleven Doctoral Thesis in Sensory or Cognitive Psychophysics.
- Posts related with Research and Development:
• Recognized Spanish Researcher by the Science and Technology Spanish Ministry, since 1982.
• Vice Dean for Research, Psychology Faculty, UNED, 1986-1989.
• Expert assesor for the “Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva” (National Agency for Research and Development), since 1991.
• Head of the Graduate Research Program in Psychophysics from its start until its end in 1995.
• President of the Organizing Committee for the Ninth Meeting of the International Society for Psychophysics, 1993.
• Member of the Executive Committee, International Society for Psychophysics, 1992-1995.
• Member of the International Advisory Committee for the European Congress of Psychology, 1994.
• Consulting Editor for the Spanish Journal of Psychology, since 1996.
• Member of Working Group 15 on Sensory Evaluation of Indoor Air, for the European Commission, 1997-1998.
• Monitoring Expert of the RTD Framework Programme of the European Commission, 1997-2003 and for the Sixth Framework Programme, 2004 - .
• Journal Editor for the University´s Journal A Distancia, 1998-1999.
• Member of the International Advisors Committee of Indoor Air, 1999.
• Expert for World Health Organization as Temporary Adviser, 2000.
• Assesor for Teaching Post, University of California at San Diego, 2000.
• Research Professor in Expert and Master Studies, Post-graduate Program in Gerontology & Attention in Ageing, 2001 - .
• Head of Psychophysical Research, UNED Research Institute, Center for Ageing and Neurodegenerative Diseases (CAND) since 2001(www.uned.investigacion/institutos/CEEN/ana_julia/equipo_aj.html).
• Chosen by Cambridge´s International Biographical Center as one of the 2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century.
• Consulting Editor for Psicothema, since 2002.
• Head of the Research Centre for Ageing and Neurodegenerative Diseases (CAND) , UNED, 2004 - .
• Member of the International Scientific Coordinators Committee for HB2006 (Healthy Buildings), 2004-2006.