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Simona Skripkauskaite

    • About Me:

      I’m a Postdoctoral Researcher working at University of Oxford.
      Originally from Lithuania, but lived in six different countries so far.
      Well geeky. Love to paint.

    • My Typical Day:

      I grumpily get out of bed. Firstly, I have buckets worth of coffee. Then on some days I might just sit at my PC: programming, making pretty graphs, or writing. Other days (pre corona) I might be in the lab showing people pictures and filming how their eyes move.

    • What I'd do with the prize money:

      As a girl who codes, I’d donate my prize money to bridge the gender gap in STEM (https://girlswhocode.com/en-uk).

    My CV

    • Education:

      Bachelor’s degree: Vilnius University, Lithuania (2006-2010)
      Masters’s degree: Utrecht University, The Netherlands (2011-2013)
      PhD: Roehampton University, London (2014-2018)

    • Qualifications:

      BSc: General Psychology
      MSc: Development and Socialisation in Childhood and Adolescence
      PhD: Cognitive Psychology

    • Work History:

      As my first job, I used to sell ice-cream during summer holidays whilst still at school,. After that I did many occasional things like painting walls, waitressing at events, working in a call centre,and teaching English in Turkey. I also worked as a research assistant, support worker for people with Down’s syndrome, counsellor for autistic people, and lecturer at a university. I just started my new job at Oxford couple of weeks ago, but was working as a postdoctoral researcher at Bangor University before then.

    • My Interview

      • How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

        Geeky, bubbly, patient.

        What did you want to be after you left school?

        Psychologist, archaeologist, or a book printer.

        Were you ever in trouble at school?

        Of course! No one needs to know the details..shh

        Who is your favourite singer or band?

        Hard to choose, Red Hot Chilli Peppers probably.

        What's your favourite food?

        Ridiculous amount of chocolate or mashed potatoes (listen, it's comfort food!).

        If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!

        More wishes? Fine. A cuddly dog, more chocolate, and more time with the people I loved and lost.

        Tell us a joke.

        How may psychologists does it take to change a light bulb? One. But the light bulb has to want to change.

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