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PhD Candidate in Neuroscience & Psychology | Research Consulting in Statistical Analysis (R) and Academic Editing

Profile Summary

I am a PhD candidate in Psychology with a background in neuroscience and neurodevelopmental research. I offer research consulting services in statistical analysis and academic editing for psychology, neuroscience, and health sciences. My expertise includes R-based data analysis, regression and moderation models, longitudinal and developmental data, and clear interpretation of quantitative results. I also provide academic editing and methodological review, with a focus on statistical rigor, clarity, and reproducibility. I am currently expanding my expertise in computational and machine learning approaches applied to neuroscience research.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ☆ Biostatistics
• ☆ Neuroscience
• ☆ Cognitive Neuroscience
• ☆ Statistics
• ☆ Applied Statistics
• ☆ Study Design
• ☆ Statistical Review
• ☆ Human Behavior & Psychology
• ☆ Clinical Psychology
• ☆ Developmental Psychology
• ☆ Child Development
• ☆ R

Services

• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI

Research Scientific and Technical Research, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Statistical Analysis, Data Visualization, Data Cleaning

Work Experience

Ad hoc reviewer

Peer Reviewer, Psychology and Neuroscience Journals

February 2022 - Present

Researcher

Grant & Research Proposal Support

February 2022 - Present

Researcher

Manuscript Development, Academic Editing

February 2022 - Present

Researcher

Collaboration with Interdisciplinary Teams

February 2022 - Present

Research Group Leader

Pontificia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro

February 2023 - December 2024

Education

Ph.D. (Psychology)

PUC-Rio

2023 - 2027

MASTER's (Psychology)

PUC-Rio

2021 - 2023

BA (Special needs education)

Eötvös Loránd Tudományegyetem MTA-ELTE Numerikus Analízis és Nagy Hálózatok Kutatócsoport

2008 - 2012

Certifications

• Writing in the Sciences

  Stanford University - Coursera

  https://www.coursera.org/learn/sciwrite/home/module/1?utm_campaign=opencourse.2_Dj7A0KEearKQowajWNkQ.opencourse.programmed.congratulation~opencourse.2_Dj7A0KEearKQowajWNkQ.courseBranchCompletion&utm_medium=email&utm_source=other

  April 2025 - Present

• R Programming: Language, Scripts, and Functions

  Psicometria Online Academy

  https://alunos.psicometriaonline.com.br/certificates/Qz7LKA

  April 2024 - Present

• Medical Neuroscience

  Duke University - Coursera

  https://coursera.org/share/9107019f8403ca4779bff8b1c6cb3573

  April 2020 - Present

• Fundamental Neuroscience for Neuroimaging

  Johns Hopkins University - Coursera

  https://coursera.org/share/1813426b1fe018185ba66105efa55985

  October 2019 - Present

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Martina V. Kovács, Yury V. M. Lages, Breno S. Vieira, Helenice Charchat-Fichman, J. Landeira-Fernandez, Thomas E. Krahe (2025). Neuropsychological evaluation of children and adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in the Brazilian population . Applied Neuropsychology: Child.

Martina V. Kovács, Helenice Charchat-Fichman, J. Landeira-Fernandez, Alexandre E. Medina, Thomas E. Krahe(2023). Combined exposure to alcohol and cannabis during development: Mechanisms and outcomes . Alcohol. 110. p. 1--13. Elsevier {BV}