Carles Escera

Carles Escera is a Full Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, Faculty of Psychology, University of Barcelona. Since 2003, he has served as Principal Investigator of the Excellence Research Group in Cognitive Neuroscience (Brainlab), and as Director of the Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior (IR3C) since 2009.

• Educational background: PhD from University of Barcelona (1993)
• Postdoctoral experience: University of Helsinki (1993,1994,1996,1999)
• Visiting positions: University of Bremen and Hanse Wissenschaftkolleg (2004-2005)

His research focuses on auditory neuroscience, cognitive neuroscience, and neuroimaging, particularly investigating auditory plasticity, attention mechanisms, and stimulus representation using event-related brain potentials and EEG. He has coordinated EU-funded projects like ERANET-NEURON "PANS-Probing the Auditory Novelty System" and participated in Framework Programme 4, 5, and 7 research initiatives.

• Scientific recognition: ICREA Academia Distinguished Professorship (2011)
• International keynote speaker: 17th World Congress of Psychophysiology (Japan, 2014), Neuronous 2014 (Poland, 2014)
• Academic leadership: Director of IR3C (2009-present), Coordinator of Spanish Network on Cognitive Neuroscience (2009-2011)