Julia Rodriguez Buritica

Dr. Julia Rodriguez Buritica is an Academic Councillor (Assistant Professor equivalent) in the Department of Psychology at the University of Greifswald since 2023, specializing in developmental and educational psychology.

Her educational background includes:

• Dr. rer. nat. in Psychology, Freie Universität Berlin (2017)
• Diploma in Psychology (very good), Humboldt University Berlin (2011)
• ERASMUS student, University of Glasgow (2009)

Her research investigates how social information shapes learning, decision-making, and memory across development, particularly in children. Using experimental psychology, computational modeling, neuroimaging, and EEG, she bridges laboratory findings with educational practice in school settings to optimize learning mechanisms.

Her scientific achievements include:

• DAAD Fellowship (2016)
• Berlin School of Mind and Brain Doctoral Fellowship (2011-2015)

She advises doctoral student Maria Woitow (experiential/observational learning effects on memory), Master's student Lea Uhlherr (social learning and mental health), and thesis student Carolin Steinwarder (teacher-student relationships). She secured €152,879 for the SCIoI Grant 'Observational Learning in Children and Robots' (2023) and €8,836.80 in university start-up funding (2023).

As a core member of the Developmental and Educational Psychology team, she integrates behavioral, neural, and computational approaches to advance understanding of developmental learning processes.