Imac Maria Zambrana

Faglige interesser

• Språkutvikling og språkvansker
• Tidlig kommunikasjon og sosial-kognitive ferdigheter
• Læringsmekanismer og sosiale læringsprosesser

Bakgrunn

• 2017-2018: Gjesteforsker ved Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
• 2016 – d.d.: Førsteamanuensis ved ISP, UiO
• 2016 – d.d.: Forsker ved Nasjonalt Utviklingssenter for Barn og Unge (Atferdssenteret, Unirand)
• 2012 – 2016: Postdoktor ved Atferdssenteret, Unirand
• 2014 – 2015: Forsker tilknyttet prosjekt, Divisjon for Psykisk Helse, Folkehelseinstituttet
• 2013: Gjeste-postdoktor ved Harvard Graduate School of Education, Harvard University
• 2012 – 2012: Forsker ved Divisjon for Psykisk helse helse, Folkehelseinstituttet
• 2012: Ph.D. i Psykologi ved UiO. Tittel på avhandling: “Predicting delay in language development. A longitudinal cohort study from 18 months to 5 years of age.
• 2009 – 2012: Stipendiat ved Divisjon for Psykisk Helse, Folkehelseinstituttet

Priser og stipender

• 2018: Faculty qualifying research grant for female Associate Professors (Equality grant), Faculty of Educational Sciences, University of Oslo
• 2018: Faculty research grant, Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo
• 2017: Pre-conference workshop grant (FINNUT), project no 274166, The Research Council of Norway 
• 2017 – 2020: Mobility grants North America in educational research (UTNAM) for Dr. M. Rowe, project no 271841, The Research Council of Norway
• 2017 – 2018: Personal Overseas Grants (FINNUT), project no 270461, The Research Council of Norway
• 2017 – 2018: Fulbright Fellowship grant, Fulbright Foundation
• 2017: Internal teaching grant, Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo
• 2017: Internal research grant, Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo
• 2015 – 2020: “Children’s Information Seeking: Its Development and Impacts on Learning” (Young Research Talents grant), project no 254974, Norwegian Research Council
• 2013: “The influence of child care and home environment on learning and social functioning in transition to school and early school age” (Personal Mobility Grant), project no 224797/F11, Norwegian Research Council
• 2012: The Psychological Department’s Ph.D. Research Price, Faculty of Social Sciences/ Dept. of Psychology, University of Oslo
• 2009 – 2012: “Identification of preverbal precursors for early language delays and different language delay trajectories” (Ph.D. project grant), project no 2008/2/0003, Health and Rehabilitation, Norwegian Extra funds
• 2007: Student travelling grant, UNIFOR