Education
2014 - 2018
2010 - 2014
1999 - 2007
UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
PhD Psychology & Neuroscience. Supervisor: Dr James A. Ainge
UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
BSc (Honours) Economics & Psychology
BISHOP COTTON BOYS' SCHOOL, BANGALORE
Indian School Certificate Examination
Awards
2018
2018
2017
2017
2016
2016
2016
2016
2014 - 2017
2014 - 2016
2013
2013
2012
Principal's Medal, University of St Andrews
Wellcome Trust ISSF Bridging Funding
R S Macdonald Charitable Trust Travel Grant
Alzheimer's Research UK Scotland Small Grant
3MT Public Engagement Grant
Grindley Grant for Conference Attendance
Guarantors of Brain Travel Grant
CAPOD Research Student Development Fund
St Leonard's College PhD Scholarship
St Andrews Assistant Warden Scholarship
Walker Trust Travel Scholarship
St Andrews Rector's Scholarship
Institute of Behavioural and Neural Sciences Grant
Professional Qualifications
2018 -
2018 -
CHARTERED PSYCHOLOGIST
British Psychological Society
MEMBER
Royal Society of Biology
2018
2013
2012
UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, BEHAVIOURAL NEUROSCIENCE LAB
Research Associate
BUSARA CENTER FOR BEHAVIORAL ECONOMICS, NAIROBI
Research Intern
UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS, BEHAVIOURAL NEUROSCIENCE LAB
Research Assistant
Work Experience
Teaching Experience
2018
2017 - 2018
2016 - 2017
2014 - 2018
UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS INTERNATIONAL SUMMER SCHOOL
Course Developer & Teacher
ST LEONARD'S COLLEGE, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
Lecturer
PLATFORM FOR HONING AND DEVELOPING SCIENTIFIC EXCELLENCE 1
Creator, Course Developer & Teacher
SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGY & NEUROSCIENCE, UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS
Tutor
Published Papers
Kuruvilla, M. V. & Ainge, J. A. (2017). Lateral entorhinal cortex lesions impair local spatial frameworks. Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 11, 30. doi: 10.3389/fnsys.2017.00030
Haushofer, J., Collins, M., de Guisti, G., Njoroge, J. M., Odero, A., Onyango, C., Vancel, J., Jang, C., Kuruvilla, M. V., & Hughes, C. (2014). A methodology for laboratory experiments in developing countries: examples from the Busara Center. Available at SSRN 2155217. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2155217
Conference Talks
The role of entorhinal cortex in local and global spatial memory: Interdisciplinary Navigation Symposium, Bad Gastein (2016).
Conference Poster Presentations
Kuruvilla, M. V., & Ainge, J. A. (2016). Going the distance: the effect of geometry on spatial representations. Society for Neuroscience, San Diego.
Lucaciu, I. M., Kuruvilla, M. V., & O'Connor, A. R. (2016). Confidence and false memories: the effects of self-relevant emotional content on individuals' confidence in episodic elements. International Conference on Memory, Budapest.
Kuruvilla, M. V., & Ainge, J. A. (2015). Dissociation of local versus global spatial memory scales within entorhinal cortex. Scottish Neuroscience Group Meeting, St Andrews.
Kuruvilla, M. V., Ainge, J. A., & Wilson, D. I. G. (2015). Lateral entorhinal cortex lesions impair object-place recognition in both an egocentric and allocentric task. British Neuroscience Association, Edinburgh.
Ainge, J. A., Kuruvilla, M. V., & Wilson, D. I. G. (2014). Lateral entorhinal cortex lesions impair egocentric more than allocentric spatial memory. Society for Neurosceince, Washington DC.
Kuruvilla, M. V., Wilson, D. I. G., Ainge, J. A. (2012). Recognition memory for associative combinations of objects, places and contexts in rats with lesions to lateral and medial entorhinal cortex. Scottish Neuroscience Group Meeting, Dundee.
Haushofer, J., Collins, M., de Guisti, G., Jang, C., Kuruvilla, M. V., Njoroge, J. M., & Vancel, J. (2012). The Busara Center: a laboratory environment for developing countries. Symposium on Economic Experiments in Developing Countries, University of California Berkeley.
Select Public Engagement
2018
2017
2017
2017
2016
2016
2016
2015
2015
St Leonard's College Lecture Series
Cafe Scientifique, University of Hull
Science Showoff, London
PHASE 1, St Andrews
Three Minute Thesis UK Semi Finalist / St Andrews Winner
Fame Lab UK Finalist / North East England Regional Winner
Glasgow International Comedy Festival (Bright Club)
BBC @ Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Bright Club)
Living Links Public Engagement Prize