Varnavas Savvides
Krakow
Summary
Former PhD Candidate in neuroscience and currently an accounts receivable analyst.
Passionate with an endless intellectual curiosity who becomes fully immersed in every endeavor.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Process Executive/Web Content Reviewer
Google/Youtube
07.2022 - Current
- Keeping the platform clean and immune from illegal and harmful content
- Ensuring that content uploaded complies local policies, regulations and culture of the platform
- Participating in testing, launching, or implementing new products and working tools
Accounts Receivable Analyst
IBM
08.2024 - 11.2024
- Assisting with preparation of monthly financial statements.
- Preparing bank reconciliations on a monthly basis to identify potential discrepancies between company records and bank statements.
- Preparing journal entries and entered into system using SAP.
- Reconciling month-end totals for timely and accurate reporting of financial information.
- Collecting, compiling and analyzing data to prepare customer invoices per contractual requirements.
Content Moderator
Conectys (Tik Tok)
03.2021 - 07.2024
- Maintaining social platforms safe and functional for all users and online communities
- Ensuring that content published on platform complies with local policies, regulations and culture of the platform
- Identifying and escalating potential errors in the application used for moderating content
- Participating in testing, launching, or implementing new products and working tools
- Drawing up daily activity reports
Lost and Found Clerk
LGS Handling/Lost and Found Department at Larnaca International Airport
04.2019 - 03.2020
- Handling Lost and Found Luggage and other items
- Cargo and baggage handling; aircraft loading/unloading
- Driving luggage, cargo vehicles and other equipment
Rehabilitation Assistant/Health Care Worker
Glenside Hospital
08.2018 - 01.2019
- Taking care those who can't take care of themselves; from basic hygiene to psychological assistance
Volunteer Assistant
Veresies Neurology Clinic
06.2015 - 09.2016
- Participating in the activities of the Memory and EEG cabinet
- Preparing and conducting seminars on drugs and addictions
PhD Researcher/Candidate
09.2013 - 01.2015
- Training on DNA extraction (Phenol-Chloroform method)
- Dissertation writing
- Lectures, courses and seminars on various areas of Neuroscience
Volunteer Research Assistant
University of Kent
04.2011 - 09.2011
- Collection of experimental sample data and data analysis (SPSS software)
Volunteer Statistical Data Analyst (Internship)
Advocacy for the Mentally Ill
09.2008 - 05.2009
- Translation of articles related to sexual harassment in the workplace
- Analysis of statistical data (SPSS software)
Education
PhD - Neurosciences
University of Tartu
Tartu, Estonia01-2015
PGCert - Clinical Neuroscience
Roehampton University
London09-2012
MSc - Cognitive Science/Neuropsychology
University of Kent
Canterbury, Kent09-2011
BSc - Behavioural Sciences
European University of Cyprus
Nicosia07-2008
Skills
- Platform Content Moderation tools
- Guidelines and policies
- Managing IES & TCS Tik- Tok Platforms and Applications
- Microsoft 365 Certified-Fundamentals
- SAP Vendor Invoice Management
- Accounts Receivable (AR)
- Advanced SPSS
- Advanced Statistics in Psychology and Neuroscience
- Academic writing
- Scientific writing
- Translating scientific documents
- Proofreading
- Proposal writing
- Grant writing
- Communication
- Empathy
- Assertiveness
- Grant writing
- Communication
- Empathy
- Assertiveness
- Microsoft 365 Certified-Fundamentals
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 08/01/84
- Nationality: Greek Cypriot
- Driving License: 20 years
- Marital Status: Single
References
Please do not hesitate to contact me if you require references from any of my previous employers.
Hobbies and Interests
Science/philosophy enthusiast.
Dogs.
Scientificresearchinterests
- Cortico-limbic-striatal interactions in anxiety and mood disorders.
- Emotional processing; implicit emotional processing; emotional modulation and regulation.
- The dopaminergic system in addiction research; implications for pornography and the social media.
- The neural basis of memory and memory consolidation.
- Psychopharmacology and psychoactive agents and substances.
Certification
Microsoft 365 Fundamentals Certified, May 2023
Languages
Greek
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Additional Information
Continuing Education (Coursera, Udemy, EdX)
35+ certificates of achievement from leading universities (Harvard, Caltech, Duke, UCL, etc) in various areas of psychology, neuroscience, research methods and statistics (e.g., Drugs and the Brain, Addiction Neuroscience, Medical Neuroscience, Introduction to Neuroeconomics and Neuromarketing, Language and the Brain, The Brain and Space, etc).
Timeline
Accounts Receivable Analyst
IBM
08.2024 - 11.2024
Senior Process Executive/Web Content Reviewer
Google/Youtube
07.2022 - Current
Content Moderator
Conectys (Tik Tok)
03.2021 - 07.2024
Lost and Found Clerk
LGS Handling/Lost and Found Department at Larnaca International Airport
04.2019 - 03.2020
Rehabilitation Assistant/Health Care Worker
Glenside Hospital
08.2018 - 01.2019
Volunteer Assistant
Veresies Neurology Clinic
06.2015 - 09.2016
PhD Researcher/Candidate
09.2013 - 01.2015
Volunteer Research Assistant
University of Kent
04.2011 - 09.2011
Volunteer Statistical Data Analyst (Internship)
Advocacy for the Mentally Ill
09.2008 - 05.2009
PhD - Neurosciences
University of Tartu
PGCert - Clinical Neuroscience
Roehampton University
MSc - Cognitive Science/Neuropsychology
University of Kent
BSc - Behavioural Sciences
European University of Cyprus
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