Eszter Meszaros

-∙ 00-36-20/- ∙ Budapest, Hungary ∙ Eszter Mészáros Education _____________________________________________________________________ Stanford Graduate School of Business, Stanford, CA, United States July 2017 Summer Institute for General Management Certificate New York University Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, UAE Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (honors) GPA: 3.65 (of 4.0); Acceptance rate: 1,5%  Received Founders’ Day Award for outstanding academic performance  Awarded full scholarship for all four years of study along with three merit based summer research grants  Studied and researched in Spain; United States; Ethiopia; Hungary; China; Nepal and Australia May 2016 Experience______________________________________________________ Harvard University & Central European University, Cambridge, MA, US & Budapest, Hungary Research Assistant September 2016 – Present  Managed three experiments on cross- linguistic development of logic in early childhood  Contributed to study conception and theoretical analysis of 5+ experiments along with lead researchers  Collected and analyzed experimental data from 250+ American and Hungarian toddlers in two laboratories  Presented on three experiments at an international workshop on logic development along with top researchers Undergraduate Honors Thesis Researcher (sponsored by NYU Abu Dhabi) February 2015 – May 2016  Helped design and ran two cross-linguistic experiments mentored by Professor Susan Carey (world renowned psychologist)  Completed research paper with distinction and gave three poster presentations of results NYU Abu Dhabi Department of Psychology, Abu Dhabi, UAE Teaching Assistant and Summer Research Trainee January 2016 - August 2016  Collected observational data at ten Abu Dhabi preschools of various socio-economic backgrounds  Processed eye-tracking and audio data and conducted qualitative analysis on 10+ teachers’ interactions with students  Prepared and directed group activities for Developmental Psychology seminar and assisted students in mastering material Harvard Lab for Developmental Studies, Cambridge, MA Summer Research Intern, June 2014 -August 2014  Coordinated one project of a world renowned developmental psychologist on facilitating number learning  Assumed responsibility for scheduling and data collection from 30+ young children, and data analysis  Engaged in study conception and introduced preliminary findings of three experimental conditions at Harvard University Leadership and Awards__________________________________________________________ Government Grant for Talented Hungarian Youth, Hungary August 2017  Received cash award for socially responsible, talented Hungarian youth for covering summer school expenses McKinsey Future Women Leaders Special Award Winner, Hungary April 2017  Awarded a one-year mentorship program with McKinsey & Co. out of a large, competitive applicant pool Leadership Member of Youth Association for Educating Children Living in Group Homes February 2017 – Present  Contributes to education design, co-leads activities for 15 children of diverse age groups and manages communications Education Unit Member of the Future Builders’ Generation (Educating Children for Success) March 2017 - Present  Conducts bi-monthly interviews with acclaimed professionals worldwide on education and disadvantage Hungarian Templeton Fellow, Hungary March 2016 – February 2017  Placed in top 300 candidates from a total of 20,000 applicants and took part in a one-year mentorship program President of NYUAD Culinary Society, Abu Dhabi, UAE January 2015 – June 2016  Assumed responsibility for event planning and marketing of multi-disciplinary student group with 100+ members Hult Prize Regional Semi-Finalist, London, UK March 2014  Placed in top 1% of applicant teams of a global social entrepreneurship competition for redesigning an NGO Skills_________________________________________________________________________________________ Fluent in Hungarian and English; Intermediate knowledge of Spanish, Portuguese and German; Elementary Arabic; Microsoft Office; Stata; SPSS; CITI certified; TESOL English Teaching Certificate; debate – public speaking; highly organized and motivated – graduated high school with honors ahead of schedule