Bio Note: Catherine Andreu has a PhD in neurosciences from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In her PhD thesis, she investigated the effects of Mindfulness practice on cognitive control using electrophysiological measures. She was a postdoctoral researcher at the Millennium Institute for Research in Depression and Personality (MIDAP), and received the Francisco Varela Award from Mind and Life Europe. She currently works as a postdoctoral researcher at the Mindfulness and Cognitive Sciences chair at the Complutense University of Madrid. Her current research focuses on the effects of mindfulness-based interventions and compassion-based interventions on psychobiological measures.

Affiliation: Millennium Institute for Research in Depression and Personality, Chile