Curriculum Vitae
ACTUAL POSITION:
Full Professor at the II Engineering Faculty of the Bologna
University, scientific group ING-INF/06 (Electronics and
Informatics Biomedical Engineering).
ACADEMIC DEGREES:
·
Master in Electronic Engineering, Bologna University,
1983
·
Ph. D. in Biomedical Engineering, Bologna University, 1987.
AWARD
Marotta Award from the Italian Academy of Sciences in 1990.
APPOINTMENTS:
· 1987-1991 -
Post-doctoral Fellow, Università di Bologna.
· November
1991-February 1992 - Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Siena
· May 1992- February
1994 – Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of
Ancona
· March 1994-October
1998 - Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, University of
Bologna
· November 1998 –
October 2001 – Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering,
University of Bologna
· November 2001 –
October 2004 – Full Professor (under confirmation) of Biomedical
Engineering, University of Bologna
· November 2004 –
Full Professor (confirmed), of Biomedical Engineering,
University of Bologna.
ACADEMIC TEACHING
Master Degree Course in Electronic Engineering, University of
Bologna
1996-2002 Biomedical
signal and data processing
2003-2005 Natural and artificial
intelligent systems
Bachelor Degree in Biomedical Engineering, University of Bologna
in Cesena
1998–2001 Biomedical signal and
data processing
Master Degree Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of
Bologna, Second Faculty
2001 –
Biomedical signal and data processing
2003 – 2009 Natural and artificial intelligent
systems
2009
–
Neural Systems
Ph. D Course in Biomedical Engineering, University of
Bologna
1998 –
Tutor of several Ph.D. students
2002 –
Member of the Ph. D. Council in Biomedical Engineering, University
of Bologna.
RESEARCH ACTIVITY
His research activity is especially focused on mathematical
modeling and computer simulation of complex physiological systems.
This research activity is presently subdivided into two main
fields:
i) Modeling of cardiovascular regulation – He realized
several original studies on mechanisms controlling local blood flow
to tissues, with special emphasis on the cerebral circulation and
intracranial pressure dynamics. These models have been applied for
the analysis of patients in neurosurgical Intensive Care Units. He
developed models of cardio-respiratory regulation in the short
time, able to summarize the complex integration among the various
mechanisms operating in response to various acute hemodynamic
perturbations (haemorrhage, alterations in blood gas content,
dynamical exercise). Other models are focused on the integration
between cardiovascular dynamics, and solute kinetics during
hemodialysis, and are currently used in some advanced Nephrology
Units in Italy.
ii) Modeling of neurosensory integration and cognitive
processes – He realized some mathematical models of the primary
visual cortex, and models describing the integration among
different sensory modalities (auditory, visual and tactile). The
aim is to reach a deeper theoretical understanding of the neural
mechanisms involved and devise a possible use in the clinical
practice, to improve cognitive deficits. Models of neural
populations have been used to estimate functional connectivity
among different brain regions during simple cognitive or motor
tasks, and to formulate hypotheses on the role of oscillations in
brain electrical activity during sleep or wake. Models of neural
populations are also used to analyse the recognition of abstract
objects starting from their elementary features, and to formulate
hypotheses on the organisation of the semantic memory in the brain
and on the relationship between language and object
representation.
His scientific production presently includes more than 300
publications (among them, more than 140 papers on
international journals and more than 20 on international
books).
He has been the National coordinator of several projects FIRB
and PRIN from the Italian Ministry of Education.
He is Associate Editor of the journal IEEE Transactions in
Biomedical Engineering, Member of the Editorial Board of the
Journal Medical Engineering and Physics and of the
Journal of Integrative Neuroscience, and Reviewer of about
20 Intenational Journals in different scientific fields.