Guido Avanzolini was born in Forlì, Italy, in 1942. He received
the Dr. Ing. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University
of Bologna, Italy, in A.A 1966/67.
From 1968 to 1969 he was with the PSA (Special Program
Automation) National Research Council, Milan, Italy, and, then he
joined the Institute of Automation, now, Department of Electronics,
Computer Science and Systems at the University of Bologna, where he
has been associate professor of Biomedica Instrumentation from 1972
to 1979.
He then passed to the Department of Systems and Computer Science
of the University of Florence as full professor of Biological
Systems from 1980 to 1985. Since 1985 he is full professor of
Biomedical Instrumentation at the Department of Electronics,
Computer Science and Systems of the University of Bologna. From
1985 to 2006 he was Coordinator of the PhD Course in Biomedical
Engineering (consortium of the Universities of Ancona, Bologna,
Florence, Naples "Federico II", Rome "La Sapienza") and from 1995
to 1998 President of the Board of Electronic Engineering of
the Faculty of Engineering, University of Bologna. From 2006 to
2009 he was director of the Department of Electronics, Computer
Science and Systems of the above University.
His current main research interests include the
measurement, modelling and control of physiological systems, in
particular cardiorespiratory and renal. He has published over 50
full papers in international journals, which appeared in: IEEE
Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, Journal of Biomedical
Engineering, Bullettin of Mathematical Biology, Medical and
Biological Engineering and Computing, International Journal of
Biomedical Computing, Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Annals
of Biomedical Engineering, International Journal of Artificial
Organs, Clinical Science, Nephrology, Dialysis and
Transplantation.