Maddalena Cavallo

Current Position

PhD Student in Physics (40th cycle) at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna. My research activity is carried out in collaboration with BI-REX Competence Center - Big Data Innovation & Research Excellence (Bologna).

Education

• 2021–2024: Master's Degree in Physics, University of Bologna
  Thesis title: Microstructure-weighted connectomics: validation and application of a novel diffusion MRI protocol for mapping brain structural connectivity
  Final grade: 110/110 cum laude
  
  
• 2018–2021: Bachelor's Degree in Physics, University of Bologna
  Thesis title: Eye-tracker MRI compatibile: ottimizzazione di un codice per l'analisi delle immagini
  Final grade: 110/110 cum laude
  
  
• 2018: High school diploma, Liceo Scientifico "Albert Einstein", Rimini
  Final grade: 100/100
  

Awards and Honors

• 2024: Award for the best Master's thesis at the Department of Physics and Astronomy (DIFA), University of Bologna
  
• 2024: Thesis Prize for the best STEM thesis, funded by Scientifica Venture Capital
  
• 2023: Scholarship for the preparation of the Master's thesis abroad, awarded by the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna

Conferences

• 2025: ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition, 10–15 May, Honolulu, Hawai’i, USA

Experience abroad

• March–July 2024: Master's thesis research project at the Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, University of Oxford, United Kingdom