Born in Bologna, Italy, 1973.
Education and Employments
1998 Graduation in Biology, University of Bologna,
Italy.
2004 PhD in Neurophysiology
2004-2006 Two-years Post-doc fellowship in “Medical,
Pharmaceutical and Veterinary Sciences”, University of Bologna,
Italy.
2006-2011 Post-doc fellowship in “Systemic and
molecular aspects of the vegetative activity in the wake-sleep
cycle”, University of Bologna, Italy.
2013 From April to September, "Visiting
Scientist" at the Prof.Shaun Morrison's laboratory, at
the Department of Neurological Surgery - Oregon Health and
Science University - Portland OR - USA
2011-today Research Fellow, Assistant Professor,
Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences, University of
Bologna, Italy.
Research fields:
Hypothalamic regulation of the wake-sleep cycle and the
functional relationships between that regulation and the
homeostasis of physiological parameters.
Teaching responsibilities:
Lecturer at School of Psychology, University of Bologna,
division of Cesena: Clinical Psychophysiology II (6
CFU).
Lecturer at Psychology Specialty program in Clinical Psychology: Physiology (3 CFU).
Scientific collaborations:
- Jack Adam Tuszynski, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
- Marco Cavaglià, Politecnico di Torino, Torino, Italia.
- Robin Mc Allen, Florey Neuroscience Institutes, Melbourne,
Australia.
- Shaun Morrison, Department of Neurological Surgery at Oregon
Health and Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
- Pablo Torterolo, Department of Physiology, Universidad de la
Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay.
- Ennio Vivaldi e Adrian Ocampo, Institute of Biochemical
Science, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
