Roberto Amici

Roberto Amici is Associate Professor of Physiology at the University of Bologna, where he is teacher and tutor at the Degree Programs in "Medicina e Chirurgia" and "Infermierisitca", and at the PhD Program in Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM).

He is Director of the Professional Master's Programme in “Sleep Medicine”, and member of the "Technical-Pedagogical Council" of the Degree Programme in "Medicina e Chirurgia".

Research activity is aimed at studying physiological regulation during the different wake-sleep states and during torpor/hibernation, the relationship between sleep and the environment, and the central nervous control of the thermoregulatory/metabolic and autonomic functions.

Formerly, he was President of the "Italian Society of Sleep Research" (SIRS), Vice-President of the ESRS, and Coordinator of "Basic Research" and of the "Research Committee" of the “Italian Association of Sleep Medicine” (AIMS).