Clinical Neuroscience
Associate professor in Neuropsychology and Cognitive Neuroscience (PSIC-01/B)
Department of Psychology, University of Milano-Bicocca
U06 Bldg, 3rd floor, room 3123, Piazza dell’Ateneo Nuovo 1, 20131, Milano
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6478-2502
I am Associate Professor at the Department of Psychology, University of Milano – Bicocca, where I am the Responsible of two labs of non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS), including Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS), and TMS combined with electroencephalography (TMS-EEG). I hold a PhD in Experimental Psychology, Linguistics, and Cognitive Neuroscience and I have spent aboard research periods in UK at UCL and in the United States, at the NIH. I have a broad background in cognitive neuroscience and, more specifically, excellent and longstanding expertise in the non-invasive brain stimulation (NiBS) field. In parallel to my doctoral course, I achieved an MSc in Cognitive and Behavioral Psychotherapy.
I have authored 60 articles published on relevant international peer-reviewed scientific journals and presented more than 30 oral communications on national and international Neuroscientific conferences. I have received as PI three grants for research projects. I have over a decade of experience teaching at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. I am a member of various scientific societies, and I actively supervise PhD students and postdoctoral researchers.
SCIENTIFIC INTERESTS
My research focuses on the neural mechanisms underlying various cognitive domains, ranging from language and memory to social cognition and emotional processing, particularly through the use of non-invasive brain stimulation (NiBS) techniques such as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS), transcranial Direct Current Stimulation (tDCS) and multimodal approaches like TMS-EEG to track cortical plasticity and network dynamics.
With my research group I have started a methodological line of research investigating how tDCS influences brain excitability and connectivity in rest conditions and during tasks performance using TMS-EEG.
My current research lines mostly focus on the clinical and therapeutic applications of neuromodulation in both psychiatric and neurological conditions, including anxiety disorders, chronic pain, and disorders of consciousness.
TOPICS FOR PhD RESEARCH PROJECTS
I am available to supervise research projects involving NiBS, with a preferential but not exclusive focus on their clinical application in the treatment of neurological and psychiatric disorders
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
Please visit: www.neurostimulab.it