PhD Students (XXXIX Cycle)
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Agostini Lisa |
| Project Title | Restore brain connectivity between cortical organoids and brain with intravital three-dimensional bioprinting |
| Supervisor | Prof. Cecilia Laterza |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Marco Dal Maschio |
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Baba Alfonc |
| Project Title | Spasticity management and motor recovery in stroke patients: from basic neuroscience to clinical pathway |
| Supervisor | Prof. Alessandra Del Felice |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Nick Ward, Dr. Margherita Bertuccelli |
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Bellin Irene |
| Project Title | Neurofunctional correlates of the reciprocal influence between executive functions and language |
| Supervisor | Prof. Antonino Vallesi |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Maurizio Corbetta, Dr. Arianna Menardi |
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Biondi Margherita |
| Project Title | The transdiagnostic continuum of auditory verbal hallucinations from functional psychosis to health: EEG language lateralization, affectivity, and personality traits contribution |
| Supervisor | Prof. Chiara Spironelli |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Fabio Sambataro, Prof. Dante Mantini |
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Bisogno Antonio Luigi |
| Project Title | The neurophysiological mechanisms of connectional diaschisis following stroke |
| Supervisor | Prof. Maurizio Corbetta |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Camillo Porcaro |
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Cancedda Enzo |
| Project Title | Sensorimotor cortical microcircuits and the pathogenesis of the migraine |
| Supervisor | Prof. Stefano Vassanelli |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Daniela Pietrobon |
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Cao Yikang |
| Project Title | Deep learning to investigate the functional connectivity of cerebral networks in aging brains: Predictions and explanations of the aging brain |
| Supervisor | Prof. Alessandra Bertoldo |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Marco Zorzi |
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Di Pietro Irene |
| Project Title | Exploring fine-grained cognitive interference effects across linguistic and spatial domains |
| Supervisor | Prof. Ettore Ambrosini |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Dr. Maria Montefinese, Prof. Antonino Vallesi |
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Floris Matilda |
| Project Title | PSYCHEAL (Promotion of PSYChological HEALth and accessibility to low intensity treatment in clinical psychology) |
| Supervisor | Prof. Claudio Gentili |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Valentina Cardi |
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Fusaro Ester |
| Project Title | Spontaneous and evoked brain activity: from healthy to focal disorders |
| Supervisor | Prof. Maurizio Corbetta |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Dr. Lorenzo Pini |
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Livoti Vincenzo |
| Project Title | From ink to link: Computer-based tools for a better cognitive assessment |
| Supervisor | Prof. Mario Bonato |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Marco Zorzi |
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Lussignoli Marialaura |
| Project Title | The schizophrenia-bipolar disorder continuum: biological correlates of mood-related symptoms in schizophrenia as a function of genetic load for bipolar disorder |
| Supervisor | Prof. Fabio Sambataro |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Dr. Enrico Collantoni |
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Marson Alex |
| Project Title | As if there was no tomorrow: Future time perspective and proenvironmental behaviors |
| Supervisor | Prof. Giorgia Cona |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Andrea Spoto |
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Mologni Valentina |
| Project Title | Pathways to Anhedonia: deconstructing vulnerability and training the appetitive system in the brain |
| Supervisor | Prof. Simone Messerotti Benvenuti |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Fabio Sambataro |
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Morri Giulio |
| Project Title | Investigating the role of sleep-like slow waves in a mouse model for adult stroke |
| Supervisor | Prof. Maurizio Corbetta |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Dr. Manuela Allegra |
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Rijtano Barbara |
| Project Title | Investigating the role of connexins channels in neuronclia interaction linked to Parkinson’s disease pathogenesis using human midbrain organoids |
| Supervisor | Prof. Mario Bortolozzi |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Angelo Antonini, Prof. Luigi Bubacco |
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Schincariol Alexa |
| Project Title | The Influence of Emotions on Action Control: Brain Network Connectivity and Potential Trans-diagnostic Applications |
| Supervisor | Prof. Cristina Scarpazza |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Chiara Begliomini |
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Sun Yunfeng |
| Project Title | The impact of exercise on the intramuscular connective tissue and muscle spindle in aged rats |
| Supervisor | Prof. Carla Stecco |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Alessandra Del Felice |
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Tshimanga Louis Fabrice |
| Project Title | Multimodal representation learning of neurodata for intelligent systems |
| Supervisor | Prof. Manfredo Atzori |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Maurizio Corbetta |
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Visibelli Emma |
| Project Title | Neural Basis of Verbal Memory at Birth |
| Supervisor | Prof. Silvia Benavides-Varela |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Judit Gervain, Dr. Ana Fló |
PhD Students (XXXVIII Cycle)
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Amato Sonia |
| Project Title | Development and characterization of 3D in vitro neurodegenerative disease models as a platform to test novel therapeutic approaches. Focus on Huntington’s and Parkinson’s disease |
| Supervisor | Prof. Angelo Antonini |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Graziano Martello, Prof. Elisa Greggio |
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Bonato Giulia |
| Project Title | Neurogenetics in movement disorders: Focus on primary familial brain calcifications |
| Supervisor | Dr. Miryam Carecchio |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Angelo Antonini |
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D’Onofrio Valentina |
| Project Title | The effect of transcranial Alternating Current Stimulation (tACS) on electroencephalographic activity and subthalamic nucleus-local field potentials in Parkinson’s Disease |
| Supervisor | Prof. Camillo Porcaro |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Angelo Antonini |
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Garon Michela |
| Project Title | Precision medicine in Parkinson’s Disease: Biomarkers for cognitive decline |
| Supervisor | Prof. Angelo Antonini |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Roberta Biundo |
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Librizzi Giovanni |
| Project Title | Imaging predictors of radiation-related brain injury in gliomas |
| Supervisor | Prof. Renzo Manara |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Alessandra Bertoldo |
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Lucarini Gaia |
| Project Title | Neural mechanisms supporting language acquisition |
| Supervisor | Prof. Judit Gervain |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Janet Werker (University of British Columbia) |
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Maccarone Maria Chiara |
| Project Title | Deepening the role of body schema in the progression of adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a case control study and a longitudinal analysis |
| Supervisor | Dr. Emanuela Formaggio |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Stefano Masiero, Dr. Maria Rubega |
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Salamanca Marco |
| Project Title | Investigating the refinement and the consolidation of internal models during development and in developmental disorders: focus on the cerebellum |
| Supervisor | Prof. Marco Dal Maschio |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Ettore Ambrosini, Dr. Maria Elena Miletto Petrazzini |
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Vitale Marina |
| Project Title | Mechanism of susceptibility to cortical spreading depression in migraine |
| Supervisor | Prof. Daniela Pietrobon |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Marco Dal Maschio |
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Zanola Andrea |
| Project Title | Unsupervised extraction knowledge from biomedical data |
| Supervisor | Prof. Manfredo Atzori |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Samir Suweis |
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Zhao Xiaoxiao |
| Project Title | Fascia as pain generator |
| Supervisor | Prof. Stefano Masiero |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Carla Stecco |
PhD Students (XXXVII Cycle)
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Barzon Giacomo |
| Project Title | Probing Brain Networks: Perturbation Models and their Role in Understanding Brain Structure and Function |
| Supervisor | Prof. Samir Suweis |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Manlio De Domenico |
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Bettella Francesco |
| Project Title | Smart exoscheleton for mobility in agriculture |
| Supervisor | Prof. Alessandra Del Felice |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Emanuele Menegatti, Prof. Nicola Petrone |
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Colpo Maria |
| Project Title | Functional and structural fingerprinting for glioma characterization: a multimodal perspective |
| Supervisor | Prof. Alessandra Bertoldo |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Maurizio Corbetta |
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Costa Cristiano |
| Project Title | Neural correlates of Predictive Coding processes |
| Supervisor | Prof. Cristina Scarpazza |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Nicola Filippini, Prof. Giorgia Cona |
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Dimakou Anastasia |
| Project Title | Multivariate analysis of resting state activity and visually evoked response to natural stimuli to map the representation of information in intrinsic brain activity |
| Supervisor | Prof. Maurizio Corbetta |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Alessandra Bertoldo |
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Facca Massimiliano |
| Project Title | Mapping macroscale structure-function relationships in the brain: a multimodal neuroimaging perspective |
| Supervisor | Prof. Alessandra Del Felice |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Maurizio Corbetta, Prof. Alessandra Bertoldo |
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Fornaro Silvia |
| Project Title | Cognitive control dysfunctions in the compulsive-impulsive spectrum: unveiling subclinical cognitive and neurofunctional markers |
| Supervisor | Prof. Antonino Vallesi |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Ettore Ambrosini, Prof. Fabio Sambataro |
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Melloni Alice |
| Project Title | Behavioral effects of prenatal sleep deprivation |
| Supervisor | Dr. Valter Tucci |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Claudia Lodovichi |
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Meneghini Giulia |
| Project Title | Unveiling neurophysiological alterations in brain tumor patients: insights from resting-EEG and TMS-EEG data |
| Supervisor | Prof. Andrea Landi |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Mario Rosanova |
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Menti Giulio Maria |
| Project Title | Investigating brain mechanisms supporting attraction/repulsion responses in insects |
| Supervisor | Prof. Aram Megighian |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Marco Dal Maschio, Dr. Maria Elena Miletto Petrazzini |
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Miscioscia Alessandro |
| Project Title | Neurocognitive impairment and cerebellum in early phases of relapsing-remitting Multiple Sclerosis: A conventional, Diffusion, and functional MRI study |
| Supervisor | Prof. Paolo Gallo |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Cristina Scarpazza |
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Mura Francesca |
| Project Title | The EXPERIENCE Project: The Use of Virtual Reality as a Diagnostic Tool for Depression |
| Supervisor | Prof. Claudio Gentili |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Valentina Cardi |
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Santacesaria Paola |
| Project Title | Future-oriented cognition: identifying cognitive and neural mechanisms in healthy and pathological populations |
| Supervisor | Prof. Giorgia Cona |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Giorgio Arcara, Prof. Cristina Scarpazza |
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Tentori Elisa |
| Project Title | Control of dynamical switches in the brain by minimally invasive neuromodulation devices |
| Supervisor | Prof. Stefano Vassanelli |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Dr. Michele Allegra, Prof. Samir Suweis |
PhD Students (XXXVI Cycle)
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Aarabi Mohammad Hadi (PhD thesis defended on 14 May 2024) |
| Project Title | Structural mechanisms of recovery in human stroke (European School of Network Neuroscience (EuSNN) ITN project) |
| Supervisor | Prof. Maurizio Corbetta |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Alessandra Bertoldo |
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Albanesi Marica (PhD thesis defended on 31 May 2024) |
| Project Title | Mapping ensembles across the brain |
| Supervisor | Prof. Marco Dal Maschio |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Claudia Lodovichi |
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Angiolillo Silvia (PhD thesis defended on 31 May 2024) |
| Project Title | Development of an in vivo model of patient-specific neurons to study and screen for Alzheimer’s disease |
| Supervisor | Prof. Annachiara Cagnin |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Dr. Onelia Gagliano, Prof. Nicola Elvassore |
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Buccellato Andrea (PhD thesis defended on 6 May 2024) |
| Project Title | EEG-Based Markers of Consciousness: diagnostic and prognostic factors for recovery of consciousness |
| Supervisor | Prof. Patrizia Bisiacchi |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Alessandra Del Felice |
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Cattarinussi Giulia (PhD thesis defended on 6 Feb 2024) |
| Project Title | The neurobiology of the schizophrenia-bipolar disorder spectrum: the risk and brain mechanisms |
| Supervisor | Prof. Fabio Sambataro |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Renzo Manara |
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Di Soccio Antonio (PhD thesis defended on 31 May 2024) |
| Project Title | Dissecting neuronal network dynamics in the olfactory bulb and connected brain areas in healthy condition and brain disorders |
| Supervisor | Prof. Claudia Lodovichi |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Marco Dal Maschio |
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Lago Sara (PhD thesis defended on 19 Mar 2024) |
| Project Title | Role of the Temporo-parietal Junctions and Pre-stimulus Dynamics in Predictive Processing |
| Supervisor | Prof. Vallesi Antonino |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Arcara Giorgio |
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Liu Yanjun |
| Project Title | The role of eye movements in unraveling brain intrinsic dynamics: applications in healthy and neurodegenerative conditions |
| Supervisor | Prof. Maurizio Corbetta |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Ettore Ambrosini, Dr. Andrea Zangrossi |
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Mariani Benedetta |
| Project Title | Brain criticality beyond resting state neural avalanches |
| Supervisor | Prof. Samir Suweis |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Stefano Vassanelli |
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Meregalli Valentina (PhD thesis defended on 6 May 2024) |
| Project Title | Attentional processing of food in anorexia nervosa |
| Supervisor | Prof. Tenconi Elena |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Valentina Cardi |
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Miola Alessandro (PhD thesis defended on 6 Feb 2024) |
| Project Title | Neurobiology of bipolar subtypes: multivariate structural neuroimaging approaches |
| Supervisor | Prof. Giulia Perini |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Fabio Sambataro, Prof. Renzo Manara |
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Nallet Caroline (PhD thesis defended on 6 May 2024) |
| Project Title | Tuned to the rhythm: How prenatally and postnatally heard speech prosody lays the foundations for language learning |
| Supervisor | Prof. Judit Gervain |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Patrizia Trevisi |
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Pacinelli Giada (PhD thesis defended on 31 May 2024) |
| Project Title | Oxytocin-cannabinoid cross talk: Immunomodulatory effects in social brain within prefrontal cortex at the level of glial cells |
| Supervisor | Dr. Francesco Papaleo |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Fabio Sambataro |
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Polito Alessia (PhD thesis defended on 31 May 2024) |
| Project Title | Maternal and paternal genomes in sleep regulation: from neurons to network |
| Supervisor | Dr. Valter Tucci |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Marco Formentin |
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Saccani Maria Silvia (PhD thesis defended on 6 May 2024) |
| Project Title | Modulations of spatial processing through attentional load |
| Supervisor | Prof. Mario Bonato |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Dante Mantini |
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Salvalaggio Silvia (PhD thesis defended on 6 Feb 2024) |
| Project Title | Investigation of neural substrates underpinning upper limb sensorimotor impairment and recovery of voluntary motor behaviour after stroke |
| Supervisor | Prof. Dante Mantini |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Andrea Turolla |
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Viviani Giada (PhD thesis defended on 19 Mar 2024) |
| Project Title | Waves of control: Surfing behavioral and EEG uni/multivariate signatures to map proactive and reactive control |
| Supervisor | Prof. Ettore Ambrosini |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Antonino Vallesi, Prof. Livio Finos |
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Zhang Lu (PhD thesis defended on 19 Mar 2024) |
| Project Title | Resting-state functional MRI patterns: A neural fingerprint for human behavior |
| Supervisor | Prof. Maurizio Corbetta |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Antonino Vallesi, Prof. Samir Suweis |
PhD Students (XXXV Cycle)
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Bertuccelli Margherita (PhD thesis defended on 22 May 23) |
| Project Title | Rehabilitation paradigms in congenital and acquired neurological disorders: quantitative and cognitive assessments, and prospective rehabilitative interventions |
| Supervisor | Prof. Alessandra Del Felice |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Stefano Masiero, Prof. Patrizia Bisiacchi |
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Bruzzone Matteo (PhD thesis defended on 18 Apr 23) |
| Project Title | Development of a framework to link functional activity and circuit wiring diagrams in the zebrafish larva brain |
| Supervisor | Prof. Aram Megighian |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Marco Dal Maschio |
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Celli Miriam (PhD thesis defended on 22 May 23) |
| Project Title | A deeper look into visual cognition: low dimensionality in visual exploration dynamics and memory retrieval |
| Supervisor | Prof. Maurizio Corbetta |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Giorgia Cona |
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Coccaro Ambra (PhD thesis defended on 14 Jun 23) |
| Project Title | Spatiotemporal dynamics of Affective Inhibitory Control |
| Supervisor | Prof. Mario Liotti |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Antonino Vallesi |
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Dal Bò Elisa (PhD thesis defended on 22 May 23) |
| Project Title | Olfaction in affective disorders: an investigation of psychophysiological, behavioral and social response |
| Supervisor | Prof. Claudio Gentili |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Simone Messerotti Benvenuti |
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Dell’Acqua Carola (PhD thesis defended on 22 May 23) |
| Project Title | Affect and cognition in depression: an RDOC psychophysiological perspective |
| Supervisor | Prof. Simone Messerotti Benvenuti |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Daniela Palomba; Prof. Antonino Vallesi |
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Emmi Aron (PhD thesis defended on 31 Jan 23) |
| Project Title | COVID-19 Neuropathology: disentangling the role of SARS-CoV-2 infection in neurological manifestations and neurodegenerative diseases |
| Supervisor | Prof. Angelo Antonini |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Raffaele De Caro |
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Lazzarotto Andrea (PhD thesis defended on 14 Feb 23) |
| Project Title | Combining advanced MRI techniques and positron emission tomography to explore remyelination in multiple sclerosis |
| Supervisor | Prof. Paolo Gallo |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Benedetta Bodini |
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Tambaro Mattia (PhD thesis defended on 18 Apr 23) |
| Project Title | A brain-silicon closed-loop hybrid system with synapse-inspired neuroelectronic links |
| Supervisor | Prof. Stefano Vassanelli |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Alessandra Bertoldo |
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Trevisan Nicolò (PhD thesis defended on 18 Apr 23) |
| Project Title | Surface-based morphometry and cortical complexity: from psychiatric disorders to cognition and behavior |
| Supervisor | Prof. Fabio Sambataro |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Antonino Vallesi |
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Vicentin Stefano (PhD thesis defended on 22 May 23) |
| Project Title | Toward more naturalistic approaches to investigate the mechanisms and neural correlates of prospective memory |
| Supervisor | Prof. Patrizia Bisiacchi |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Dante Mantini |
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Volpi Tommaso (PhD thesis defended on 31 Jan 23) |
| Project Title | Investigating the brain’s ‘dark energy’ through the complex coupling of [18F]FDG PET and resting-state functional MRI |
| Supervisor | Prof. Maurizio Corbetta |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Alessandra Bertoldo |
PhD Students (XXXIV Cycle)
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Bovo Stefano (PhD thesis defended on 22 Apr 22) |
| Project Title | Transcranial magnetic stimulation variability insights: how neuronal fiber bundle direction and the induced electric field affect stimulation effectiveness |
| Supervisor | Prof. Dante Mantini |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Florinda Ferreri, Ing. Marco Rossi |
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Fusina Francesca (PhD thesis defended on 22 Apr 22) |
| Project Title | Psychophysiology of emotional processing and its alterations: novel and translational approaches |
| Supervisor | Prof. Alessandro Angrilli |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Aram Megighian |
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Margoni Monica (PhD thesis defended on 22 Apr 22) |
| Project Title | Exploring multiple sclerosis brain microstructural damage through T1w/T2w-ratio: a multicenter study |
| Supervisor | Prof. Paolo Gallo |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Diego Cecchin |
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Menardi Arianna (PhD thesis defended on 14 Feb 22) |
| Project Title | Study of individual brain topology for the personalization of interventions via transcranial magnetic stimulation: a network modulation approach |
| Supervisor | Prof. Antonino Vallesi |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Maurizio Corbetta, Dr. Emiliano Santarnecchi |
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Moretto Manuela (PhD thesis defended on 22 Apr 22) |
| Project Title | Beyond Static Functional Connectivity: Hidden Markov Models to Investigate the BOLD Signal Dynamics in Resting State |
| Supervisor | Prof. Alessandra Bertoldo |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Maurizio Corbetta |
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Salvalaggio Alessandro (PhD thesis defended on 14 Feb 22) |
| Project Title | Indirect disconnection methods in focal brain lesions: post-stroke deficit prediction and correlation with outcome in glioblastoma |
| Supervisor | Prof. Maurizio Corbetta |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Michel Thiebaut de Schotten, Prof. Chiara Briani |
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Sandre Michele (PhD thesis defended on 13 Jul 22) |
| Project Title | Investigation of novel biomarkers in Parkinson’s Disease: a study in gastrointestinal biopsies |
| Supervisor: | Prof. Angelo Antonini |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Luigi Bubacco |
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Villani Umberto (PhD thesis defended on 22 Apr 22) |
| Project Title | From microstructure imaging to structural connectivity: the use of diffusion MRI to investigate the impact of gliomas on the human brain |
| Supervisor | Prof. Alessandra Bertoldo |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Michel Thiebaut de Schotten |
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Zorzi Giovanni (PhD thesis defended on 13 Jul 22) |
| Project Title | Cognitive biomarkers in late-onset psychiatric disorders at high risk for dementia |
| Supervisor | Prof. Giulia Perini |
| Co-supervisor(s) | Prof. Annachiara Cagnin |