Research fellow

Since 2021 I have been a research assistant in the Neurophysiology of the visuo-motor system group at the Department of Biomedical and Neuromotor Sciences (DIBINEM) of the University of Bologna. Mine activity focuses on the neurocognitive mechanisms underlying the perception of visual movement generated during walking, through neuroimaging techniques (fNIRS) and paradigms behavioral. I previously worked as a Postdoc at Reichman University (Israel, Amedi Lab), studying the mechanisms of spatial representation and navigation in subjects sighted and blind, as well as motor maps in sighted subjects, using fMRI. Ho deepened my skills thanks to international courses on fMRI analysis (CONN toolbox, DCM,
Nipype) and on optical neuroimaging methodologies (fNIRS). I obtained a Doctorate in Bioengineering and Robotics at the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa (Unit for Visually Impaired People, PI: Monica Gori) with a thesis entitled “From sensory perception to spatial
cognition”. I previously graduated in Neuroscience and Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (University of Bologna), in Psychological Sciences and Techniques and in Pedagogical and Educational Sciences (University of Genoa). I have also gained experience as a research assistant at CIMeC (University from Trento) and as a visiting researcher at the University of York (UK). During my doctorate I was visiting student at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge (UK). My scientific production it includes fourteen peer-reviewed publications and numerous presentations at national congresses and international. In 2022 I received the award for the best presentation at the Congress of Italian Society of Neuropsychology (SINP). At the same time, I carry out teaching activities with lessons and seminars in the master's degree programmes in Psychology and Medicine and Surgery at the University of Bologna, as well as courses on fMRI at Reichman University.