ADDRESS:
Dipartimento di Fisiologia umana e generale, Universita' di
Bologna, Piazza di Porta S. Donato 2, 40127 Bologna, Italy
GRADUATED IN:
Biological Sciences
ON:
July 15, 1971
AT:
University of Bologna,
Italy
CAREER:
1971: Assistant Professor in Physiology at the
Institute of Human Physiology of the University of Bologna.
1983: Associate Professor in Physiology at the
Institute of Human Physiology of the University of Bologna.
1986: Full Professor in Physiology at the
Institute of Human Physiology of the University of Bologna.
PRESENT POSITION:
Full Professor in Physiology at the Department of Pharmacy and
Biotechnology of the University of Bologna.
OFFICES:
Member of the Osservatorio Scientifico of the University of
Bologna, of the Board of Directors of the Italian Society of
Physiology, and of the Institute for Advanced Studies of the
University of Bologna. Vice Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the
University of Bologna in 2004-2005. Member of national and
international scientific Committees. Coordinator of the Dottorato
di Ricerca in Neurophysiology of the University of Bologna. Member
of the Bioethical Board of the University of Bologna. Dean of the
Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Bologna for
2006-2009.
RESEARCH FIELDS:
Neurophysiology and neuroanatomy of the visual system.
AFFILIATIONS:
European Biomedical Research Association, European Brain and
Behaviour Society, International Neuropsychological Society,
Societa' Italiana di Fisiologia, Società italiana di
Neuropsicologia, Società italiana di Neuroscienze, Vision Sciences
Society e American Society for Neuroscience.
AWARDS:
'Golden Brain Award 1997', awarded by Minerva Foundation
(Berkeley, California, USA) "for his pioneering discoveries of the
function of the visual brain".
RESEARCH GRANTS (presently active):
- European Union: FP6-IST-027574-MATHESIS "Observational learning
in cognitive agents"
- European Union: FP7-ICT-217077-EYESHOTS "Heterogeneous 3-D
Perception Across Visual Fragments"
- Grant of the Australian Research Council for a research in
collaboration with the laboratory of Prof. Marcello Rosa,
Melbourne, Australia
- Progetto strategico di Ateneo: “Neuromathematics of Visual
cognition”
- PRIN-2010-2011 "Organizzazione e monitoraggio dell'azione: dalla
visione al controllo motorio"
