Future Leader Fellow UKRIHead of the Stimulation Unit at
BRICAssociate Professor in Neuroscience
Personal webpage.
Bio: My research focuses on the neurobiology of decision-making and learning, both in healthy adults and in patients with psychiatric disorders. After working as a biomedical engineer, developing brain-related clinical devises, I pursued an academic career in computational neuroscience at the universities of Glasgow and Oxford. My previous research focused on the proof of principle that
transcranial ultrasound neuromodulation can safely and transiently change neural activity in precise parts of the brain, particularly deep regions of the brain, repsonsible for core cognitive and motivational processes. I am now working towards bringing this technology forward and apply it to mental health challenges.
Do you know how incredible the different applications of therapeutic ultrasound can be for mental health disorders? I created this cool video with
@Animate_Science https://youtube.com/watch?v=KsuqRldCspU… Enjoy!
Excecutive board member of ITRUSST (International Transcranial Ultrasonic Stimulation Safety and Standards). We are an international consortium working together towards the safe and effective application of transcranial focused ultrasound for neuromodulation. ITRUSST aims to establish consensus on expert guides, guidelines, and standardization for this neuromodulatory technique. Effective member since 2018-presentBoard member of the Change Group, Wellcome Centre for Integrative Neuroscience, Oxford, 2017-2018
Treasurer, French federation of students and early researchers in Cognitive Sciences, 2006
Mica Komarnyckyj, PhD in Psychology, University of Huddersfield, UK, 2018 – 2022 (VIVA passed successfully in 2022) – Now postdoc at the University of Manchester
Rory Baxter, PhD in Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK, 2018 – VIVA 2022
Eleonora Parrotta, PhD in Psychology, University of Plymouth, UK, 2018 – Present
Nadescha Trudel, PhD in Psychology, University of Oxford, UK, 2018 – VIVA 2021 – Now postdoc at Max Planck UCL Centre for Computational Psychiatry and Ageing, London
Davide Folloni, PhD in Psychology, University of Oxford, UK, 2018 – VIVA 2021 - Now postdoc at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai; USA; Science and PINS prize for Neuromodulation, followed by a Prize Essay in the journal Science(on co-authored papers).