Paola Tupputi
Alberto Augello
Simone Tartabini
Arianna Mancini
Maria Protopop
Emiliano Buttarazzi
Emiliano Buttarazzi is a PhD student enrolled in the National PhD in Artificial Intelligence, course on Health and life sciences, organized by Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma.
Matteo Vitacca
Matteo Vitacca is a PhD student in Biomedical Sciences at the Neuroimaging and Brain Modelling Lab. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychological Sciences and Techniques from the University of Milano-Bicocca and a master’s in Cognitive Neuroscience and Clinical Neuropsychology from the University of Padova, where he also obtained his psychologist license.
His project focuses on clarifying the role of the cerebellum and the glutamatergic system in Cognitive Impairment Associated with Schizophrenia (CIAS), with the aim of advancing preclinical models and developing personalized therapies through The Virtual Brain (TVB) simulations of neural activity.
Andrea Fusari
Andrea Fusari is a Ph.D. student in Biomedical Sciences at the Department of Brain and Behavioural Sciences, University of Pavia, Italy. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Medical Biotechnology from the University of Milan, followed by a master’s degree in Neurobiology from the University of Pavia. His master’s thesis is titled “Curated Reconstruction of the Axonal Bundles of the Olfactory Circuit Using Tractography: Assessment of the Impact of Using A Priori Biological Constraints”.
Currently, Andrea’s Ph.D. research focuses on “Cerebellar Structural and Functional Characterization Toward Task-Dependent Digital Brain Twins”. This project aims to develop a task-specific Virtual Brain (TVB) model to simulate neural dynamics during fear conditioning tasks, contributing to innovative approaches in brain modelling and neurobehavioral research.