I obtained a degree in Physics and a Doctorate in Biophysics at Sapienza University in Rome. I have been conducting research at CREF since 2004. I have been Principal Researcher since 2015 and Research Director since 2022. In this capacity, I coordinate a group of medical physicists working on the structure and function of the human brain and the development of related magnetic resonance imaging methods. My research activity is strongly oriented towards interdisciplinary approaches to neuroscience and neuroimaging.
My research interests include human brain function, metabolism, and relevant alterations in some neurological diseases. My experimental work uses functional MRI and spectroscopy to characterise metabolic, functional and network transients during brain activity. I am also interested in computational neuroscience, particularly quantitative models of intercellular nutrient trafficking, aimed at understanding the biophysical basis of functional neuroimaging and elucidating the functional and energetic partnership between cell populations in the brain.

Since 2020, I have been the Coordinator of high-field MRI research at the Santa Lucia Foundation in Rome.

An updated list of publications and related summaries are available on the MARBILab laboratory website.