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Michele Giugliano
NationalityItalian
Alma materPolytechnic University of Milan (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsNeural Engineering
InstitutionsUniversity of Modena and Reggio Emilia
Doctoral advisorMassimo Grattarola
Websitewww.giugliano.info
Michele Giugliano speaking to an audience at the science festival of Foligno, in 2024.
Michele Giugliano speaking to an audience at the science festival of Foligno, in 2024.

Michele Giugliano is an Italian Bioengineer and Physiologist, Associate Professor at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (UNIMORE). His work focuses on neurobiology, cell electrophysiology, and computational neuroscience.[1]

Education

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Giugliano received his Laurea degree in Electronic Engineering from the University of Genoa in 1997, and his PhD from the Polytechnic University of Milan in 2001, both working with Massimo Grattarola. In 2001, as an Human Frontier Science Program long-term fellowship awardee,[2] started a postdoctoral training working with Stefano Fusi and Hans-Rudolf Lüscher[3] at the Department of Physiology of the University of Bern.

Career

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From 2005 until 2008, Giugliano worked with Henry Markram as a junior group leader at the Brain Mind Institute of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland, contributing to the NEURONANO project and interfacing neurons to carbon-based nanomaterials.[4] Then he moved to Belgium where he was appointed tenure-track Docent at the Department of Biomedical Sciences of the University of Antwerp. In 2012 he received tenure, and was promoted to Hoofddocent in 2013 and to Hoogleraar in 2016. During 2008-2019, he supervised 5 PhD theses.[5] During those years, he coordinated the BRAINLEAP project consortium[6] as well as the NAMASEN Marie-Curie Training Network,[7] both funded by the European Commission for focused on neuroelectronics for future neuroprosthetics.[8]

In 2020, he moved to Trieste as he joined the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), starting the Neuronal Dynamics Laboratory and supervising other 4 PhD theses. During this time, he coordinated the INFET project consortium,[9] funded by the European Innovation Council and exploring non-conventional neuromodulation for epilepsy treatment.

In 2024, he joined the Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences of the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, as a faculty of the newly established Master Course on Bioengineering for Innovation in Medicine,[10] continuing researching on human cortical tissue physiology[11]

Giugliano's research broadly focuses on the fast-response electrical properties of cells, microcircuits and networks of the human and rodent neocortex. Combining electrophysiological recordings, theoretical work, numerical simulations, and the use of novel nanomaterials, he intends to dissect the biophysical primitives underlying information processing and computation in the brain.

References

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  1. ^ "Giugliano Lab |". giugliano.info. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  2. ^ "Awardees". HFSPO. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  3. ^ "Hans-Rudolf Lüscher's research". ResearchGate. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  4. ^ "EU Research Results". Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  5. ^ "CV" (PDF). Online resume. Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  6. ^ "EU Research Results". Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  7. ^ "EU Research Results". Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  8. ^ Jones, Peter D.; Moskalyuk, Anastasiya; Barthold, Clemens; Gutöhrlein, Katja; Heusel, Gerhard; Schröppel, Birgit; Samba, Ramona; Giugliano, Michele (2020). "Low-Impedance 3D PEDOT:PSS Ultramicroelectrodes". Frontiers in Neuroscience. 14: 405. doi:10.3389/fnins.2020.00405. PMC 7248397. PMID 32508562.
  9. ^ "EU Research Results". Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  10. ^ "UNIMORE". Retrieved 2025-01-25.
  11. ^ "eBRAINS-Italy Research Groups". Retrieved 2025-01-25.