ABOUT

I research.

I trained in law (Laurea, Università degli studi di Roma “La Sapienza”), veterinary medicine (Laurea, Università degli Studi di Perugia; MPhil, University of Cambridge), neurobiology (MA, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University), and literature and arts (MSt, University of Oxford).

I have held research positions at the University of Cambridge, Columbia University, the University of Geneva, King’s College London, and have been awarded Fellowships by the Wellcome Trust, the European Union, as well as institutes for advanced studies in New York (Italian Academy for Advanced Studies in America), Paris (Institut d’études avancées), London (UCL Institute of Advanced Study), Delmenhorst (Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg), and Amsterdam (Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study).

I have done experimental work in clinical physiology (comparison of protocols for general anaesthesia in the horse), immunohistochemistry (characterisation of the antigenic profile of glial cells in the rat), neurogenetics (behavioural assessment in mouse models of schizophrenia), functional neuroimaging (characterisation of neural correlates of visual perception of one’s own face), electroencephalography (neural characterisation of the auditory perception of regularity and deviance), and affective neuroscience (characterisation of cortical and subcortical response to physical features of the human voice). I have conducted theoretical studies on a variety of topics including the concept of “self”, metaphor in music representation, cognitive control in relation to habit, epistemic aspects in literature, and historical perspectives on injectable opioids addiction. I have written on consciousness, perception, cognition, literature, aesthetics, intellectual history, and music.

I welcome enquiries about potential collaborations as a research consultant on projects that fall within my expertise.