Members of our Team

We are always looking for talented, passionate and enthusiastic PhD students, Postdocs, and Master students to join the team (see vacancies) !

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Michele GIUGLIANO - Principal Investigator, started at SISSA in 2019 - michele.giugliano@sissa.it

• Master in Electronic Engineering from Univ. of Genova
• PhD in Bioengineering with Prof. M. Grattarola, from Polytechnic Univ. of Milan
• HFSPO Postdoc with Prof. H.R. Lüscher, at Univ. of Bern
• Junior group leadership with Prof. H. Markram, at EPFL
• Tenured (Full) Professorship at Univ. Antwerpen

Andrea STACCHETTI - PhD Student, started Oct 2018 - andrea.stacchetti@sissa.it

• Master in Physics Polytechnic of Turin
• Bachelor in Physics, Polytechnic of Turin

Elena GJIORGIEVSKA - PhD Student, started Oct 2018 - elena.gjiorgievska@sissa.it

• Master in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at University of Maribor

Matteo MANZATI - PhD Student, started Oct 2019 - matteo.manzati@sissa.it

• Master in Neuroscience at Univ. of Trieste
• Bachelor in Biotechnologies at Univ. of Trieste

Ali HOSSEINI - PhD Student, started Oct 2019 - ali.hosseini@sissa.it

• Master in Biomedical Sciences, Univ. Antwerpen
• MD in Medicine, Guilan University of Medical Sciences

Diletta POZZI - Postdoctoal Fellow, started Aug 2020 - diletta.pozzi@sissa.it

• Master in Pharmaceutical Chemistry and Technology, University of Turin
• PhD in Neurobiology with Vincent Torre at SISSA
• Postdoc with Anthony Ricci at Stanford School of Medicine

Valentina Perrera - Technologist and Project Manager, started June 2020 - valentina.perrera@sissa.it

• Postdoc with Graziano Martello at Dept. Molecular Medicine, Univ. Padova
• Postdoc with Rossella Tupler at Dept. of Life Sciences, Univ. Modena & Reggio Emilia
• EMBO postdoc with Vincent Colot, at Institut de Biologie de l'École normale supérieure, Paris
• PhD in Genetics with Thomas Jenuwein at Vienna BioCenter and the Max Planck Institute for Immunology and Epigenetics, Freiburg im Breisgau
• Master in Biotechnology for Industry and Scientific Research at University of Palermo
• Bachelor in Biotechnology at University of Palermo

Morgana Dalla Palma - Master Student, starting November 2020 - morgana.dallapalma@studenti.units.it

Alice Ballabio - Master Student, starting February 2021 - alice.ballabio@studenti.units.it

Öykü OKUR - Bachelor Student, visiting from Bilkent University, starting June 2021 - oyku.okur@ug.bilkent.edu.tr

Emilia CORTESI - Physicist, pre-doc fellowship, starting May 2021 - emilia.cortesi@sissa.it

Maura ARSIERO - PhD student in Lüscher's lab, cosupervised by MG from 2003 to 2007. Now International Director at Second Sight Medical Products, Switzerland.

Istvan BIRO - PhD student in Giugliano's lab from 2010 to 2014. Now research associate at Loughborough University, UK.

Emanuele CILIA - Postdoc in Giugliano's lab from 2008 to 2011. Now Clinical Study Coordinator at Careggi Hospital, Italy.

Jõao COUTO - PhD student in Giugliano's lab from 2010 to 2015. Now postdoc in Churchland Lab at UCLA Geffen School of Medicine, USA.

Lowry CURLEY - Postdoc in Giugliano's lab from 2012 to 2013. Now Chief Executive Officer at AxoSim, New Orleans, USA.

Christophe VERBIST - PhD student in Giugliano's lab from 2016 to 2020. Now Developer at AXS Guard, Antwerpen, Belgium.

Luca Gambazzi - PhD student in Markram's lab, cosupervised by MG from 2006 to 2009. Now at the center of technology of the Swiss Department of Defense, Civil Protection and Sports.

Harold Köndgen - PhD student in Lüscher's lab, cosupervised by MG from 2003 to 2005. Now Senior Director Global Medical Affairs at Roche, Switzerland.

Daniele LINARO - Postdoc in Giugliano's lab from 2011 to 2015. Now assistant professor at the Politecnico di Milano, Italy.

Mufti MAHMUD - Postdoc in Giugliano's lab from 2013 to 2015. Now Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, UK.

Antonella MONACO - Postdoc in Giugliano's lab from 2013 to 2020. Now faculty at Provinciale Technische Scholen, Belgium.

Anastasiya MOSKALYUK - Postdoc in Giugliano's lab from 2013 to 2020.

Jarosław MOTYLEWSKI - PhD student in Giugliano's lab from 2012 to 2015. Now project manager at DXC Technology, Poland.

Paz Yáñez - Project Manager in Giugliano's lab from 2012 to 2014. Now staff member at the Dept. of Research Affairs, Univ. Antwerpen, Belgium.

Gabriele MUSUMECI - Postdoc in Giugliano's lab from 2012 to 2014. Now molecular biologist in Brussels, Belgium.

Gabriella PANUCCIO - Postdoc in Giugliano's lab from 2013 to 2015. Now Group Leader at the Italian Institute of Technology, Italy.

Rocco PULIZZI - PhD student in Giugliano's lab from 2013 to 2016. Now entrepreneur and investor in San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily, Italy.

Pat VERMEIREN - Project Manager & Admin. Assistant in Giugliano's lab from 2010 to 2020. Now staff at Environmental dept., UAntwerpen, Belgium.

Sebastiaan VAN DE VIJVER - PhD student in Giugliano's lab from 2016 to 2020. Now Project Engineer at USG Professionals, Belgium.

Rocco BARONE - Research associate in Giugliano's lab from 2011 to 2012. Now Head of Sales at CAScination, Barcelona, Spain.

• Rodrigo Amaducci Szwarc (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Fall 2019
• Manuel Reyes Sanchez (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Fall 2019
• Sara Mirsadeghi (Department of ‌Brain and Cognitive Science, Royan Institute, Theran, Iran), April 2017
• Prof. Dr. Paulo de Castro Aguiar (Faculty of Medicine, Univ. of Porto, Portugal), February 2015
• Dr. Tiago Gehring (The University of Sheffield), 2015
• Dr. Sandro Perrone (Data Scientist and Advanced System Engineer at TXT e-solutions), 2015

• Amani Rouabah, SISSA 2020/21
• Giulia Franco, SISSA 2019/20, now data scientist at RnB4culture, Italy
• Jacopo Giorgi, 2019/20
• Robin De Schepper, Antwerpen 2018/19, now PhD student at Univ. Pavia, Italy
• Ali Hosseini, Antwerpen 2018/19, now PhD student at SISSA, Italy
• Seyma Tashi, May 2019
• Stefano Borda Bossana, Antwerpen 2019/20, now PhD student at Universitätsklinikum Hamburg Eppendorf, Germany
• Nabil Farah, Spring 2019
• Matteo Manzati, SISSA 2018/19, now PhD student at SISSA, Italy
• Alessio di Clemente, Summer 2018
• Stefano Salvadè, Antwerpen 2016/17, now engineer at 3Brain, Switzerland
• Meriam Malezadeh, April 2018
• Fatma Ustboga, Fall 2017
• Kawtar El Abdellati, Antwerpen 2017/18, now PhD student at Univ. Antwerpen, Belgium
• Ellen Boven, Antwerpen 2016/17, now PhD student at Univ. Bristol, UK
• Emma I.E. Wong Fong Sang, Antwerpen 2014/15, now Patent Attorney in Life Sciences, The Hague, The NL
• Femke Valkenburg, Antwerpen 2012/13, now Regulatory Affairs at Teleon Surgical B.V, Nijmegen, The NL
• Vincent Delattre, EPFL 2007/08, now Vice President & Co-Founder at GTX medical, Geneva, Switzerland
• Jessie Lowell, EPFL 2006/07, now postdoc at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, US
• Rishab Jain, 2005/06
• Imad Riachi, EPFL 2006/07, now founder of Neuroinformatix, London, UK
• Corrado Calì, EPFL, 2007/08, now assistant professor at Univ. of Turin, Italy