Berufliche Tätigkeiten

2006    
Forscherer an der University of Pavia (Italy), Dept. of Information and Communication Systems

2006 – 2011    
Doktorand an der University of Pavia (Italy), Dept. of Information and Communication Systems

2011 – 2015  
Postdoktorand an der Universität Zürich (Schweiz), Departement Neurologie

2015    
SNF APM fellow/Forscher am German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Cologne (Germany), Institute of Aerospace Medicine

2015 – 2016   
SNF APM fellow/Forscher am TNO - Soesterberg, (Netherland), Dept. of Human Factor

2015    
SNF APM fellow/Forscher an der University of Antwerp (Belgium), AUREA

2016 – 2017    
SNF APM fellow (Return Grant) an der Universität Zürich (Schweiz), Departement Neurologie

2017 – 2021 
Forscher und Koordinator am Swiss Concussion Center (Switzerland)

2016 – 2021 
ZNZ Junior Group Leader an der Universität Zürich (Schweiz), Departement Neurologie

Seit 2021
Forscher am Aeromedical Institute (Switzerland)

Seit 2021
Professor an der Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW, Institut für Optometrie

Ausbildung

2003
Bachelor Deg. cum Laude in Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Pavia, Italy

2006
Master Deg. cum Laude in Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Pavia, Italy

2011
Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) in Biomedical Engineering, Univ. of Pavia, Italy

Google Scholar

01/2015-12/2015       Schweizerische Stiftung für Alkoholforschung (SSA),  Project title: The effect of alcohol on gaze holding in healthy human subjects as a model of gaze evoked nystagmus and rebound nystagmus induced by impairment of cerebellar function

03/2015-02/2017       Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF): Disentanglement of perceived gravity direction and self-rotation perception

03/2016-12/2021       Aeromedical Institute (FAI): Establishing an advanced desensitization protocol for motion sensitive airplane pilots

01/2017-12/2017       Betty and David Koetser Foundation for Brain Research: Establishing a non-pharmacological treatment method for cerebellar nystagmus by altering the adaptability of the eye null-position

01/2017-12/2017        Schweizerische Stiftung für Alkoholforschung (SSA): Impact of alcohol on self-motion perception and reflexive eye movements: a human model to investigate the role of cerebellar impairment in visuo-vestibular integration

06/2017-12/2017        German Aerospace Center (DLR) - Institute of Aerospace Medicine Impact and adaptation of alternating gravity condition on human performance

06/2017-02/2018       Hartmann Müller Foundation: A novel outlook for cerebellar patients: Boosting the performance of the gaze holding system

01/2019-12/2019       Betty and David Koetser Foundation for Brain Research: CBD/THC nose spray to reduce vestibular motion sickness

01/2021–12/2021      Betty and David Koetser Foundation for Brain Research: Artificial manipulation of self-motion perception to control multi-sensory adaptation: Building the tools to design novel, patient-specific rehabilitation protocols for persistent postural-perceptual dizziness (PPPD)

09/2021–09/2024      European Space Agency - Open Space innovation platform (OSIP): A wearable-based system to reduce space motion sickness by multi- sensory pre-habituation