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I am a Visiting Assistant Professor at Zayed University, interested in motor control and multisensory integration. Specifically, my work investigates the tight link between auditory, visual, and haptic (proprioceptive and tactile) sensory information and motor control through multiple techniques.

Education

  • Ph.D. - Doctor Europaeus in Physical Exercise and Human Movement Science, University of Verona (2016)
  • M.Sc. Preventive and Adapted Exercise Science, Aging curriculum, University of Verona (2011)
  • B.Sc. in Movement Science, University of Udine (2008)
  • Teaching Experience

  • Instructor for the Statistics class for the undergraduate students of the Zayed University, Department of Psychology (2023/2024)
  • Instructor for the Biopsychology class for the undergraduate students of the Zayed University, Department of Psychology (2023/2024)
  • Instructor for the Research Methods class for the undergraduate students of the Zayed University, Department of Psychology (2023/2024)
  • Instructor for the Biopsychology class for the undergraduate students of the New York University Abu Dhabi, Psychology division (2021,2022,2023)
  • Invited lectures on motor control for the Biopsychology class for the undergraduate students of the New York University Abu Dhabi, Psychology division (2021)
  • Instructor for the Statistics for Psychology class for the undergraduate students of the New York University Abu Dhabi, Psychology division (2021)
  • Laboratory in Multisensory Perception and Action for the undergraduate students of the New York University Abu Dhabi, Psychology division (2019)
  • Research instruments for motor control assessment for the Movement Science master students, University of Verona (2015)
  • Research instruments for motor control assessment for the Movement Science master students, University of Verona (2014)
  • Tutor for the movement science faculty students, University of Verona (2011)
  • Movement Analysis course, University of Verona (2011)
  • Master and Bachelor thesis supervisor
  • Honors and Grants

  • Awarded the first prize as Young Investigator at the conference Neurizon (2015)
  • Grant: Action anticipation and muscle reaction to sound stimuli in patients with unilateral and bilateral cochlear implant (2015)
  • Grant: Predicting movement through sounds: a combination of psychophysical and TMS study (2014)
  • Ad Hoc Reviewer and Editor

  • Frontiers in Psychology - Movement Science and Sport Psychology
  • Topic editor for a special issue on multisensory integration in reaching and grasping in Frontiers in Psychology - Cognition