Summary
Michele Giugliano is a Principal Investigator and neuroengineer with 11+ years of leadership experience running labs and securing funding across top European institutions including UNIMORE, SISSA and previously the University of Antwerp and EPFL. He combines deep expertise in physiology, bioengineering and computational neuroscience with hands-on skills in cellular electrophysiology, nanotechnologies and software development. His groups have produced high-impact publications in journals such as Nature, Neuron and PLoS Biology while also prioritizing public dissemination of science. A tech-savvy professor and lab director, he blends academic rigor with developer instincts and public speaking to translate complex research into accessible outcomes. Notably, his trajectory reflects both sustained team-building—from PhD students to cross-disciplinary collaborations—and a longtime personal drive to probe foundational, existential questions through science. Based in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, he pairs summa cum laude engineering training with a career bridging theory, experiment and technology.
11 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Laurea degree (5 years curriculum) MEng, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Summa cum laude, Laurea degree (5 years curriculum) MEng, Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering, Summa cum laude at Università degli Studi di Genova
PhD, Bioengineering - Computational Neuroscience, PhD, Bioengineering - Computational Neuroscience at Polytechnic of Milan, Italy
Primary school diploma, Primary education, Primary school diploma, Primary education at Scuola Elementare Bernini
5 years - Laurea (Master), Electronic Engineering, 5 years - Laurea (Master), Electronic Engineering at University of Genova, Italy
High School Diploma, Scientific curriculum of studies, High School Diploma, Scientific curriculum of studies at Liceo M. Champagnat, Genova (Italy)
Italian, English