I graduated in Biomedical Engineering at the Politecnico di Milano University (Italy) and in 2008 completed my PhD in Medical Physics and Bioengineering at UCL investigating the use of Electrical Impedance Tomography in epilepsy diagnosis.  I then moved to the department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology to explore the development of pain perception in human premature neonates in collaboration with the neonatal ward at UCLH using Electroencephalography (EEG). I am now a group leader funded by the Medical Research Council UK working at UCL and King’s College London in collaboration with their main university hospitals to study the development of spontaneous neuronal activity and of the somatosensory system in premature neonates integrating EEG and functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging information. My work is rooted in neonatology, neuroimaging, biomedical signal processing and neuroscience attracting collaboration from these disciplines, including the internationally renowned Centre for the Developing Brain. The results of my research have been published in leading scientific journals, such as Current Biology, eLife and The Lancet and featured in national and international newspapers and magazines, including New Scientist, the Washington Post and The Indipendent. I have organised workshops and presented my work at meetings across Europe and in the United States, and my research received various recognitions including the UCL Neuroscience Early Career Prize and a Merit Award from the Organization for Human Brain Mapping. I am also part of the Neuroscience Career Network Committee at UCL and regularly review articles for various general science and specialised journals.