Head of Unit
Giuseppe Jurman
Giuseppe Jurman is a mathematician, with a PhD in Algebra, working at MPBA on various aspects of computational biology. His main research interests are statistical machine learning, mathematical modeling for high-throughtput data and network analysis. He is also an expert in scientific programming with Python and other computing languages.
Senior Researchers
Monica Moroni
Monica is a mathematician with previous research experience in the field of computational neuroscience. Her main research interests are the development and application of machine learning models to clinical data (imaging data, EHR) with the final goal of providing diagnostic and prognostic tools to support clinicians in their job. In her work she is organized and determined. She is passionate about science communication.
Marco Chierici
Marco Chierici (PhD Bioengineering, University of Padova) is a senior data scientist at DSH. His main research interests include the integration of artificial intelligence methods (e.g., deep learning) in bioinformatics & computational biology frameworks, leveraging the information of multiple layers such as high-throughput omics and bioimaging data. He is an expert on bioinformatics tools for massive omics data, high-performance computing, and scientific programming in Python and R. A member of the MAQC/SEQC and FANTOM consortiums, Marco co-authored >40 papers in peer-reviewed journals. Further, he runs workshops on bioinformatics and machine learning, and he is involved in teaching activities on statistics, statistical learning, and data visualization at the Data Science M.Sc. at the University of Trento.
Diego Sona
Diego Sona
Researchers
Stefano Bovo
Stefano Bovo is a researcher in the DSH group. He is a biomedical Engineer holding a PhD in Neuroscience. His research interests are biomedical imaging (functional and structural MRI, PET/SPECT and CT), transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), biosignals (EEG, EMG) and mathematical modeling. He is currently working on AI solutions for clinical purposes based on EHR, medical imaging and digital pathology data.
Shahryar Noei
Shahryar is a researcher in the "data science for health" unit. He has an MS in biomedical engineering from the Sharif University of technology and a Ph.D. in cognitive neuroscience from the University of Trento, focusing on the computational role of neural oscillations. His main research interest is to develop and apply machine learning techniques for clinical applications to facilitate the process of diagnosis, prognosis, and explainability.
Nicolò Lazzaro
DSH senior researcher, specialized in AI applications to systems biology. Helps coordinating the EU-funded project 3DSecret, aiming to leverage generative models to unravel stochastic patterns in breast cancer metastatic trajectories via multimodal integration of metabolomic, genomic and transcriptomic data.
Lisa Novello
Lisa Novello is a researcher at DSH. With a background in cognitive and imaging neuroscience (PhD at University of Trento), the goal of Lisa’s scientific activity has been developing and advancing new markers of disease. To achieve so, in her previous research activity Lisa explored novel strategies to collect and analyze Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data, and investigated their relationship with clinical phenotypes. Currently, Lisa’s main interest is the use of AI-based methods for the discovery of new markers of disease, with a focus on ML/DL methodologies integrating data from multiple domains (e.g. digital pathology, radiological imaging, clinical records). Lisa also collaborates with the MRI Methods Group at CIMeC, University of Trento, where she helps investigate imaging markers of aging and Parkinson’s disease.
Jacopo Tessadori
DSH senior researcher with previous research experience in neuroscience and analysis of biomedical signals, ranging from cell cultures to EEG-based brain-computer interfaces. His main research interests are the development and application of machine learning models to clinical data, mainly imaging, with the final goal of providing diagnostic and prognostic tools to support clinicians in their job.
Flavio Ragni
Flavio Ragni is a researcher in the DSH unit, with a background in Cognitive Neuroscience, holding a Ph.D. from the University of Trento and an MS from the University of Bologna. His doctoral research focused on applying machine learning techniques to functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) data. Currently, his work involves leveraging machine learning and deep learning to analyze and integrate heterogeneous clinical data, with the goal of developing advanced models that assist clinicians in diagnosing and predicting the progression of various diseases.
Andrea Zen
Andrea Zen is a researcher in the DSH group, with a background in Biomolecular Sciences and Quantitative and Computational Biology from the University of Trento. His research focuses on leveraging advanced machine and deep learning methods within the European project iCulture to identify resilient seaweed species. He is also involved in clinical data analysis initiatives and conducts computational workshops and training tailored for healthcare professionals.
PhDs
Walter Endrizzi
Walter Endrizzi is a PhD student in Computational Biology at FBK and CIBIO (University of Trento), with a background in Computer Science and Computational Biology. His research focuses on leveraging computational techniques to analyze longitudinal clinical data from patients with neurodegenerative diseases. For his PhD, Walter is developing AI-driven methods to make sense of these complex, multi-dimensional datasets, aiming to capture the dynamic progression of disease and contribute to a more data-informed approach to patient care.
Veronica Poda
Veronica Poda is a PhD student in Mathematics at FBK and the University of Trento. Her research focuses on dynamic network statistics, with particular interest in relational event models. The goal of her work is to develop and apply computational methods to better understand complex systems and support applications in healthcare.
Raffaele Marchesi
Raffaele Marchesi is a PhD student in Computational Mathematics at FBK and the University of Pavia. He has a background in Data Science and Computer Science. For his PhD he is working on Generative AI for health data, with a focus on synthetic longitudinal clinical data.
Paolo Bresolin
Paolo Bresolin is a PhD student in Information Engineering at the University of Padova and FBK. He has an MS in Computer Engineering, with a curriculum specialized in AI. His research primarly involves Machine Learning and Data Mining methods to extract significant patterns from the input data. His work mainly focuses on graphs, especially in the Bioinformatics domain. He is interested in developing efficient and scalable algorithms with both theoretical guarantees as well as practical applications on real data.
Lucia Filippozzi
Lucia Filippozzi is a PhD student in Mathematics at FBK and the University of Trento. Her research focuses on Nonparametric Bayesian Statistics and Bayesian Neural Networks. She aims to apply these mathematical techniques to address key challenges in health sciences by leveraging the uncertainty estimation provided by the Bayesian framework.
Lucia Xausa
Lucia Xausa is a PhD student enrolled in the joint program (UniPv, USI, FBK) in Computational Mathematics, Learning and Data Science. She has a background in Mathematics and Data Science. Her research focuses on the application of AI and Machine Learning in healthcare, especially on the integration of biomedical signals into multimodal networks.
Gianluca Leonardi
Gianluca Leonardi is a PhD student in Biomolecular Sciences at FBK and CIBIO (University of Trento). He has a background in Molecular Biology and Neurobiology. For his PhD he is working on biological manifolds, with a focus on the application of AI on single cell RNA-seq data.
Federica Rignanese
I am currently enrolled in the joint PhD program in (UniPV, USI, FBK) in Computational Mathematics, Learning and Data Science, which I’m carrying out at the Data Science for Health (DSH) unit of the Bruno Kessler Foundation (FBK), in Trento. My research focuses on the application of AI and machine learning in healthcare, particularly in precision oncology. I am exploring the integration of multimodal data—including radiomics, digital pathology, and other medical data types—to develop more accurate prognostic and diagnostic models.
Elena Marinello
Elena Marinello is a PhD student in Information Engineering between FBK and the University of Padova. Her research focuses on multilayer networks, with the goal of modeling patient or phenotype-specific networks through the integration of multi-omics data.
Scientific Developers
Andrea Naclerio
Andrea Naclerio holds a Bachelor's degree in Biomolecular Sciences and Technologies and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Quantitative and Computational Biology, both from the University of Trento. He also works as a junior sysadmin and developer at the DSH unit.