Camillo Porcaro

Camillo Porcaro is an Associate Professor in Bioengineering at the Department of Neuroscience of the University of Padova. He holds roles such as Academic Board Member of the PhD in Neuroscience (PNC) and is an IEEE Senior Member. His career includes positions as Independent Researcher at the Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies (ISTC) – National Research Council (CNR), Rome (2011–2021), Visiting Professor at ETH Zurich (2014–2015), and Adjunct Professor at the Polytechnic University of Marche (2015–2022). He also served as Head of the hdEEG Lab at S. Anna Institute and RAN, Crotone (2018–2021).

Education:

• PhD in Functional Neuroimaging (2008), Institute of Advanced Biomedical Technologies (ITAB), University of Chieti, Italy
• Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Birmingham School of Psychology (2008)

Research Focus: Developing analytical methods for neuroimaging data, including Independent Component Analysis (ICA) and Functional Source Separation (FSS). Current work emphasizes EEG-MRI integration, resting-state functional networks (RSN), and nonlinear methods like Fractal Dimension for neuronal dynamics characterization.

Professional Roles:

• External Expert, European Research Executive Agency
• Ordinary Member, National Group of Biomedical Engineering
• Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Birmingham University Imaging Center (BUIC)

Labs & Teams: Former Head of hdEEG Lab (RAN Institute), collaborator with KU Leuven’s Movement Control & Neuroplasticity Group (2016–2020).