Luca Carnevali

Luca Carnevali is Associate Professor of Physiology at the University of Parma, where he conducts research on the psychophysiology of stress in humans and animal models. He holds a Master's degree (2009) and PhD (2015) in biomedical fields from the University of Parma, with additional research experience at the University of Newcastle (Australia).

• 2009: Master's in Biology and Biomedical Applications
• 2015: PhD in Systemic Pathophysiology

His research focuses on stress mechanisms, particularly the interplay between cardiac autonomic regulation (assessed through heart rate variability), neuroimmune interactions, and gut microbiota composition. He employs rodent models to investigate sex-specific differences in stress responses and their cardiovascular consequences.

Recent work highlights:

• 2025: Analysis of miRNA-34 deletion effects on cardiac stress vulnerability
• 2025: Evaluation of witness social defeat stress models for neuroimmune-cardiovascular interactions
• 2025: Development of IoT-based systems for real-world stress monitoring
• 2024: Meta-analysis on acute stress effects across rodent and human reward processing

Scientific recognition includes:

• American Psychosomatic Society Young Investigator Colloquium Award (2018)
• Best Poster Prize, Italian Society of Physiology (2013)

In editorial leadership:

• Associate Editor, International Journal of Psychophysiology
• Action Editor, Journal of Psychophysiology
• Associate Editor, Autonomic Neuroscience (Frontiers in Neuroscience, Physiology, and Neurology)