Maria Concetta Morrone

Maria Concetta Morrone is a Professor of Physiology at the School of Medicine, University of Pisa, with a distinguished career spanning multiple institutions including Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele (2000-2008), Italian Institute of Technology (2008-2017), CNR Institute of Neuroscience (1995-2000), and Scuola Normale Superiore (1981-1995). Her research bridges biophysics, visual perception, and computational neuroscience.

• Education: Physics (University of Pisa, 1977); Biophysics training (Scuola Normale Superiore, 1973-1980)

Research Interests: She investigates human spatial vision, attention mechanisms, multisensory perception, brain plasticity in development and neurodevelopmental disorders, and computational models applied to robotics. Her work incorporates psychophysics, electrophysiology, ultra-high field fMRI, and artificial intelligence.

Scientific Recognition: Awards include the Ken Nakayama Medal (2019), ERC-IDEA Advanced Grant (2014), and Accademia Dei Lincei honors (2002). She has coordinated multiple European Community grants.