Gastone Castellani

Gastone Castellani is a Full Professor of Applied Physics and Biophysics at the University of Bologna's Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences. He holds a PhD in Physics and directs the Galvani Center for Bioinformatics, Biophysics, and Biocomplexity. His research focuses on Machine Learning, Big Data, and AI applied to biomedical data, with a particular interest in statistical interpretation of AI methods.

Education:

• Graduate in Biology and Physics
• PhD in Physics

Research Collaborations: Associate Professor (Research) at Brown University (since 2000), collaborating with Prof. Leon N Cooper on neural networks and gene expression analysis. Active in EU projects: GenoMed4All, SYNTHEMA, METASTRA, SYNTHIA.

Awards and Recognition:

• Chaos and Complexity Prize (1993)
• Vice President Award, Brown University (2003)

Grants and Projects: Lead researcher on the SYSAGEOMICS project (Brazilian visitor grant, 2025) and a Brown University grant for collaboration with Brazilian universities on circulating nucleic acids.

Labs/Teams: Director of the Galvani Center, involved in interdisciplinary teams integrating computational and experimental methods for aging and age-related diseases.