Andrea
D'avella
Email:
andrea.davella@unime.it
ALTRE INFORMAZIONI
CURRICULUM
Curriculum
FormazioneDiploma di Maturità Scientifica, luglio 1986, liceo scientifico “Leonardo da Vinci”, Milano.
Laurea in Fisica, dicembre 1993, l’Università degli Studi di Milano.
Ph.D. in Neuroscienze, settembre 2000, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA.
Posizioni ed incarichi
Settembre,1994 – agosto 1995. Borsista post-laurea, INFN, Sezione di Milano
Settembre 1995 – agosto 2000. Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Settembre 2000 – dicembre 2002. Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Settembre,1994 – agosto 1995. Borsista post-laurea, INFN, Sezione di Milano
Settembre 1995 – agosto 2000. Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Settembre 2000 – dicembre 2002. Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Gennaio 2003 – ad oggi. Team leader nel Laboratorio di Fisiologia Neuromotoria, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Roma
Gennaio 2015 – ad oggi. Professore di prima fascia nel settore scientifico disciplinare BIO/09 (Fisiologia), Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche e delle Immagini Morfologiche e Funzionali, Università degli Studi di Messina.
Progetti di ricerca
Responsabile di un’unità di un progetto collaborativo (8 unità) finanziato dalla Commissione Europea (HARIA, HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-11, ottobre 2022 – settembre 2026)
Responsabile di un’unità di un progetto coordinato dalla Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR, Germany) e finanziato dalla Helmoltz Association e.V. (febbraio 2019 – dicembre 2021)
Responsabile di un’unità di un progetto collaborativo (3 unità) sottoprogetto (PEPATO) di un progetto finanziato dalla Commissione Europea (EUROBENCH H2020, aprile 2019 – dicembre 2020)
Responsabile di un progetto collaborativo nazionale (5 unità) finanziato dal Ministero dell’Istruzione, dell’Università e della Ricerca (PRIN 2015, febbraio 2017 – gennaio 2020)
Responsabile di un’unità di un progetto finanziato dalla Commissione Europea (CogIMon, H2020-ICT, febbraio 2015 – gennaio 2019)
Responsabile di un progetto triennale di Ricerca Finalizzata del Ministero della Salute (RF-2011-02347869, dicembre 2014 - novembre 2017)
Responsabile di un’unità di un progetto finanziato dalla Commissione Europea (AMARSi, FP7-ICT, marzo 2010 – febbraio 2014)
Responsabile di un progetto finanziato dalla Human Frontier Science Program Organization (RPG11/2008, ottobre 2008 – settembre 2012)
Responsabile un’unità di un progetto dell’Agenzia Spaziale Italiana (CRUSOE, maggio 2011 – aprile 2012).
Pubblicazioni selezionate
Berger DJ, Borzelli D, d'Avella A. “Task space exploration improves adaptation after incompatible virtual surgeries.” 2022. J Neurophysiol, 127 (4), 1127-1146
Scano, A., Mira, R. M., & d'Avella, A. “Mixed matrix factorization: A novel algorithm for the extraction of kinematic-muscular synergies”. 2022. J Neurophysiol, 127(2), 529-547.
Gurgone S, Borzelli D, de Pasquale P, Berger DJ, Lisini Baldi T, D'Aurizio N, Prattichizzo D, d'Avella A. “Simultaneous control of natural and extra degrees of freedom by isometric force and electromyographic activity in the muscle-to-force null space”. 2022. J Neural Eng, 19(1).
Tommasino P., Maselli A., Campolo D., Lacquaniti F., d'Avella A., “A Hessian-based decomposition characterizes how performance in complex motor skills depends on individual strategy and variability”. 2021. PLoS ONE, 16(6):e0253626
Berger, D.J., Masciullo, M., Molinari, M., Lacquaniti, F., and d’Avella, A., “Does the cerebellum shape the spatiotemporal organization of muscle patterns? Insights from subjects with cerebellar ataxias.” 2020. J Neurophysiol, 123, 1691–1710.
Maselli A, Dhawan A PhD, Russo M, Cesqui B, Lacquaniti F, d'Avella A.,“ A whole-body characterization of individual strategies, gender differences and common styles in overarm throwing.”, 2019, J Neurophysiol, 122, 2486–2503.
Borzelli D., Cesqui B., Berger D.J., Burdet E., d’Avella A., “Muscle patterns underlying voluntary modulation of co-contraction”, 2018, PLoS ONE, 19;13(10):e0205911.
Maselli A., Dhawan A., Cesqui B., Russo M., Lacquaniti F., d'Avella A., “Where Are You Throwing the Ball? I Better Watch Your Body, Not Just Your Arm!”, 2017, Front Hum Neurosci,11:505.
Russo M., Cesqui B., La Scaleia B., Ceccarelli F., Maselli A., Moscatelli A., Zago M., Lacquaniti F., d'Avella A., “Intercepting virtual balls approaching under different gravity conditions: Evidence for spatial prediction”, 2017, J Neurophysiol, 118(4):2421-2434.
Cesqui B., Russo M., Lacquaniti F., d'Avella A., “Grasping in One-Handed Catching in Relation to Performance.”, 2016, PLoS One, 11(7):e0158606.
Overduin S.A., d'Avella A., Roh J., Carmena J.M., Bizzi E., “Representation of Muscle Synergies in the Primate Brain”, 2015, J Neurosci, 35(37):12615-24. (times cited: 25)
Cesqui B, Mezzetti M, Lacquaniti F, d'Avella A., “Gaze behavior in one-handed catching and its relation with interceptive performance: what the eyes can't tell.”, PLoS One. 2015 Mar 20;10(3):e0119445.
Berger D.J. and d'Avella A., “Effective force control by muscle synergies”, 2014, Front Comput Neurosci, 8:46.
Berger D.J., Gentner R., Edmunds T., Pai D.K., d'Avella A., “Differences in adaptation rates after virtual surgeries provide direct evidence for modularity”, 2013, J Neurosci, 33(30):12384-94.
Overduin S.A. , d'Avella A., Carmena J., Bizzi E., “Microstimulation Activates a Handful of Muscle Synergies”, 2012, Neuron, 76(6):1071-7.
Cesqui B., d'Avella A., Portone A., Lacquaniti F., “Catching a ball at the right time and place: individual factors matter.”, 2012, PLoS One, 7(2):e31770.
Dominici N., Ivanenko Y.P., Cappellini G., d’Avella A. et al., “Locomotor primitives in newborn babies and their development”, 2011, Science, 334(6058):997-9.
d'Avella A., Portone A., Lacquaniti F., “Superposition and modulation of muscle synergies for reaching in response to a change in target location”, 2011, J Neurophysiol, 106(6):2796-812.
d’Avella A., Fernandez L., Portone A., Lacquaniti F., “Modulation of phasic and tonic muscle synergies with reaching direction and speed”, 2008, J Neurophysiol, 100(3): p. 1433-54.
Overduin S.A., d'Avella A., Roh J., Bizzi E., “Modulation of muscle synergy recruitment in primate grasping”, 2008, J Neurosci, 28(4):880-92.
d’Avella A., Portone A., Fernandez L., Lacquaniti F., “Control of Fast-Reaching Movements by Muscle Synergy Combinations”, 2006, J Neurosci, 26(30): p. 7791-7810.
Tresch M.C , Cheung V.C, d'Avella A., “Matrix factorization algorithms for the identification of muscle synergies: evaluation on simulated and experimental data sets.”, 2006, J Neurophysiol 95(4):2199-212.
Cheung V.C, d'Avella A., Tresch M.C, and Bizzi E., “Central and sensory contributions to the activation and organization of muscle synergies during natural motor behaviors”. 2005, J Neurosci, 25(27): p. 6419-34.
d'Avella A. and Bizzi, E., “Shared and specific muscle synergies in natural motor behaviors”. 2005, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 102(8): p. 3076-81.
d'Avella A., Saltiel P., Bizzi E., “Combinations of muscle synergies in the construction of a natural motor behavior”, 2003, Nat Neurosci, 6(3): 300-308.
d’Avella, A. and Bizzi, E., “Low dimensionality of supraspinally induced force fields”, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 1998, 95(13): 7711-7714.
Partecipazione a comitati editoriali
Membro del comitato editoriale di: Journal of Motor Behavior, Journal of Neurophysiology, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, Frontiers in Motor Neuroscience, Frontiers in Neurorobotics, Frontiers in Neuroprosthetics.
Attività di revisore
Revisore per riviste scientifiche internazionali: Biological Cybernetics, BMC Physiology, Cerebral Cortex, Clinical Neurophysiology, Experimental Brain Research, Experimental Neurology, eLife, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Human Brain Mapping, Human Movement Science, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Haptics, IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, International Journal of Neural Systems, Journal of Biomechanics, Journal of Motor Behavior, Journal of Neural Engineering, Journal of Neurophysiology, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Motor Behavior, Journal of Physiology, Neural Computation, Neuroimage, Neuroscience, PLoS Computational Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, Scientific Reports.
Curriculum
EducationHigh School Diploma, July 1986, “Leonardo da Vinci” High School, Milan, Italy
Laurea Degree (equivalent to M.S.) in Physics, December 1993, University of Milan, Italy
Ph.D. Degree in Neuroscience, September 2000, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
Positions
September 1994 – August 1995. Research Fellow, INFN, Milan Section.
September 1995 – August 2000. Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
September 1995 – August 2000. Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
September 2000 – December 2002. Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
January 2003 – today. Team leader, Laboratory of Neuromotor Physiology, IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia, Roma
January 2015 – today. Professor of Physiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Italy
Research Support
Principal Investigator (Unit Coordinator) in a project funded by the EU Commission (HARIA, HORIZON-CL4-2021-DIGITAL-EMERGING-01-11, October 2022 – September 2026)
Principal Investigator (Unit Coordinator) in a project (VVITA) awarded to Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR, Germany) by Helmoltz Association e.V. (February 2019 – December 2021)
Principal Investigator (Unit Coordinator) in a subproject (PEPATO) of a project funded by the EU Commission (EUROBENCH H2020 No 779963, April 2019 – December 2020)
Principal Investigator (Project Coordinator) of an Italian Ministry of University and Research project (PRIN, February 2017 – January 2020)
Principal Investigator (Unit Coordinator) in a project funded by the EU Commission (CogIMon, H2020-ICT, January 2010 – May 2013)
Principal Investigator in an Italian Ministry of Health research project (RF-2011-02347869, September 2014 - August 2017)
Principal Investigator (Unit Coordinator) in an Integrated Project funded by the EU Commission (FP7-ICT AMARSi, FP7-ICT , March 2010 – February 2014)
Principal Investigator (Project Coordinator) in a project funded by the Human Frontier Science Program Organization (RPG11/2008, October 2008 – September 2012).
Principal Investigator in a project funded by the Italian Space Agency (CRUSOE, May 2011 – April 2012).
Selected Publications
Berger DJ, Borzelli D, d'Avella A. “Task space exploration improves adaptation after incompatible virtual surgeries.” 2022. J Neurophysiol, 127 (4), 1127-1146
Scano, A., Mira, R. M., & d'Avella, A. “Mixed matrix factorization: A novel algorithm for the extraction of kinematic-muscular synergies”. 2022. J Neurophysiol, 127(2), 529-547.
Gurgone S, Borzelli D, de Pasquale P, Berger DJ, Lisini Baldi T, D'Aurizio N, Prattichizzo D, d'Avella A. “Simultaneous control of natural and extra degrees of freedom by isometric force and electromyographic activity in the muscle-to-force null space”. 2022. J Neural Eng, 19(1).
Tommasino P., Maselli A., Campolo D., Lacquaniti F., d'Avella A., “A Hessian-based decomposition characterizes how performance in complex motor skills depends on individual strategy and variability”. 2021. PLoS ONE, 16(6):e0253626
Berger, D.J., Masciullo, M., Molinari, M., Lacquaniti, F., and d’Avella, A., “Does the cerebellum shape the spatiotemporal organization of muscle patterns? Insights from subjects with cerebellar ataxias.” 2020. J Neurophysiol, 123, 1691–1710.
Maselli A, Dhawan A PhD, Russo M, Cesqui B, Lacquaniti F, d'Avella A.,“ A whole-body characterization of individual strategies, gender differences and common styles in overarm throwing.”, 2019, J Neurophysiol, 122, 2486–2503.
Borzelli D., Cesqui B., Berger D.J., Burdet E., d’Avella A., “Muscle patterns underlying voluntary modulation of co-contraction”, 2018, PLoS ONE, 19;13(10):e0205911.
Maselli A., Dhawan A., Cesqui B., Russo M., Lacquaniti F., d'Avella A., “Where Are You Throwing the Ball? I Better Watch Your Body, Not Just Your Arm!”, 2017, Front Hum Neurosci,11:505.
Russo M., Cesqui B., La Scaleia B., Ceccarelli F., Maselli A., Moscatelli A., Zago M., Lacquaniti F., d'Avella A., “Intercepting virtual balls approaching under different gravity conditions: Evidence for spatial prediction”, 2017, J Neurophysiol, 118(4):2421-2434.
Cesqui B., Russo M., Lacquaniti F., d'Avella A., “Grasping in One-Handed Catching in Relation to Performance.”, 2016, PLoS One, 11(7):e0158606.
Overduin S.A., d'Avella A., Roh J., Carmena J.M., Bizzi E., “Representation of Muscle Synergies in the Primate Brain”, 2015, J Neurosci, 35(37):12615-24. (times cited: 25)
Cesqui B, Mezzetti M, Lacquaniti F, d'Avella A., “Gaze behavior in one-handed catching and its relation with interceptive performance: what the eyes can't tell.”, PLoS One. 2015 Mar 20;10(3):e0119445.
Berger D.J. and d'Avella A., “Effective force control by muscle synergies”, 2014, Front Comput Neurosci, 8:46.
Berger D.J., Gentner R., Edmunds T., Pai D.K., d'Avella A., “Differences in adaptation rates after virtual surgeries provide direct evidence for modularity”, 2013, J Neurosci, 33(30):12384-94.
Overduin S.A. , d'Avella A., Carmena J., Bizzi E., “Microstimulation Activates a Handful of Muscle Synergies”, 2012, Neuron, 76(6):1071-7.
Cesqui B., d'Avella A., Portone A., Lacquaniti F., “Catching a ball at the right time and place: individual factors matter.”, 2012, PLoS One, 7(2):e31770.
Dominici N., Ivanenko Y.P., Cappellini G., d’Avella A. et al., “Locomotor primitives in newborn babies and their development”, 2011, Science, 334(6058):997-9.
d'Avella A., Portone A., Lacquaniti F., “Superposition and modulation of muscle synergies for reaching in response to a change in target location”, 2011, J Neurophysiol, 106(6):2796-812.
d’Avella A., Fernandez L., Portone A., Lacquaniti F., “Modulation of phasic and tonic muscle synergies with reaching direction and speed”, 2008, J Neurophysiol, 100(3): p. 1433-54.
Overduin S.A., d'Avella A., Roh J., Bizzi E., “Modulation of muscle synergy recruitment in primate grasping”, 2008, J Neurosci, 28(4):880-92.
d’Avella A., Portone A., Fernandez L., Lacquaniti F., “Control of Fast-Reaching Movements by Muscle Synergy Combinations”, 2006, J Neurosci, 26(30): p. 7791-7810.
Tresch M.C , Cheung V.C, d'Avella A., “Matrix factorization algorithms for the identification of muscle synergies: evaluation on simulated and experimental data sets.”, 2006, J Neurophysiol 95(4):2199-212.
Cheung V.C, d'Avella A., Tresch M.C, and Bizzi E., “Central and sensory contributions to the activation and organization of muscle synergies during natural motor behaviors”. 2005, J Neurosci, 25(27): p. 6419-34.
d'Avella A. and Bizzi, E., “Shared and specific muscle synergies in natural motor behaviors”. 2005, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 102(8): p. 3076-81.
d'Avella A., Saltiel P., Bizzi E., “Combinations of muscle synergies in the construction of a natural motor behavior”, 2003, Nat Neurosci, 6(3): 300-308.
d’Avella, A. and Bizzi, E., “Low dimensionality of supraspinally induced force fields”, Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 1998, 95(13): 7711-7714.
Editorial activity
Member of the editorial board of: Journal of Motor Behavior, Journal of Neurophysiology, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, Frontiers in Motor Neuroscience, Frontiers in Neurorobotics, Frontiers in Neuroprosthetics.
Peer-review activity
Reviewer for: Biological Cybernetics, BMC Physiology, Cerebral Cortex, Clinical Neurophysiology, Experimental Brain Research, Experimental Neurology, eLife, Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience, Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Human Brain Mapping, Human Movement Science, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering, IEEE Transactions on Haptics, IEEE Transactions on Mechatronics, International Journal of Neural Systems, Journal of Biomechanics, Journal of Motor Behavior, Journal of Neural Engineering, Journal of Neurophysiology, Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Motor Behavior, Journal of Physiology, Neural Computation, Neuroimage, Neuroscience, PLoS Computational Biology, Proceedings of the National Academy of Science USA, Scientific Reports
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