Curriculum

Curriculum

Positions:
- Assistant professor (Ricercatore a Tempo Determinato di tipo A) from 15/07/2019 to 14/07/2022 at the University of Messina, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images, Codice Proposta-attività: AIM 1839117 – 1, Area SNSI: SALUTE, Linea strategica 1) – Ref. Prof. Andrea d’Avella.
- Post-doc on the project: “Probing the modular organization of the neuromuscular control of the limb movements: an interdisciplinary approach” from 1/02/2018 to 14/07/2019 at the University of Messina, rectorial decree of 14/1/2017 n°2369 – Ref. Prof. Andrea d’Avella.
- Scholarship entitled “Controllo della forza e dell’impedenza in ambienti virtuali” from 01/03/2014 to 28/02/2015 connected to the European research project “AMARSI – Adaptive Modular Architecture for Rich Motor Skills (n. 248311)” at the Santa Lucia Foundation, Roma – Ref. Prof. Andrea d’Avella.
- Scholarship entitled “Analisi delle forze e delle attività elettromiografiche durante l’adattamento a nuove trasformazioni sensorimotorie” from 01/01/2013 to 31/12/2013 connected to the European research project “AMARSI – Adaptive Modular Architecture for Rich Motor Skills (n. 248311)” at the Santa Lucia Foundation, Roma – Ref. Prof. Andrea d’Avella.
- Scholarship entitled “Analisi delle forze e delle attività elettromiografiche nella manipolazione” form 01/01/2012 to 31/12/2012 connected to the research project “Learning from the unlearnable: probing the architecture of control in tool manipulation” – cod. HFSP.1, founded by the Human Frontier Science Program Organization, at the Santa Lucia Foundation, Roma – Ref. Prof. Andrea d’Avella.
- Scholarship entitled “Progettazione e realizzazione di apparati sperimentali per lo studio del controllo motorio dell’arto superiore” dal 01/01/2011 al 31/12/2011 connected to the research project “Learning from the unlearnable: probing the architecture of control in tool manipulation” – cod. HFSP.1, founded by the Human Frontier Science Program Organization, at the Santa Lucia Foundation, Roma – Ref. Prof. Andrea d’Avella.
- Occasional work from 15/11/2010 to 17/12/2010 for the research activity connected to the research project “Learning from the unlearnable: probing the architecture of control in tool manipulation” – cod. HFSP.1, founded by the Human Frontier Science Program Organization, at the Santa Lucia Foundation, Roma – Ref. Prof. Andrea d’Avella.
 
Education:
2014 - 2017: Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering at the
2007 - 2010: Master degree in Mechanical Engineering, at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
2004 – 2007: Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering, at the University of Rome “La Sapienza”.
 
Visiting activity:  (dal 1 novembre 2021 al 30 aprile 2022) 
11/2021 – 04/2021 (remote, 6 months): visiting professor at the Department of Bioengineering of the Imperial College of London, Great Britain, to develop the project: ‘Neural insights on human – human cooperation: inter-subject muscle synchronization.’. External supervisor: prof. Etienne Burdet.
01/2021 – 07/2021 (remote, 6 months): visiting professor at the Department of Bioengineering of the Imperial College of London, Great Britain, to develop the project: ‘Neural insights on human – human cooperation: inter-subject muscle synchronization.’. External supervisor: prof. Etienne Burdet.
01/2017 – 05/2017 (5 months): visiting Ph.D. at the Department of Bioengineering of the Imperial College of London, Great Britain, to develop the project: ‘Determination of the control law of an upper limb exoskeleton stiffness by biological signal’. External supervisor: prof. Etienne Burdet.
 
Teaching:
- 2021 – 2022: Professor of the course in Sport Physiology for the Graduate School in Medical Sport at the University of Messina (16 hours for each of the 2 years)
- 2020 – 2022: Coordinator of the course in Human Physiology (AL and MZ) for the course of study in Motor Science, Sport and Health at the University of Messina (60 hours for each of the 3 years)
- 2020: Professor of the course in Neurophysiology for the course of study in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Messina (12.5 hours)
- 2020: Professor of the course in Neurophysiology for the course of study in Medicine and Surgery at the University of Messina (25 hours for each of the 2 years)
- 2020 – 2022: Bachelor thesis supervisor of several students of the for the course of study in Motor Science, Sport and Health at the University of Messina; Master thesis external supervisor of students of the for the course of study in Bioengineering at the Politecnico di Torino
- 2017 – 2020: Tutor for master students of the course of study in Bioengineering at the Politecnico di Torino, in Bioengineering at the Campus Biomedico (Rome), in Physics at the University of Messina
 
Society member:
2020 - 2022: Member of the Italian Society of Physiology (SIF)
2020 – 2022: Member of the Society for the Neural Control of Movement (NCM).
2022: Member of the IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Society.
 
Peer-review activity:
Reviewer for The Journal of Neuroscience, Journal of Neurophysiology, NeuroImage, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Physiological Reports, PlosOne, Sensors, Frontiers in Neuroprostetics, EEE Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering, IEEE Access, Journal of Royal Society interface, Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part C
 
Funding and award winning:
2020: winner of the Bando per i fondi del Progetto FFABR_2020 (PA_RU) (nota prot. 67886 del 23/07/2020)
 
Istitutional role:
2020-2022: Elected as a Member of the ‘Commissione Paritetica’.
 
Symposia:
2021: Organization of a symposium in Neurobiology and Neurophysiology during the 71st National Congress of the Italian Society of Physiology (SIF), led by remote on September the 9th 2021. Title: New insights on neuromuscular control through advanced High Density EMG analysis.
 
Scientific publications:
International journals:
- Tropea A, Tisano A, Bruschetta A, Borzelli D, Migliorato A, Nirta G, Leonardi G, Trimarchi F, Alito A (2022) Comparative FE biomechanical and microbial adhesion analyses on an implanted humerus, Journal of Orthopaedics, doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jor.2022.05.011.
- Berger, D.J., Borzelli, D., d'Avella, A. (2022) Task space exploration improves adaptation after incompatible virtual surgeries, Journal of neurophysiology, 127(4), pp. 1127–1146
- Gurgone S., Borzelli D., De Pasquale P., Berger D.J., Lisini Baldi T., D'Aurizio N., Prattichizzo D., d'Avella A. (2022) Simultaneous control of natural and extra degrees of freedom by isometric force and electromyographic activity in the muscle-to-force null space, Journal of Neural Engineering, 19(1), 016004
- Mezzetti, M., Borzelli, D., d’Avella, A. (2022) A Bayesian approach to model individual differences and to partition individuals: case studies in growth and learning curves, Statistical Methods and Applications, 2022
- Acri G., Gurgone S., Iovane C., Romeo M.B., Borzelli D., Testagrossa B. (2021) A novel phantom and a dedicated developed software for image quality controls in x-ray intraoral devices, Journal of Biomedical Physics and Engineering, 11(2), pp. 151–162, DOI: 10.31661/jbpe.v0i0.2001-1061
- Borzelli D., Gazzoni M., Botter A., Gastaldi L., d’Avella A., Vieira, T.M. (2020) Contraction level, but not force direction or wrist position, affects the spatial distribution of motor unit recruitment in the biceps brachii muscle, European Journal of Applied Physiology,  120(4), pp. 853–860. DOI: 10.1007/s00421-020-04324-6
- Borzelli D., Burdet E., Pastorelli S., d'Avella A., Gastaldi L. (2020) Identification of the best strategy to command variable stiffness using electromyographic signals, Journal of Neural Engineering, 17(1), 016058. DOI: 10.1088/1741-2552/ab6d88
- Borzelli D., Cesqui B., Berger D.J., Burdet E., d'Avella A. (2018) Muscle patterns underlying voluntary modulation of co-contraction. PLoS ONE, 13(10), e0205911. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0205911
- Borzelli D., Pastorelli S, Gastaldi L (2017) Elbow musculoskeletal model for industrial exoskeleton with modulated impedance based on operator’s arm stiffness. IJAT 11(3): 442-449. DOI: 10.20965/ijat.2017.p0442
- Borzelli D., Berger DJ, Pai DK and d'Avella A (2013) Effort minimization and synergistic muscle recruitment for three-dimensional force generation. Front. Comput. Neurosci. 7:186. DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2013.00186
 
International conferences:
- Borzelli D., Gurgone S., Mezzetti M., De Pasquale P., Berger D.J., Milardi D., Acri G., d’Avella A. (2022) Adaptation to Virtual Surgeries Across Multiple Practice Sessions, Biosystems and Biorobotics, 28, pp 563-568. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-70316-5_90
- Gurgone, S., Borzelli, D., De Pasquale, P., Berger, D.J., Lisini Baldi T., D'Aurizio, N., Prattichizzo, D., d'Avella, A. (2022) Simultaneous Control of Natural and Extra Degrees-of-Freedom by Isometric Force and EMG Null Space Activation, Biosystems and Biorobotics, 28, pp 863-868. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-70316-5_138
- Borzelli D., Gurgone S., De Pasquale P., Berger D.J., d’Avella A. (2019) Consistency of Myoelectric Control Across Multiple Sessions. Biosystems and Biorobotics, 21, pp. 1166–1170. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-01845-0_233
- Borzelli D, Gastaldi L, Bignardi C, Audenino A, Terzini M, Sard A, Pastorelli S (2017) Method for measuring the displacement of cadaveric elbow after the section of medial collateral ligament anterior and posterior bundles. In: Ferraresi C., Quaglia G. (eds) Advances in Service and Industrial Robotics. RAAD 2017. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 49. Springer, Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-61276-8_104
-Borzelli D, Pastorelli S, Gastaldi L (2017) Determination of the human arm stiffness efficiency with a two antagonist muscles model. In: Boschetti G., Gasparetto A. (eds) Advances in Italian Mechanism Science. Mechanisms and Machine Science, vol 47. Springer, Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48375-7_8
-Borzelli D, Pastorelli S, Gastaldi L (2017) Model of the human arm stiffness exerted by two antagonist muscles. In: Rodić A., Borangiu T. (eds) Advances in Robot Design and Intelligent Control. RAAD 2016. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 540. Springer, Cham. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49058-8_31
-Borzelli D, Gastaldi L, Pastorelli S, Vieira TMM, Botter A, Takagi J, Takeda R, Tadano S (2016) Estimation of the CoM and CoP using a 3D body scanning systems: Validation with force plate: A case study. In:  Medical Measurements and Applications (MeMeA), 2016 IEEE International Symposium on. DOI: 10.1109/MeMeA.2016.7533747
-Borzelli D, Gentner R, Edmunds T, Pai DK, d'Avella A (2012) Directional tuning of arm muscle activation in isometric force generation and its prediction by flexible and synergistic models. In: Biomedical Robotics and Biomechatronics (BioRob), 2012 4th IEEE RAS & EMBS International Conference on. DOI: 10.1109/BioRob.2012.6290941
 
National conferences:
-Borzelli D; Pastorelli S; Burdet E; D’Avella A; Gastaldi L (2017) Reducing external perturbation proportionally to operator's wrist muscle co-contraction reduces tracking error and energy consumption. GAIT & POSTURE 57: 24. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gaitpost.2017.07.080

 
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