Personal details
Name: Angelo
Surname: Di Garbo
Bor: 12-11-1961 in Castelbuono (Palermo), Italy
Civil status: married, two sons
Affiliation: Italian National Research Council (CNR) - Institute of Biophysics, via G. Moruzzi n.1, 56127 Pisa, Italy
Email: angelo.digarbo@pi.ibf.cnr.it
*Positions and Education
1991: Degree in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Pisa, Italy (degree thesis on theoretical nuclear physics).
1995: PhD in General Physics, Department of Physics, University of Pisa, Italy (PhD thesis on nonlinear evolution equations and solitons).
1998: Postdoctoral fellowship, Department of Physics, University of Trento, Italy (dynamics of excitable systems).
2001-present: Researcher of the Institute of Biophysics of CNR of Pisa, Italy
2014-present: Head of the Pisa unit of the Institute of Biophysics of CNR , Pisa, Italy
*Teaching
1996-98: Assistant of General Physics, University of Pisa.
1999: Lectures on chaos and complex systems, S. Anna School of Pisa.
2001: Lectures on nonlinear time series analysis and application to biophysics, Doctoral School in Science of Complex System, University of Pisa.
2004-2008: Lectures on nonlinear time series analysis, as part of the course Biophysical Modelling of Complex Systems, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, University of Pisa.
2012: Course on Mathematical Models in Biology for PhD student of the Department of Informatics, University of Pisa
2015-2017: Lectures on nonlinear time series analysis, as part of the course Biophysical Modelling of Complex Systems (Prof. L. Fronzoni), Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, University of Pisa.
2018: Co-teaching (25 hours) in the course Biophysical Modelling of Complex Systems, Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, University of Pisa.
2019: Course on Nonlinear Dynamics, Department of Physics, University of Pisa
*Research interests:
- Nonlinear Dynamics, Nonlinear time series analysis, Theoretical Biology.
*Recent Publications:
Ginoux, J.-M., Meucci, R., Euzzor, S., Di Garbo, A., Torus Breakdown in a Uni Junction Memristor. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos 28 (10),1850128 (2018)
F. Vallone, M. Caleo, A. Di Garbo, Characterization of neural signals using nonlinear time series analysis, Lecture Notes in Nonlinear Dynamics in Computational Neuroscience, PoliTO Springer Series (2018).
E. Vannini, M. Caleo, S. Chillemi, A. Di Garbo, Dynamical properties of LFPs from mice with unilateral injection of TeNT. Biosystems, Vol. 161, (2017), (doi.org/10.1016/j.biosystems.2017.09.009) .
C. Alia, C. Spalletti, S. Lai, A. Panarese, G. Lamola, F. Bertolucci, F. Vallone, A. Di Garbo, C. Chisari, S. Micera, M. Caleo, Neuroplastic changes following brain ischemia and their contribution to stroke recovery: novel approaches in neurorehabilitation. Front. Cell. Neurosci., doi.org/10.3389/fncel.2017.00076 (2017).
A. Di Garbo, Theory and application of nonlinear time series analysis, in Mathematical and Theoretical Neuroscience: Cell, Network and Data Analysis, Springer INDAM Series (2017).
F. Vallone, E. Vannini, A. Cintio, M. Caleo, A. Di Garbo, Time evolution of interhemispheric coupling in a model of focal neocortical epilepsy in mice. Physical Review E, vol. 94 (2016).
F. Vallone, S. Lai, C. Spalletti, A. Panarese, C. Alia, S. Micera, M. Caleo, A. Di Garbo, Post-Stroke Longitudinal Alterations of InterHemispheric Correlation and Hemispheric Dominance in Mouse Pre-Motor Cortex. PLOS ONE, vol. 11: e0146858 (2016).
A. Di Garbo, Anharmonic Longitudinal Motion of Bases and Dynamics of Nonlinear Excitation in DNA. Biophysical Chemistry, vol. 208, 76-83 (2015).
F. Vallone, A. Cintio, S. Chillemi, A. Di Garbo, Thalamic inputs modulate cortical activity: Possibility to control the generation and the termination of seizure-like behavior, Neurocomputing, vol. 151, 34-58 (2015).
