GIUSEPPE SARTORI, Head

Full professor in Cognitive Neuroscience, Forensic Neuropsychology and Data Science. He is Director of Ph.D. Program in Brain, Mind & Computer Science at the University of Padova.  He published more than 200 papers and book chapters in peer-reviewed national/international journals. His works have more than 6000 citations. He is the President of the Scientific Council of the Centro Universitario Internazionale. He is a visiting professor at the Universities of Melbourne, Bochum, King's College, Lisbon.

DAVIDE RIGONI, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in neuroscience, he is Professor in Neuromarketing and Market Research at the Hult International Business School London (UK). and Lecturer at the Vrij University Brussels. 

He is scientific director of Neuromarketing and Beahvioural Design programmes at C.U.I. (international University Center)

He was a researcher in the Department of Experimental Psychology at Ghent University (B) and at the University of Marseille (F).

CLAUDIA CIVAI, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in neuroscience. She is Senior Lecturer in Neuroscience at  London South Bank University.

She uses behavioral techniques from experimental psychology and behavioral economics, combined with eye-tracking, neuroimaging and brain stimulation techniques from neuroscience research to investigate the cognitive processes underlying decision making at different levels.

ANDREA ZANGROSSI, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Cognitive Neuroscience.

He is a researcher at the Neuroscience Centre of the State University of Padova.

His research and teaching area is mainly focused on the link between brain activity, cognition and behaviour, with applications in several fields including applied neuroscience and neuromarketing

FRANCESCA PERNA, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Brain and Cognitive Sciences at the University of Trento.

She works as a researcher on the ‘Interactive Brain, Social Minds’ project of Prof. Ulman Lindenberger, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin.

She has presented the results of her research at numerous international scientific conferences.



DUCCIO MARTELLI, Ph.D.

He is associate professor of finance at the University of Perugia  and visiting professor at Harvard University. He was also visiting professor of finance at the University of Applied Sciences of Augsburg (D)..He teaches behavioural economics and neurofinance,, and his main research interests include neurofinance, financial education, real estate finance and asset management.

MERYLIN MONARO, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Brain, Mind a Computer Science. She is assistant professor at the department of General Psychology, University of Padova. She developed several research lines concerning topics between social and behavioral psychology and computer science technologies, especially artificial intelligence. She published more than 40 papers in international peer review journals and conferences. Her works have about 1000 citations in Scholar. She is assistant professor in Brain Science at the Centro Universitario Internazionale.

SERGIO BERARDO, Ph.D.

Professor of Economics at the University of Napoli Federico II. He got an Msc in Public Economics at the University of York (UK). He is research fellow at the Centre for Studies in Economics and Finance (University of Napoli, Bocconi University, University of Salerno) and at the Institute for Research in Economics and Fiscal Issues (IREF, Paris). He was visiting professor at the University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK), the University of Prague (Laboratory for Experimental Economics), and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

ANDREA LAVAZZA, Dr.Phil.

Adjunct professor of Neuroethics at the University of Milan and the University of Pavia and senior research fellow in Neuroethics at Centro Universitario Internationale, Italy.

His research interests focus on the intersection of moral philosophy, cognitive neuroscience, and new technologies including AI. He has published or edited 12 books (both in Italian and English) and over 100 papers in international peer-reviewed journals..



UMBERTO ZERBINI, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Behavioral Studies. Former professor in Applied Psychology at the Universities of Siena, Florence and Barcelona and researcher at the University for Foreigners of Siena. He is President and Academic Fellow of Centro Universitario Internationale. He is a Member of the Coaching Institute of the Harvard Medical School. He has developed assessment and intervention protocols on brain networks in the prevention, clinical and performance fields. He is a recipient of the Gold Medal of the Faculty of Medicine of the State University of Rijeka. 

DEMETRIO MACHEDA, Dr sc. Pol

Academic Fellow of the International University Centre, is Director of the related Master's programme in Neuromarketing and Behavioural Design. 

He is Internal Quality Assurance Manager of MFHEA-accredited programmes. He is an expert in analysing consumer behaviour through sentiment analysis systems. He is co-founder of the Skill View evaluation model (translated into 10 languages), which has been on the market for over 20 years. He has published several books on the subject of evaluation and HR processes..

AIACE RUSCIANO, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in Cognitive Science and Experimental Psychology. He directs the Master in Sport Neuroscience & Human Performance of the  Centro Universitario Internationale.

He lectures in various italian universities and collaborates with the CNR.

He is project leader of Mind Room 2.0 and Human Performance Lab, with experience at Milan Lab and other sports companies in Italy and abroad.

He is the creator and CEO of Neuroplus®, a platform for digital cognitive assessment and neuro-enhancement.

MARK A. SAMMUT SASSI, LLD

Doctor of Laws, he is Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies.

He has studied at the Universities of Oxford, London, Leicester, Malta, and at the London School of Economics.

He has taught at the Faculty of Laws of the University of Malta and the Institute for Maltese Studies of the University of Malta. He has published research in legal history and comparative legal history in Malta and the United Kingdom.

BRUNO DEMICHELIS, Ph.D.

Sport Psychologist. He is director of the School of Breathing Sciences and Professor of Sport Psychophysiology & Performance at the Centro Universitario Internationale.

Pioneer in sports psychology, he began his career at AC Milan in 1986 and moved to Chelsea FC after 21 years and then to Australia. He was captain of the national martial arts team, several times Italian champion, twice European champion and twice World vice-champion (Tokyo and Los Angeles Olympics).

GIULIA SONGA, Ph.D.

Ph.D. in neuromarketing from the Behavior and Brain Lab at IULM.  She was a Visiting Researcher at the Department of Marketing, at Ghent University (Belgium). She has been the CEO and Founder of SenseCatch, a company specializing in neuromarketing, strategic consulting, training, and research applied to business. Giulia's scientific research has focused on the use of neuromarketing techniques to understand consumer behavior and emotional reactions towards food products, especially wine.