POSITION and EMPLOYMENT
2021 - current
Assistant Professor (L. 240/10 art.24-B) of Human Anatomy (SC 05/H1 – SSD BIO/16)
Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

2017 Research Fellow
IRCCS Centro Neurolesi “Bonino Pulejo”, Messina, Italy

2016-2017 Research Fellow
Technische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Computer Science, Biotechnology Center of TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany

EDUCATION AND TRAINING
2021 Post-graduate Residency in Radiotherapy, Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
Grade: Summa cum laude

2017 Habilitation in Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy Grade: 269/270

2016 MSc in Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy Grade: Summa cum laude

RESEARCH GRANTS
Winner of the Starting Grant, Ricerca Finalizzata 2019, project code SG-2019-12371541. I refused this grant funding to accept the assistant professorship of human anatomy, as the positions were not compliant.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Bibliometric data (Scopus, https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=56507058300, as of March 28, 2022) 73 publications
h-index: 19
Total citations: 914

In Jul 2020, Alberto Cacciola received the National Scientific Qualification (ASN) as Associate Professor (Competition Area: SC 05/H1 – SSD BIO/16, Human Anatomy)

2020-Current
Co-Director of the Brain Mapping Lab, Department of Biomedical, Dental Sciences and Morphological and Functional Images, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

HONORS AND AWARDS
2022-2023 National adviser of the steering committee “Reirradiation” of the Italian Association of Radiation Oncology (AIRO)

2020-2021 National adviser of the steering committee “Palliative Care” of the Italian Association of Radiation Oncology (AIRO)

Sept. 2019 Best Young Researcher (<40 years) Award, National Meeting of the Italian Association for Anatomy and Histology, Naples, Italy

2018 Guido Berlucchi Foundation Best Poster Prize, Italian Association of Radiation Oncology (AIRO), Rimini, Italy

AY 2017/2018 Erasmus+ Mobility for traineeships, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

2017 Good Health Care Award: Young Award. X Edition, Messina, Italy

AY 2015/2016 Erasmus+ Mobility for traineeships, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

2015/2016 Scholarship to meritorious students graduated at the University of Messina, Messina, Italy


INVITED AND CONTRIBUTED TALKS AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
XXXI Meeting of the Italian Group for the Study of Neuromorphology (GISN), Milan, November 2021 (Contributed Talk)

National Meeting of the Italian Association of Radiotherapy (AIRO) 2021, Rimini, October 2021 (Invited Talk)

National Meeting of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology (SIAI) 2021, Bologna, September 2021 (Contributed Talk)

XXX Meeting of the Italian Group for the Study of Neuromorphology (GISN), Torino (Virtual), November 2020 (Contributed Talk)

National Meeting of the Italian Association of Radiotherapy (AIRO) 2019, Rimini, September 2019 (Contributed Talk)

XXIX Meeting of the Italian Group for the Study of Neuromorphology (GISN), Bari, November 2020 (Contributed Talk)

National Meeting of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology (SIAI) 2019, Naples, September 2019 (Contributed Talk and Best Young Researcher Award)

Italian Association of Radiotherapy (AIRO) 2018, Rimini, November 2018 (Best poster award)

19th World Congress of Psychophysiology, Lucca, September 2018 (Invited Talk)

International School and Conference on Network Science, NetSci 2019, Burlington, May 2019 (Contributed Talk)

XXVIII Meeting of the Italian Group for the Study of Neuromorphology (GISN), Florence, November 2018 (Contributed Talk)

International School and Conference on Network Science, NetSci 2017, Indianapolis, June 2017 (Contributed Talk)

The 71th Meeting of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology, Taormina, September 2017 (Contributed Talk)

The Fresco Conference. The 4th International Workshop on Synaptic Plasticity: from bench to bedside, Lucca, September, 2016 (Poster selected for oral presentation)

The 70th Meeting of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology, Rome, September 2016 (2 Contributed Talks)

The Japan-Europe international meeting on Embodied-brain System Sciences Embodied-Brain: Perspectives from Motor Control and Muscle Synergies, Taormina, 30th May to 2nd June, 2016 (Invited Talk)

The 69° Meeting of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology, Ferrara, September 2015 (Contributed Talk)

CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION
Sept. 2017 Scientific and Organizing Committee of The 71th Meeting of the Italian Society of Anatomy and Histology, Taormina, September 2017

BOOK CHAPTER
Cacciola A, Muscoloni A, Cannistraci CV. Network neuroscience. In Pržulj N, Analyzing Network Data in Biology and Medicine: An Interdisciplinary Textbook for Biological, Medical and Computational Scientists (pp. 490-532). Cambridge University Press, 2019.

EDITORIAL AND REVIEWER ACTIVITIES
2022 Editorial Board Member of The Open Journal of Neurology

2022 Research Topic Host Editor for Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience

2020 Guest Editor for Medicina

Journal reviewer for Annals of Neurology, Brain and Behavior, Brain Imaging and Behavior, Brain Sciences, Clinical EEG and Neuroscience, Clinical Neurophysiology, CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics, Computer Methods, Computers, European Journal of Neuroscience, eNeuroSci, Entropy, Frontiers in Neurology, Frontiers in Neuroscience, Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, Journal of Neuroscience Research, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Movement Disorders, Neural Plasticity, Plos One, Scientific Reports, Transactions on Neural Systems and Rehabilitation Engineering

Grant fellowship reviewer for: University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS), Strasbourg, France