He is an expert in several of the most relevant technologies for investigating neuronal activity in vivo in rodents: extracellular ensemble recordings, optogenetic manipulations of genetically identified neuronal populations, two-photon calcium imaging, whole-cell recordings, EEG and LFPs, advanced signal analysis, and modelling. During his PhD (Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy) he worked under the supervision of Professor Giulio Tononi (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA), with whom he investigated the modulation of neuronal firing rates and synchrony as a function of the wake/sleep cycle. During his Postdoc (Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy) he worked with Dr Paolo Medini, and realised the first microcircuital characterisation of multisensory integration in the mouse parietal cortex.