Lucia Poma, MSc
Lucia Poma is a PhD candidate in Computational Neuroscience at the Bernstein Center and Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Engineering for Health Systems from the University of Bergamo and a Master's degree in Bionics Engineering, with a specialization in Neural Engineering, from the University of Pisa and the Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies.
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Lucia first joined our lab to carry out her master’s thesis, focusing on cortico-subcortical dynamics in Parkinson’s disease patients undergoing deep brain stimulation (DBS) during intraoperative speech production task, project that was awarded by the Italian National Group of Bioengineering (GNB). She is currently continuing her collaboration with our lab as part of her doctoral research. Her main research interests are basal ganglia function, deep brain stimulation for neurological and psychiatric disorders, and the development of translational neurotechnologies. Out of the lab, she enjoys hiking, outdoor sports, and discovering new cultures.