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Elisa is a University Lecturer in Neuroscience in the Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (PDN). Prior to that, she worked at King’s College London and Harvard University as a Sir Henry Wellcome Postdoctoral fellow, and trained at the Erasmus University Rotterdam (PhD in Neuroscience) and University of Pavia (MSc in Neurobiology, BSc Biology).

Research in her laboratory focuses on the ways in which the brain responds to incoming stimuli and uses such experiences to flexibly modify itself at a cellular level. This process, called neuronal plasticity, is fundamental, as it is thought to be the molecular basis of behaviours such as network development, learning, memory, and sensory processing.

Elisa contributes to various NST courses, including IA Physiology of Organisms, IB Neurobiology, and Part II PDN Neuroscience modules. She also enjoys demonstrating Human Neuroanatomy for IB medics, and she is the Course Tutor for the MPhil in Basic and Translational Neuroscience.