headshot of Alessandro Gozzi in labcoat.

Alessandro Gozzi

Director, Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia

Alessandro Gozzi is director of the Functional Neuroimaging Laboratory at the Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia.

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