Franco Pestilli

Franco is Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas, Austin. Franco holds a Ph.D. from New York University and a Laurea Summa Cum Laude from the University of Rome La Sapienza. Franco trained as a Postdoctoral Researcher at Columbia University, Stanford University and RIKEN Brain Science Institute. Franco's research spans across psychology, computer science and neuroscience. He is a Fellow of the Association for Psychological Science and Psychonomics Society and has received a Microsoft Investigator Fellowship and Janet Taylor Spence Award. Franco is working supported by the BRAIN initiaitve to advance the Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS) so to describe brain connectivity and network data. Franco loves running, hiking, rock climbing, mountain biking and motorcycles.