Emiliano Santarnecchi, Ph.D.

Emiliano Santarnecchi, Ph.D., is an instructor of neurology and co-director of the CME course in Transcranial Current Stimulation (tCS) at Harvard Medical School and a clinical research scientist at the Berenson-Allen Center for Non-invasive Brain Stimulation at the Beth Israel Medical Deaconess Center. His research involves Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation (NIBS), electrophysiology, and neuroimaging methods. He is currently testing the application of transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS) to induce long-lasting changes in brain oscillations, which might translate into therapeutic options for patients with Alzheimer’s disease. Santarnecchi obtained his Ph.D. in applied neurological sciences at the University of Siena School of Medicine in Italy.