Dr Enrico Amico PhD

Dr Enrico Amico

School of Mathematics
Assistant Professor in Applied Mathematics

Contact details

Email
e.amico@bham.ac.uk
Twitter
@enri_amico
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Address
School of Mathematics
Watson Building
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Enrico Amico is an assistant professor in applied mathematics.

His research revolves around developing and applying network science models to investigate real-world problems. His main expertise is network neuroscience, which relates to the exploration of the structural and functional brain network in health and disease; he is also interested in other kinds of complex systems (ecological, epidemiological, etc.).

Webpage for AMICO Lab

Qualifications

  • Joint PhD in Statistical Data Science and Biomedical Sciences, University of Ghent and University of Liège (Belgium), 2016.
  • Master's degree in physics, University Federico II of Naples, Italy, 2012.
  • Bachelor's degree in physics, University Federico II of Naples, Italy, 2008.

Biography

Enrico is a physicist by training, turned into a network neuroscientist during his PhD and Postdoctoral research. After earning his Master's in Physics in 2012 from Federico II University in Napoli, Italy, Enrico enrolled in a joint PhD program between the Coma Science Group of Prof. Steven Laureys, University of Liège, and the Marinazzo Lab at the University of Ghent, Belgium. During his four years there as a PhD student he mainly focused on implementing new methods for brain connectivity assessment across levels of consciousness. In 2016 he joined the CONNplexity Lab (headed by Professor Joaquín Goñi) as a Postdoctoral researcher, where he made contributions on proposing new network science models for functional and structural brain connectomics. From 2020 to 2024 Enrico was an SNSF Ambizione Fellow at EPFL and University of Geneva (hosted by Professor Dimitri Van de Ville).

He is currently the director of the AMICO Lab at the University of Birmingham, where he and his team explore different research lines in brain networks and complex systems.

Postgraduate supervision

Enrico is always on the lookout for funding opportunities to hire enthusiastic PhD students/Postdocs. If you would like to join the lab or if you are looking for collaborations/co-supervision, please refer to the Lab page for current job openings; for PhD opportunities, please see the Birmingham research degree pages.

Contact Enrico if you have ideas for alternative projects/funding schemes.

Research

Research themes

  • Network neuroscience
  • Brain fingerprinting
  • Complex systems

Publications

Recent publications

Article

Stampacchia, S, Asadi, S, Tomczyk, S, Ribaldi, F, Scheffler, M, Lövblad, K-O, Pievani, M, Fall, AB, Preti, MG, Unschuld, PG, Van De Ville, D, Blanke, O, Frisoni, GB, Garibotto, V & Amico, E 2024, 'Fingerprints of brain disease: connectome identifiability in Alzheimer's disease', Communications Biology, vol. 7, no. 1, 1169. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06829-8

Santoro, A, Battiston, F, Lucas, M, Petri, G & Amico, E 2024, 'Higher-order connectomics of human brain function reveals local topological signatures of task decoding, individual identification, and behavior', Nature Communications, vol. 15, no. 1, 10244. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-54472-y

Duong-Tran, D, Kaufmann, R, Chen, J, Wang, X, Garai, S, Xu, FH, Bao, J, Amico, E, Kaplan, AD, Petri, G, Goni, J, Zhao, Y & Shen, L 2024, 'Homological Landscape of Human Brain Functional Sub-Circuits', Mathematics, vol. 12, no. 3, 455. https://doi.org/10.3390/math12030455

Mallaroni, P, Mason, NL, Kloft, L, Reckweg, JT, van Oorsouw, K, Toennes, SW, Tolle, HM, Amico, E & Ramaekers, JG 2024, 'Shared functional connectome fingerprints following ritualistic ayahuasca intake', NeuroImage, vol. 285, 120480. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2023.120480

Tolle, HM, Farah, JC, Mallaroni, P, Mason, NL, Ramaekers, JG & Amico, E 2024, 'The unique neural signature of your trip: Functional connectome fingerprints of subjective psilocybin experience', Network Neuroscience, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 203-225. https://doi.org/10.1162/netn_a_00349

Griffa, A, Mach, M, Dedelley, J, Gutierrez-Barragan, D, Gozzi, A, Allali, G, Grandjean, J, Van De Ville, D & Amico, E 2023, 'Evidence for increased parallel information transmission in human brain networks compared to macaques and male mice', Nature Communications, vol. 14, no. 1, 8216. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-43971-z

Troisi Lopez, E, Minino, R, Liparoti, M, Polverino, A, Romano, A, De Micco, R, Lucidi, F, Tessitore, A, Amico, E, Sorrentino, G, Jirsa, V & Sorrentino, P 2023, 'Fading of brain network fingerprint in Parkinson's disease predicts motor clinical impairment', Human Brain Mapping, vol. 44, no. 3, pp. 1239-1250. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbm.26156

Santoro, A, Battiston, F, Petri, G & Amico, E 2023, 'Higher-order organization of multivariate time series', Nature Physics, vol. 19, no. 2, pp. 221-229. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-022-01852-0

Conference contribution

Miri, M, Abootalebi, V, Amico, E, Saeedi-Sourck, H, Van De Ville, D & Behjat, H 2023, Brain fingerprinting using EEG graph inference. in 2023 31st European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO). European Signal Processing Conference, IEEE, pp. 1025-1029, 31st European Signal Processing Conference, EUSIPCO 2023, Helsinki, Finland, 4/09/23. https://doi.org/10.23919/EUSIPCO58844.2023.10289864

Preprint

Schelfhout, M, Hinault, T, Lago, S, Arcara, G, Amico, E, Fraschini, M & Marinazzo, D 2024 'The influence of the head model on magnetoencephalography-derived functional connectivity fingerprinting' bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.08.05.606621

Miri, M, Abootalebi, V, Amico, E, Saeedi-Sourck, H, Van De Ville, D & Behjat, H 2023 'Brain fingerprinting using EEG graph inference' bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.11.532201

Griffa, A, Mach, M, Dedelley, J, Gutierrez-Barragan, D, Gozzi, A, Allali, G, Grandjean, J, Van De Ville, D & Amico, E 2023 'Evidence for increased parallel information transmission in human brain networks compared to macaques and mice' bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.05.09.491115

Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative, Stampacchia, S, Asadi, S, Tomczyk, S, Ribaldi, F, Scheffler, M, Lövblad, K-O, Pievani, M, Fall, AB, Preti, MG, Unshuld, PG, Van De Ville, D, Blanke, O, Frisoni, GB, Garibotto, V & Amico, E 2023 'Fingerprints of brain disease: Connectome identifiability in cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s disease ' bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.02.04.479112

Luppi, AI, Golkowski, D, Ranft, A, Ilg, R, Jordan, D, Bzdok, D, Owen, AM, Naci, L, Stamatakis, EA, Amico, E & Misic, B 2023 'General anaesthesia reduces the uniqueness of brain connectivity across individuals and across species' bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.11.08.566332

Santoro, A, Battiston, F, Lucas, M, Petri, G & Amico, E 2023 'Higher-order connectomics of human brain function reveals local topological signatures of task decoding, individual identification, and behavior' bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.12.04.569913

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Expertise

Network Neuroscience, neuroimaging, brain networks, computational neuroscience, complex systems