Leonardo Nardi

EDUCATION

2011-2018 Medical school in Roma (Università Campus Bio-Medico), Ulm and Würzburg

07/2017 Italian MD title (110 cum Laude/110 cum Laude)

Graduation thesis: “The Magnetoencephalography (MEG) for the localization of the eloquent cortex in view of surgery”.

Referent: Professor Domenico d’Avella, MD (Università di Padova).

Co-referent: Professor Vincenzo Di Lazzaro, MD (Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma).

02/2018 Italian Medical Licence

09/2018 German Medical Licence (Approbation)

06/2019 Start of Transmed MD-PhD Project in Neuroscience, University Medical Center, Mainz

Supervisor: Prof. Michael J. Schmeisser, MD, PhD

01/2022 Rheinland-Palatinate certificate for university didactics

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

06/18 – 03/19 Research assistant at the Institute for Anatomy, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg

Institute Director: Prof. Hermann-Josef Rothkötter, MD

Director of the Department for Neuroanatomy: Prof. Michael J. Schmeisser, MD, PhD

09/18 – 03/19 Medical Residency in Anatomy at the Institute for Anatomy, Otto-von-Guericke University, Magdeburg.

Institute Director: Prof. Hermann-Josef Rothkötter, MD

Director of the Department for Neuroanatomy: Prof. Michael J. Schmeisser, MD, PhD

03/19 – 01/23 Research assistant and Medical Residency in Anatomy at the “Institute for Microscopic Anatomy and Neurobiology”, University Medical Center, Mainz

Institute Director: Prof. Michael J. Schmeisser, MD, PhD

01/2023 Consultant (Facharzt) in Anatomy

AWARDS/SCHOLARSHIPS

2014 Erasmus Scholarship (07-09/2015) at Ulm University

2015 Erasmus Scholarship (03-09/2016) at Würzburg University

2021 Angeletti-Mortari price from Future Italia and Merck for researchers younger than 35 years old

1. Rojas-Charry L, Nardi L, Methner A, Schmeisser MJ (2021) Abnormalities of synaptic mitochondria in autism spectrum disorder and related neurodevelopmental disorders. Journal of Molecular Medicine 99:161-178

2. Serena G*, Nardi L*, Schmeisser MJ, George Angus LD (2021) Carl Toldt centennial, surgeon and anatomist. The American Surgeon 0(0) 1 – 4

* equal contribution

3. Bicker F*, Nardi L*, Maier J, Vasic V, Schmeisser MJ (2021) Criss-crossing Autism Spectrum Disorder and Adult Neurogenesis. Journal of Neurochemistry, 159, 452-478. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnc.15501

* equal contribution

4. Chhabra S*, Nardi L*, Leukel P, Sommer CJ, Schmeisser MJ (2023) Striatal increase of dopamine receptor 2 density in idiopathic and syndromic mouse models of autism spectrum disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1110525

* equal contribution