Prof. Valerio Zerbi is the recipient of the Swiss National Science Foundation AMBIZIONE (2017) and ECCELLENZA (2021) fellowships. Valerio uses functional MRI recordings in rodents in combination with neural modulation and computational approaches to study the mechanisms that link cellular activity to large-scale network (dys)function. Valerio has (co)authored >60 peer-reviewed articles in top-tiers journals (Nat Neuroscience, Neuron, Mol Psychiatry, Cell Reports, Immunity, PNAS, Nat Communications, Science Adv, C. Cortex, J Neuroscience, NeuroImage, among others). In total, his work has received >4000 citations, resulting in an H-index of 35 and a i10-index of 51 (source: Google Scholar). He is a leading figure in the growing field of multi-modal preclinical MRI and has received >4M CHF in research funding