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Digital health / Sleep
Hammock
A closer look at the night, through movement and cardiac signals.
Garmin Connect IQ SDK · Monkey C · Python
Researcher & Developer. PhD in Bioengineering.
Selected work / 2025—26Human signals.
Simple software.
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I'm Marcello, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Bologna. I study the signals our bodies produce and build software for wearable sensing and digital health.
I hold a PhD in Bioengineering from the University of Bologna, with research experience at Scripps Research in San Diego and DRCMR in Copenhagen. My PhD work focused on the analysis of wearable sensor data, particularly in the context of sleep and cardiac health.
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Digital health / Movement
Polar H10 Runner
Do you have a Polar H10 heart rate sensor and want to get more out of it? Take a look.
Kotlin · Android · Polar BLE SDK
My projects are grounded in
published research.
Alongside the software, the science.
Selected peer-reviewed publications.
Nature Scientific Reports2025
Interplay between motor and cardiovascular systems during sleep
Studying the topography of nocturnal body movements and how they relate to cardiovascular responses.
First author · PublishedView research
Computers in Biology and Medicine2025
Finding the pulse in the noise
Evaluating heart rate estimation algorithms when movement interferes with the signal.
First author · PublishedView research
Forensic Science International2026
Can a smartwatch be a witness?
Examining the validity of smartwatch measurements through a forensic lens.
First author · PublishedView research
Understanding physiology.
Building practical tools.
My goal is to bridge the gap between physiological understanding and practical applications. I start with a question about human physiology and try to end with something you can run, inspect, or build on.
I work with wearable signals, from cardiac activity and movement during sleep to their interplay on a run. I’m especially interested in multimodal physiology: how different physiological systems interact, and what we can learn by looking at those signals together rather than in isolation.
Wearable sensing / Signal processing / Digital healthAway from the desk, out on Strava
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