Filippo Tempia

1979-1986:  Medical School at the University of Torino
1986:  M.D. degree with 110/110 cum laude. Thesis on "Functional aspects of the olivocerebellar pathway". The thesis was recognized as "worth of publication".
1986-1989: Ph.D. student in "Neurological Sciences" at the Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology of the University of Torino.
1990: Ph.D. degree with a thesis on "Role of the olivo-cerebellar system in dynamic and adaptive control of gaze stabilization".
Professional and teaching experience
1986: guest scientist at the Hirnforschung Institut of Zürich working on a project on the role of the inferior olive in the plasticity of the vestibulo-ocular reflex, in collaboration with Dr. B.J.M. Hess.
1989: Short-term fellowship of the European Science Foundation for an overall period of 4 months of stay in Munich to work in collaboration with prof. N. Dieringer at the Ludwig Maximilian Universität, on a project on the role of the inferior olive in the adaptation and short-term habituation of the vestibulo-ocular reflex.
1990-1998:  "Ricercatore Universitario" (Assistant Professor) at the Department of Human Anatomy and Physiology (Department of Neuroscience since 1996), University of Torino.
1992-1993: on sabbatical leave at the Max Planck Institut für biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen (Germany) and at the I. Physiologisches Institut der Universität des Saarlandes, Homburg/Saar (Germany) to work with prof. A. Konnerth on calcium permeability of glutamate receptor channels of Purkinje cells, medial septum neurons and hippocampal pyramidal cells.
1998-2004: Associate Professor of Human Physiology at the Section of Human Physiology of the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Perugia, Italy.
1998, 2000: short visits to the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Wako-Shi (Japan) for a collaboration with Dr. Thomas Knöpfel.
2004-2005: Associate Professor of Physiology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Torino, Italy.
Since 2005: Full Professor of Physiology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Torino, Italy.
Since 2006: Member of the "Rita Levi-Montalcini Center for Brain Repair" of the University of Torino and of the “National Institute of Neuroscience “ (INN).
Since 2008: Tenured Full Professor of Physiology at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Torino, Italy.
Since 2010: Group Leader at the Neuroscience Institute Cavalieri Ottolenghi (N.I.C.O.)
April 18 - June 24, 2012: Visiting Scientist at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston TX, USA.