Senior Research Engineer & Project Manager

Hi, I'm Mario Lavanga

Senior research engineer | Biomedical Signal Processing & AI Scientist

Passionate about decoding the human body through Signal Processing and AI. Specializing in multimodal sensor fusion and real-time patient monitoring.

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Experience

HAMILTON MEDICAL AG

Project Manager

December 2024 - Present

Leading the development of AI-driven and signal-processing cloud solutions for ventilation management. Orchestrating the lifecycle of advanced signal processing features from ideation, simulation to IP protection and regulatory approval.

Hamilton Medical Website

HAMILTON MEDICAL AG

Senior Research Engineer

June 2022 - Present

Optimized real-time algorithms for the company’s flagship devices to monitor and alleviate patient-ventilator interactions. Pioneered Deep Learning and rule-based systems to estimate respiratory mechanics and patient effort. Working on patent applications.

Hamilton Medical Website

TNG - INSTITUT DE NEUROSCIENCES DES SYSTÈMES

Postdoctoral Researcher

October 2020 - Present

Postdoctoral researcher at the INS focusing on functional connectivity in the context of healthy ageing. Part of the theoretical neuroscience group working on resting state brain dynamics using Python, Jupyter-lab, Slurm, and SnakeMake.

INS Website

Flemish scientific research fund (FWO)

S.B. PhD Fellow at ESAT departement, STADIUS group, KU Leuven

January 2017 - September 2020

Developed a model to quantify stress and pain in premature infants. Investigated scalp-EEG connectivity, nonlinear properties of neonatal EEG, and heart-rate variability fractality. Codes developed in Matlab.

FWO website

KU LEUVEN

PhD Fellow at ESAT departement, STADIUS group, Biomed Team

January 2016 - December 2016

First year PhD research dedicated to neonatal physiology, development, machine learning, and graph theory.

Biomed Team Website

Education

KU Leuven

Doctor of Engineering Science (PhD) - Electrical Engineering

2016 - 2020

Perfectioned research and communication skills to deliver clinical sounding results based on mathematical and data science knowledge.

Alta Scuola Politecnica

Double Degree Program

2013 - 2015

Multidisciplinary program organized by Politecnico di Milano and Politecnico di Torino.

Politecnico di Milano

MSc in Biomedical Engineering

2013 - 2015

Focus on biomedical signal processing and biophysical models. Master thesis on the estimation of the baroreflex in an animal model.

Politecnico di Milano

BA in Biomedical Engineering

2010 - 2013

Basis of engineering science, continuum mechanics, electronics, and control theory.

Featured Projects

Patient-ventilator asynchronies

Optimizing patient-ventilator asynchronies detection in mechanically ventilated patients using advanced signal processing techniques.

Respiratory MechanicsSignal ProcessingPythonC#

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The Virtual Aging Brain

Modelling aging and neurodevelopment with The Virtual Brain. Creating a virtual aging cohort based on the 1000 brains study dataset using Python, JupyterLab, Git, SnakeMake, and Slurm.

NeurosciencePythonHPCModeling

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The Perinatal Stress Calculator

PhD research focused on the detection of early-life pain and stress in premature infants by means of physiological signal processing (EEG, ECG). Developed in Matlab.

Biomedical EngineeringMatlabSignal Processing

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Vote-chain project

Possible scenarios to introduce a blockchain system for e-voting to improve democratic engagement.

BlockchainSociety

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Recent Publications

The virtual aging brain

Dec 2023

The virtual aging brain: Causal inference supports interhemispheric dedifferentiation in healthy aging. NeuroImage, 2023

PublicationAgingBrain

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Quantitative EEG analysis in TSC

July 2021

Results associated with autism spectrum disorder and development abnormalities in infants with tuberous sclerosis complex. Biomed. Signal Process. Control, 2021.

PublicationEEGAutism

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Stress detection in preterm infants

May 2021

The effect of early procedural pain on the maturation of EEG and heart rate variability. PAIN, 2021.

PublicationPainPreterm

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Maturation of the Autonomic Nervous System

Jan 2021

Estimating Development Based on Heart-Rate Variability Analysis. Front Physiol., 2021.

PublicationHRVDevelopment

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Skills & Proficiency

Python

Advanced

Matlab

Expert

C#

Intermediate

Bash

Intermediate

Powershell

Intermediate

React

Intermediate

Azure

Intermediate

Azure AI Foundry

Intermediate

Azure DevOps

Intermediate

Tensorflow

Intermediate

ASP.NET

Intermediate

Git

Advanced

Agile

Intermediate

Scrum

Expert

Claude Code

Intermediate

Gemini CLI

Intermediate

Qwen Code

Intermediate

Media

PhD Graduation Video

Video recording of the PhD graduation ceremony.

Talk at University of Virginia

Invited talk at the University of Virginia.

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