1981 – laurea Degree in Electronic Engineering "cum laude" from the University of Pavia, Italy. 1987 - PhD in Bioengineering from the Polytechnic of Milano, Italy. 1987 - Fellowship from the French Government as visiting researcher at the INSERM-Unit 94 (Institut National de la Santé et de la Récherche Medicale) in Lyon (France). 1989 - Research contract at the Sensori-Motor Laboratory, Université de Provence (France) under the research exchange program included in the European Community Project BRAIN. 1990-1998. Researcher at the Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, University of Pavia, Italy, on Control Systems Theory. 1998- 2004 Associate Professor of Biomedical Signal Processing at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Pavia. 1999- present. Professor of Psychophysics at the San Raffaele University (Milano).
2005 – Full professor of Biomedical Signal Processing at the Faculty of Engineering, University of Pavia

Alcune pubblicazioni recenti:

• [1] Magenes G., Ramat S., Secco E. L.,, ‘Life-like Sensorimotor Control: from Biological Systems to Artifacts’, Current Psychology of Cognition, ADRSC, Marseille, France, vol. 21 (4-5), pp. 565-596, 2002.
• [2] Secco E. L., Magenes G., ‘A Feddforward Neural Network Controlling the Movement of a 3 d.o.f. Finger’, IEEE SMC Transactions Part A, Vol. 32, 3, pp. 437-445, 2002.
• [3] Signorini M.G., Magenes G., Cerutti S. Arduini D., “Linear and Nonlinear Parameters for the Analysis of Fetal Heart Rate Signal from Cardiotocographic Recordings”, IEEE Trans Biom Eng, Piscataway, USA, Vol. 50(3), pp. 2003.
• [4] Magenes G., Signorini M.G., Arduini D., Cerutti S., “Fetal Heart Rate Variability Due to Vibroacoustic Stimulation: Linear and Nonlinear Contribution”, Methods of Information in Medicine, 43, pp. 47-51, 2004.
• [5] Secco E. L., Visioli A., Magenes G., ‘Minimum Jerk Motion Planning for a Prosthetic Finger’, Journal of Robotic System, Wiley, 21(7), 361-368, 2004.
• [6] L. Fassina, L. Visai, L. Asti, F. Benazzo, P. Speziale, M.C. Tanzi, G.Magenes. SAOS-2 cells bone matrix production and mineralization inside a polyurethane porous scaffold using a perfusion bioreactor, Tissue Engineering, Vol. 11 (5-6) , 685-700, 2005.
• [7] M. Ferrario, M.G. Signorini, G. Magenes, S. Cerutti, Comparison of entropy based regularity estimators: application to the Fetal Heart Rate signal for the identification of fetal distress, IEEE Trans Biom Eng, Piscataway, USA, 2005, in press.