Ph.D. in Neuroscience – University of Cagliari
M.Sc. of Biomedical Engineering – NED University of Engineering & Technology
B.Sc. of Biomedical Engineering- Sir Syed University of Engineering & Technology
She is currently a research fellow in Biomedical Engineering at DSMSP but works at DIEE in the MeDSP Lab group.
Scientific Publications
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9461-0568
E-mail: p.sattar@studenti.unica.it
Main Research field
Multimodal phenotyping of REM sleep behaviour disorders and identification of neurodegeneration biomarkers.
Something about me…
I have bachelor’s and master’s degrees in biomedical engineering. Subsequently, I joined the neurocomputation lab where I analyzed the functional connectivity of EEG data of patients suffering from neuropathic pain and spinal cord injury. Apart from that, I was also involved in studies that aimed at investigating the effects of non-pharmacological treatment (transcranial direct current stimulation) on behavioral, psychometric, and electrophysiological responses. This experience allowed me to develop a broad variety of technical skills in signal processing and EEG data analysis, as well as in the brain computational tools SIFT and LORETA.
After gaining basic knowledge and skills, I felt a dire need to go deeper into the scientific world to explore more about brain dynamics. Thus, I opted to pursue a Ph.D. in a related field under the supervision of Prof. Monica Puligheddu and Prof. Danilo Pani. This Ph.D. project interested me since it is relevant to my research area, which is behavioral studies (Rapid Eye Movement sleep behavioral disorder, RBD). After pursuing the Ph.D., in April 2025, I’m working as a research fellow on a PRIN 2022 project, continuing my journey in the research of RBD.
Research projects
- Departmental project “MeDSP-e: Advanced Medical Devices and Signal Processing for electrophysiology”, prof. Danilo Pani
- PRIN 2022 project “Multi-modal phenotyping of idiopathic REM sleep behavior disorder: statistical and machine learning analysis of neurodegeneration biomarkers in building a disease-modifying trial-ready cohort”, prof. Monica Puligheddu