Enzo Mastinu

Enzo Mastinu is an electronic engineer specialized in embedded systems for biomedical applications. He received his BSc and MSc in electronic engineering from Università degli Studi di Cagliari, and his PhD in biomedical signals and systems from Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden. The work carried out during his research years in Sweden allowed the development and at-home clinical application of a unique technology: an arm prosthesis connected simultaneously to the patient’s muscles, nerves and bones, intuitively controlled and provided with tactile sensory feedback via direct neural stimulation. Some preliminary results from the clinical trial have been recently published on the New England Journal of Medicine, Science Translational Medicine and Science Robotics. In 2021, he was granted a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions individual fellowship by the European Union. In 2024, he obtained the national scientific qualification for associate professor in bioengineering. In 2025, he was granted a Young Researcher individual fellowship by the Italian Ministry of Universities and Research.

Enzo contributed to the publication of 25 articles on scientific journals (~75% in Q1), 21 on international conferences, and a PCT patent. He also contributed to the organization of an international conference and 3 national and international workshops. He is IEEE Senior Member of EMBS and RAS, reviewer for scientific journals and conferences (~90 recognized reviews), edited 2 special issues, and is currently editor for Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics (IEEE) and Scientific Data (Nature). To date, he contributed to the supervision of ~40 graduate and undergraduate students, to the teaching of 3 MSc courses and of a STEM project for 7th grade classes.