Team
Our team combines fundamental science with engineering rigour to push the boundaries of autonomous synthetic systems.
Success in micro-scale robotics requires more than individual effort—it demands the seamless integration of varied perspectives. We work as a unified collective, where every member contributes to our shared vision of cell-like, intelligent, and synthetic microrobots.
Principal Investigator
Postdocs
Gaia Petrucci
Jyoti Sharma
Dario Cecchi
Omar Tricinci
PhD Students
Elisa Roberti
Eugenia De Remigis
Chiara Catania
Research Assistants
Yashpal Singh Brar
Federica Poli
Rachele Porta
Current Visiting Students
| Name | Role | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| Francesco Loiacono | MSc Thesis | Physics, University of Pisa |
Alumni & Past Visitors
| Name | Period | Project / Role | Institution |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yasmine Ferchichi | 2025 | Research Assistant | |
| Niccolò Picchiarelli | 2023—2025 | MSc Thesis Research Assistant | Physics, University of Pisa |
| Fehmi Mustafa Dikbaş | 2023—2025 | Internship & MSc Thesis | Biomedical Eng., PoliMI |
| Maxime Fantino | 2023 | Internship | ENSTA, Paris |
| Elisa Linda Petrocelli | 2022—2023 | MSc Thesis Research Assistant | Nanotechnology, La Sapienza |
| Hilda Gomez Bernal | 2022—2023 | Postdoc | |
| Lapo Corti | 2022 | BSc Thesis | Biomedical Eng., Univ. Pisa |
| Yasmine Abedour | 2022 | Erasmus+ Internship | Robotics, Univ. Toulouse III |
| Francesco Bianciardi | 2021—2024 | MSc Thesis Research Assistant | Biomedical Eng., Univ. Pisa |