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Bio

SHORT BIO

I obtained a MSc degree in Biomedical Engineering in 2009 at the University of Pisa, Italy. In January 2013, I received a PhD in “Innovative Technologies – Biorobotics” at the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna (Pisa, Italy). From February 2013 to January 2014 I was a research fellow at the Center for Micro-BioRobotics@SSSA (Pisa, Italy) of Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. From January 2014 to May 2018, I was a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems (Stuttgart, Germany) in the Max Planck Research Group for Micro, Nano, and Molecular Systems. From June 2015, I was also a fellow of the Max Planck ETH Center for Learning Systems. From May 2018 to January 2021 I was a postdoctoral researcher in the Bioinspired Soft Robotics group of Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia. From February 2021 I am Assistant Professor at the BioRobotics Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Pisa, Italy) where I am the PI of the Microscale Robotics Laboratory.

Research

RESEARCH ACTIVITY

My core research interest is microrobotics, that is, the development of mobile robots at the microscale (sub-millimeter dimensions). I am driven by the potential revolutionary applications that such microrobots could have in minimally invasive medicine, as well as by the fundamental challenge of realizing true, intelligent robots of microscopic dimensions. My approach involves taking inspiration from cells to endow microrobots with essential robotic functionality. For more information please visit the Microscale Robotics Laboratory's page.

RESEARCH GRANTS

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ERC Starting Grant 2020
CELLOIDS: Cell-inspired particle-based intelligent microrobots

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Publications

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

The full list of publications is available here.

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