Scuola superiore sant'anna
Affiliate Researchers
Veronica Iacovacci
- Istituto di BioRobotica
- veronica.iacovacci@santannapisa.it
- Immobile Polo Valdera
- PROFILO
- PUBBLICAZIONI
- RICERCA
EDUCATION
November 2013 - June 2017: PhD in BioRobotics, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna - The BioRobotics Institute
July 2016 - January 2017: Visiting Student at the Multi-scale Robotics Lab (ETH Zurich)
September 2007 - June 2013: Università di Pisa - Biomedical Engineering (BSc and MSc)
SHORT BIO
Veronica Iacovacci obtained a PhD in BioRobotics from Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (full marks) in June 2017, with a thesis entitled "Smart Magnetic microrsystem for targeted therapy" and she's currently a Post Doctoral fellow at the BioRobotics Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna in the Surgical Robotics and Allied technologies group. From July 2016 to January 2017 she has been visiting scientist at the Multiscale Robotics Lab (ETH, Zurich) led by Professor Bradley Nelson where she worked at the development of thermoresponsive magnetic microrobots for targeted drug delivery. her main research interests are in the field of artificial organs, towards the development of fully autonomous and implantable artificial pancreas and artificial bladder systems, advanced materials for healthcare applications, microrobots and smart magnetic microdevices for targeted therapy.
AWARDS
Premio "IEIIT CNR" 2017 Award for the Best PhD thesis in Bioengineering. Assigned during the XXXVIII Annual School of the Italian Bioengineering Group (Gruppo Nazionale di Bioingegneria, GNB), in Bressanone (Bz, Italy).
Zeno Karl Schind Scolaship assigned for the project "MagnEtic ThErmO-Responsive mIcrorobot for Targeted thErapy" to be carried out at ETH Zurich (June 2017)
Best Oral Presentation Award. Assigned during the European society for precision engineering & nanotechnology (Euspen) Challenge 2014 - Traunreut (Germany) – 1st July – 3rd July 2014
“Gruppo Nazionale di Bioingegneria” 2013 Award for the Best Ms.C. Thesis in Bioengineering. Assigned during the XXXIV Annual School of the Italian Bioengineering Group (Gruppo Nazionale di Bioingegneria, GNB), in Bressanone (Bz, Italy).
Contributo su Rivista
- Vannozzi, Lorenzo; Iacovacci, Veronica; Menciassi, Arianna; Ricotti, Leonardo
Nanocomposite thin films for triggerable drug delivery
1-14-14 EXPERT OPINION ON DRUG DELIVERY (2018)
Issue nr. : 1 - Lucarini, Gioia; Iacovacci, Veronica; Gouveia, Pedro J; Ricotti, Leonardo; Menciassi, Arianna
Design of a novel magnetic platform for cell manipulation
23 JOURNAL OF MICROMECHANICS AND MICROENGINEERING (2018)
Volume nr. : 28
Issue nr. : 1 - Veronica, Iacovacci; Leonardo, Ricotti; Izadyar, Tamaddon; Giuseppe Roberto Tortora, ; Carmine, Perri; Paolo, Dario; Arianna, Menciassi
TOWARDS A FULLY IMPLANTABLE AUTONOMOUS ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS
382-428-428 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL ORGANS (2017)
Volume nr. : 40
Issue nr. : 1 - Tommaso, Mazzocchi; Veronica, Iacovacci; Angelo, Cardona; Alice, Milani; Novello, Pinzi; Leonardo, Ricotti; Arianna, Menciassi
LONG-TERM URINE-RESISTANT ARTIFICIAL BLADDER
382-428-428 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ARTIFICIAL ORGANS (2017)
Volume nr. : 40
Issue nr. : 1 - Iacovacci, Veronica; Lucarini, Gioia; Ricotti, Leonardo; Dario, Paolo; Dupont, Pierre E; Menciassi, Arianna
Untethered magnetic millirobot for targeted drug delivery
12 BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES (2015)
Volume nr. : 17
Issue nr. : 1 - Iacovacci, V; Lucarini, G; Innocenti, C; Comisso, N; Dario, P; Ricotti, L; Menciassi, A
Polydimethylsiloxane films doped with NdFeB powder: magnetic characterization and potential applications in biomedical engineering and microrobotics
7 BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES (2015)
Volume nr. : 17
Issue nr. : 1 - Iacovacci, Veronica; Ricotti, Leonardo; Menciassi, Arianna; Dario, Paolo
The bioartificial pancreas (BAP): Biological, chemical and engineering challenges
16 BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY (2015)
Issue nr. : 1 - L. Ricotti; A. Cafarelli; V. Iacovacci; L. Vannozzi; A. Menciassi
Advanced micro-nano-bio systems for future targeted therapies
144-160 CURRENT NANOSCIENCE (2015)
Volume nr. : 11
Issue nr. : 1 - V. Iacovacci; L. Ricotti; P. Dario; A. Menciassi
Design and development of a mechatronic system for noninvasive refilling of implantable artificial pancreas
8 IEEE/ASME TRANSACTIONS ON MECHATRONICS (2015)
Volume nr. : 20
Issue nr. : 1
Her research activity is mainly related to biomechatronics, microrobotics, and smart triggerable systems for targeted therapy. During her PhD she focused her attention on magnetic actuation but she is trying to investigate how multiple stimuli can be employed and exploited togeteher at the milli- and microscale towards the developent of efficient and robust therapeutic microrobots.
Starting from her master thesis she has been working also on embedding smart microengineered components and smart materials in centimeter scale medical devices towards the development of innovative artificial organs. In particular she is involved in the development of totally implantable closed loop artificial pancreas and artificial bladder systems.