Scuola superiore sant'anna
Titolare di assegno di ricerca
Veronica Iacovacci
- PROFILO
- PUBBLICAZIONI
- RICERCA
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
September 2020 - Present: Marie Curie Global Fellow
November 2020 - Present: Honorary Researcher, Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineerig, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
April 2019 - Present: Post Doctoral Fellow, The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
October 2018 - March 2019: Post Doctoral Fellow, Multi-scale Robotics Lab, ETH Zurich
June 2017 - September 2018: Post Doctoral Fellow, The BioRobotics Institute, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna
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
I obtained the M.Sc. Degree (Laurea Specialistica) in Biomedical Engineering at University of Pisa in 2013 (full marks, cum laude) with a thesis entitled “Design and development of a mechatronic implantable system for the refilling of artificial organs”. In October 2013 I joined the Surgical Robotics and Allied technologies Area at Scuola Superiore di Studi Universitari e Perfezionamento Sant'Anna (SSSA) as a PhD student and I obtained the Ph.D. in Biorobotics (full marks, cum laude) with a thesis on smart magnetic microsystems for targeted therapy.
From July 2016 to January 2017 I have been visiting scientist at the Multiscale Robotics Lab (ETH, Zurich) led by Professor Bradley Nelson where I worked at the development of thermoresponsive, theranostic magnetic microrobots for targeted drug delivery and on their high resolution imaging.
From October 2018 to March 2019 I was Post-doctoral Fellow at the Multi-Scale Robotics Lab at ETH Zurich and from April 2019 to September 2020 at the BioRobotics Institute of Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna.
I am currently a Marie Curie Skłodowska Global Fellow jointly at Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna (Pisa – Italy) and at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong – SAR). The project (MAMBO - Magnetic swarm for liver chemoembolization) started in October 2020 and will last 36 months.
AWARDS
"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
- Mazzeo, Angela; Iacovacci, Veronica; Riacci, Laura; Trucco, Diego; Lisignoli, Gina; Vistoli, Fabio; Ricotti, Leonardo
3D Printed Perfusable Renal Proximal Tubule Model With Different Extracellular Matrix Compositions
328-336 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON MEDICAL ROBOTICS AND BIONICS (2021)
Volume nr. : 3
Issue nr. : 1 - Iacovacci, V.; Naselli, I.; Salgarella, A. R.; Clemente, F.; Ricotti, L.; Cipriani, C.
Stability andin vivosafety of gold, titanium nitride and parylene C coatings on NdFeB magnets implanted in muscles towards a new generation of myokinetic prosthetic limbs
6766-6775 RSC ADVANCES (2021)
Volume nr. : 11
Issue nr. : 1 - Iacovacci, V.; Tamadon, I.; Kauffmann, E. F.; Pane, S.; Simoni, V.; Marziale, L.; Aragona, M.; Cobuccio, L.; Chiarugi, M.; Dario, P.; Prato, S. D.; Ricotti, L.; Vistoli, F.; Menciassi, A.
A fully implantable device for intraperitoneal drug delivery refilled by ingestible capsules
10 SCIENCE ROBOTICS (2021)
Volume nr. : 6
Issue nr. : 1 - Su, L.; Jin, D. D.; Pan, C. F.; Xia, N.; Chan, K. F.; Iacovacci, V.; Xu, T.; Du, X.; Zhang, L.
A mobile magnetic pad with fast light-switchable adhesion capabilities
10 BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS (2021)
Volume nr. : 16
Issue nr. : 1 - Pane, S.; Iacovacci, V.; Sinibaldi, E.; Menciassi, A.
Real-time imaging and tracking of microrobots in tissues using ultrasound phase analysis
12 APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS (2021)
Volume nr. : 118
Issue nr. : 1 - Ciuti, Gastone; Skonieczna-Żydecka, Karolina; Marlicz, Wojciech; Iacovacci, Veronica; Liu, Hongbin; Stoyanov, Danail; Arezzo, Alberto; Chiurazzi, Marcello; Toth, Ervin; Thorlacius, Henrik; Dario, Paolo; Koulaouzidis, Anastasios
Frontiers of Robotic Colonoscopy: A Comprehensive Review of Robotic Colonoscopes and Technologies
37 JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE (2020)
Volume nr. : 9
Issue nr. : 1 - Menciassi, A.; Iacovacci, V.
Implantable biorobotic organs
4 APL BIOENGINEERING (2020)
Volume nr. : 4
Issue nr. : 1 - Filogna, Silvia; Iacovacci, Veronica; Vecchi, Fabrizio; Musco, Luigi; Menciassi, Arianna
Protrusion mechanism study in sipunculid worms as model for developing bio-inspired linear actuators
14 BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS (2020)
Issue nr. : 1 - Pane, Stefano; Mazzocchi, Tommaso; Iacovacci, Veronica; Ricotti, Leonardo; Menciassi, Arianna
Smart Implantable Artificial Bladder: an integrated design for organ replacement
1-1 IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING (2020)
Volume nr. : PP
Issue nr. : 1 - Ebrahimi, Nafiseh; Bi, Chenghao; Cappelleri, David J.; Ciuti, Gastone; Conn, Andrew T.; Faivre, Damien; Habibi, Neda; Hošovský, Alexander; Iacovacci, Veronica; Khalil, Islam S. M.; Magdanz, Veronika; Misra, Sarthak; Pawashe, Chytra; Rashidifar, Rasoul; Soto‐Rodriguez, Paul Eduardo David; Fekete, Zoltan; Jafari, Amir
Magnetic Actuation Methods in Bio/Soft Robotics
40 ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS (2020)
Issue nr. : 1 - Iacovacci, V.; Blanc, A.; Huang, H.; Ricotti, L.; Schibli, R.; Menciassi, A.; Behe, M.; Pane, S.; Nelson, B. J.
High-Resolution SPECT Imaging of Stimuli-Responsive Soft Microrobots
7 SMALL (2019)
Volume nr. : 15
Issue nr. : 1 - Signore, M. A.; Rescio, G.; De Pascali, C.; Iacovacci, V.; Dario, P.; Leone, A.; Quaranta, F.; Taurino, A.; Siciliano, P.; Francioso, L.
Fabrication and characterization of AlN-based flexible piezoelectric pressure sensor integrated into an implantable artificial pancreas
11 SCIENTIFIC REPORTS (2019)
Volume nr. : 9
Issue nr. : 1 - Iacovacci, Veronica; Tamadon, Izadyar; Rocchi, Matteo; Dario, Paolo; Menciassi, Arianna
Toward dosing precision and insulin stability in an artificial pancreas system
9 JOURNAL OF MEDICAL DEVICE (2019)
Volume nr. : 13
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 - Iacovacci, Veronica; Ricotti, Leonardo; Sinibaldi, Edoardo; Signore, Giovanni; Vistoli, Fabio; Menciassi, Arianna
An Intravascular Magnetic Catheter Enables the Retrieval of Nanoagents from the Bloodstream
8 ADVANCED SCIENCE (2018)
Volume nr. : 5
Issue nr. : 1 - Cardona, Angelo; Iacovacci, Veronica; Mazzocchi, Tommaso; Menciassi, Arianna; Ricotti, Leonardo
Novel Nanostructured Coating on PDMS Substrates Featuring High Resistance to Urine
255-265 ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS (2018)
Volume nr. : 2
Issue nr. : 1 - 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 - 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; Ricotti, Leonardo; Menciassi, Arianna; Dario, Paolo
The bioartificial pancreas (BAP): Biological, chemical and engineering challenges
16 BIOCHEMICAL PHARMACOLOGY (2015)
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 - 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 - 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
The main aim of my research activity is to develop novel smart therapeutic solutions for acute and chronic pathological diseases. Starting from my master thesis, I have been studying and developing smart solutions for implantable artificial organ. This interest led in these year to several funding opportunities and to the development of smart solutions and smart materials for artificial Pancreas, Artificial Bladder systems and other implantable devices.
During my Ph.D. I approached the study of smart systems featured by micrometric dimensions and exploiting magnetic fields as actuation method. Currently my research activity is mainly related to microrobotics, smart magnetic systems for targeted therapy with a particular focus on making micro/nanotechnology based therapeutic paradigms safer and highly controllable thanks to the inclusion of clinical imaging modalities in the control loop with the final aim to bring targeted therapy to the clinical practice.