Sara Brancato

PHD Student

Short Bio

Sara Brancato graduated in Biomedical Engineering in July 2021 at the university of Naples Federico II, with a thesis about the control of a genetic circuits using reinforcement learning strategies.

She received a fellowship under the supervision of professors Mario di Bernardo and Giovanni Russo.

Her research mainly focused on the use of data driven and learning control techniques on synthetic biological systems. 

Publications

S. M. Brancato, D. Salzano, D. Fiore, G. Russo, M. di Bernardo, "Ratiometric control of two microbial populations in a dual chamber bioreactor", IEEE Control Systems Letters, 2024.

S. M. Brancato, D. Salzano, F. De Lellis, D. Fiore, G. Russo, M. di Bernardo, "In vivo learning-based control of microbial populations density in bioreactors", accepted for presentation to Learning 4 Dynamics and Control, 2024, (arXiv:2312.09773.).


S. M. Brancato, F. De Lellis, D. Salzano, G. Russo, M. di Bernardo, "External control of genetic toggle switch via Reinforcement Learning", European Control Conference (ECC), pp. 1-6, 2023.